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End of Year Project

Module description

How do I make the transition to becoming an independent Arabic learner and scholar of Southwest Asian and North African affairs? How do I activate my Arabic learning and start the process of applying it within my scholarly field? How, meanwhile, do I start to sharpen my theoretical focus within the field of politics and/or international relations with respect to the region? In this module, we will start to build the links between your incipient Arabic learning and your subject specialism through reading and translation activities, as well as preparing you for independent research and investigation by embarking you upon an independent reading programme addressing a topic outside the compulsory or optional modules on offer. The module will culminate in an Arabic translation portfolio and an extended subject-focused essay.

Module aims - intentions of the module

The module aims to develop students in two principal areas: independence in Arabic language learning; and specialism in the principal subject field of their master’s programme. With respect to the first, it will encourage and develop the independence of students as learners of Arabic, and to direct that learning toward their subject specialism in the social sciences. It will introduce students to subject-specific Arabic vocabulary and entry-level texts—principally media texts touching upon issues of international relations and politics—and encourage them to work on these independently, thereby developing their dictionary and language-parsing skills. The module also gives students the opportunity to engage with a major topic within their subject discipline, and to develop their own positionality with respect to it. By the end of the module, students will be able to engage with simple news-item media texts in Arabic, and will have produced their first extended analytical work within the field.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of beginners-level Arabic register and vocabulary with respect to media texts on the fields of politics and/or international relations.
• 2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a key and emerging theoretical strand within their subject discipline of politics or international relations.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 3. Demonstrate an ability to engage with and understand elementary Arabic media texts dealing with the student’s subject specialism.
• 4. Demonstrate an ability to digest and apply emerging theoretical themes within the theme of politics and/or international relations

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 5. Demonstrate comprehension and analytical skills in addressing second-language texts and rendering these texts into idiomatic English
• 6. Demonstrate ability to use digital media and platforms for research, learning and disseminating knowledge and understanding

Syllabus plan

The syllabus will be tailored according to the subject interests of the individual student.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Formative assessment

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Reading list to be arranged between student(s) and faculty tutor for the module.

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages

Key words search

Arabic, Politics, International Relations