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Week - 1
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Methods of auditory analysis, Arabic phonemes, vowel length distinctions, and intonation patterns. |
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Week - 2
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Daily routines, self-introduction, family, and social interactions. |
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Week - 3
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Capturing specific data: numbers, dates, schedules, measurements, and directions. |
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Week - 4
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Job interviews, academic environments, and workplace dialogues. |
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Week - 5
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Transportation, reservations, city guides; recognizing regional accents vs. Modern Standard Arabic. |
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Week - 6
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Marketplaces, shopping dialogues, and cultural idiomatic expressions; midterm review. |
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Week - 7
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Mid-Term Exam |
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Week - 8
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Review of midterm exam; listening to brief news bulletins and breaking news reports. |
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Week - 9
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Vox pops and open-ended interviews; identifying speaker stance, tone, and implicit meaning. |
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Week - 10
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Short narratives, cultural talks, and expressive recitations; stress and prosody analysis. |
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Week - 11
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Informative talks, mini-lectures, and seminars; structured note-taking methods. |
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Week - 12
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Following multi-speaker discussions; distinguishing core arguments from supporting details. |
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Week - 13
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Short-term memory retention drills, chunking, shadow listening, and comprehensive review. |
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Week - 14
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Final Exam |
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