Arabic: Academic Writing

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

• account for some of the more important sources for studies of the arabic language and literature
• discuss and explain the concepts of plagiarism and academic honesty
• correctly use one of the more well-known reference systems
• form relevant research questions
• search for material in connection with a particular research question and judge the relevance and trustworthiness of the material
• produce different types of academic texts such as articles, abstracts, popular science summaries and reviews
• create a reasonable work plan for a project and complete the work within the given timeframe
• compose a written text according to given formalia
• give and take critical response on a written text.

Some of the classical sources for studies of Arabic literature and language are discussed, the students practice writing short texts working with references, sources and the formation of research questions. A final longer text written by the students is discussed at the end of the course. The text can be written in english, swedish or arabic.

• Active participation in seminar discussions
• Written assignments
• A short essay that is presented and discussed at a seminar

Seminars and individual supervision. English, swedish and arabic is used as languages of tuition.

The Swedish grades U–VG.

To achieve the grade of VG on the whole course, VG is required on both modules.

Reporting of grades:
Module 1: Academic Writing - Method (10 cr)
Module 2: Applied Academic writing (5 cr)

Replaces GAR2MR.