Beginning Arabic for Heritage Speakers

Study of the formal Arabic language for Heritage students who seek to become literate in a language of which they already speak one of the dialects with some degree of fluency. Successful completion of this course and then ARB 248 will fulfill the Hunter College Language requirement. This course is for students of Arab origin who grew up speaking a dialect of Arabic but not reading and writing it. This course will quickly cover the alphabet and then focus on reading and writing in formal Arabic, i.e. the language of the Arabic language media and academe. The course is not open to students who have taken the ARB 101-302 sequence.