Arabic SEC

Entry Requirements

“Learners are expected to have successfully completed the course Arabic MQF Level 2 or have a similar certification. For online lessons, learners need to have an understanding on how to use a computer.
Applicants who do not present certification of prior study in the subject will be required to sit for a level check to determine the appropriate course level”

Duration

30-week course with 3 contact hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

“Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge

Understand a wider range of vocabulary related to everyday life (e.g. travel, shopping, health, leisure, public services).
• Develop knowledge of key grammatical structures, including verb systems (perfect, imperfect, imperative), sentence structures, and negation.
• Understand language functions such as describing, narrating, requesting, and expressing opinions.
• Gain awareness of cultural aspects of the Arab world, including traditions, social conventions, and key figures.
• Understand spoken and written texts of increasing complexity across familiar and semi-familiar contexts.

Skills
• Listen to and extract main ideas and specific information from short texts and conversations.
• Speak with greater fluency, engaging in discussions, expressing opinions, and handling everyday transactions.
• Read a variety of texts (e.g. notices, articles, messages), identifying meaning, purpose, and key details.
• Write coherent texts (e.g. messages, letters, narratives) expressing ideas, experiences, and opinions with appropriate structure.

Competences
• Communicate effectively in everyday and social situations, including unfamiliar contexts.
• Apply language skills to solve practical problems (e.g. travel, services, communication needs).
• Maintain conversations and respond appropriately in different interaction settings.
• Demonstrate increasing accuracy, fluency, and independence across all language skills.
• Show intercultural awareness and appropriate use of language in different social contexts
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Delivery Method

Face to face lesson

Certification/Award

Certificate issued by MATSEC

Progression to further education

After successfully completing this course, learners may continue studying the subject at post-secondary level, such as Intermediate level, or pursue related pathways at tertiary level, including through alternative entry routes such as the maturity clause

Language of Instruction

Bilingual with Arabic