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Arabic

CAS LY 111, 112 - Elementary Modern Arabic

The essentials of standard Arabic, the idiom used in public communications throughout the Arab world. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

CAS LY 211, 212 - Second-Year Modern Arabic

Completes the process of presenting the basic structures of modern formal Arabic, concentrating on weak verb forms, more complicated sentence formation, and more sophisticated expression in speech and writing. Vocabulary expansion and better root-pattern identification skills are also stressed.

Prereq: CAS LY 112

CAS LY 303, 304 - Third-Year Modern Arabic

Advanced reading, composition, grammar review, listening skills, and conversation in Modern Standard Arabic as well as major dialects such as the Cairine or the Gulf dialect.

Prereq: CASLY212