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The second year of Modern Standard Arabic; expanding the grammatical and syntactical structures necessary for reading basic forms of literary Arabic. Samples include: newspaper excerpts, short stories, descriptive narratives. Emphasis also placed on writing short essays and developing oral skills, using a broader range of regular and irregular verbs. At the end of the second semester, students examine a range of Arabic news broadcasts. Prerequisite: ARABIC 146.

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Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic, also known as classical Arabic. This two-semester course covers the basics in first-year Arabic; study of the alphabet, sounds, and writing style, and development of basic grammatical structures and communication skills. Students read and write short passages on various real-life situations. Prerequisite: ARABIC 126.

Directed individual research in linguistic anthropology.

This upper-level graduate seminar provides a forum for students to undertake directed writing projects under the guidance of the instructor. The structure of the seminar enables participants to pursue individualized goals in close dialogue with each other and offers a framework for structured mentoring. Class will meet weekly and follow a seminar format. We use a writer's group format to devote ourselves to workshopping writing products. During class time, we will engage in both in-class writing and pre-writing exercises.