RA416 : Guiding Readings

Department

Academic Program

Bachelor in Arabic Language

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

The course “Guiding Readings” and its code RA416: It is taught to students of the fourth academic year in the Department of Arabic Language for two hours per week. The student studies the science of directed reading.

The course aims to:

- Introducing the student to the principles of the science of directing readings, its principles, rules, and benefits.

Introducing the student to readings, and that their difference is a difference of diversity, not a difference of opposition.

- Eliciting the semantic diversity, and exploring the phonetic, morphological, and grammatical subtleties.

The value of the study returns to the student:

- Knowing the translations of the ten reciters, their narrators, the methods of their chain of transmission, and knowing who they quoted from.

- The ability to raise the biggest similarities raised about the Quranic readings, then respond to them and refute them with argument and evidence.

Acquisition of scientific wealth regarding the position of the language in readings, and the relationship between them with regard to sounds, morphology, and grammar.

Intended learning outcomes

Mental skills:The student should be able to know the Qur’anic verses that have more than one reciter.- To have knowledge of the types of readings, and the readers of each type.- To understand the linguistic, morphological and grammatical direction of each reading.Practical and professional skills:Acquiring the skill of interpretation, and citing poetic evidence and prose texts.Acquiring the skill of using modern technology in research and presentation.- To be able to direct the readings in terms of syntax, morphology, and others.

Teaching and learning methods

The course is presented to the student through: - Lectures. - Panel discussions - Homework and research (information gathering)

Methods of assessments

Evaluation methodWritten midterm exam 30%5% oral examactivity 5%Final exam 60%