L0720 - ARABIC LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I

courses

ID:

L0720

Duration (hours):

60

CFU:

SSD:

LINGUA E LETTERATURA ARABA

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Annuale (03/10/2025 - 31/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the two main varieties of spoken Arabic, Egyptian and Levantine, enabling them to communicate in simple, everyday situations.

Course Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Standard Arabic.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, practical exercises, listening and comprehension activities, use of authentic materials, and guided oral production activities.

Assessment Methods

Written and oral assessment. The final grade, on a 30-point scale, is based on the average of the scores obtained in the two components.

Texts

- P. Zanelli, L’arabo colloquiale egiziano, Ca Foscarina, Venezia 2017.

- Ibraam G. M. Abdelsayed, L’arabo egiziano per gli italiani, Hoepli, Milano 2020.

-Samia Louis, Kallimni ‘Arabi, AUC Press, Cairo 2007.

- Baha Ed-Dina Ossama, Kilma Helwa, Egyptian Arabic through Popular Songs, AUC Press, Cairo 2015.

- AL_MASRI, M., Colloquial Arabic (Levantine). The complete course for beginners, Routledge, 2016.

- O. Durand, A. Ventura, Grammatica di arabo mediorientale, Hoepli 2017.

Key recommended readings:

- O. Durand, Dialettologia araba, Carocci 2018.

Further bibliographic updates and language materials will be provided in class.

The course includes the introduction of some spoken variants of Arabic

Course Language

Italian and Arabic

More information

Students are encouraged to practice the language outside the classroom, for example by listening to music in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic or by watching films.