Third Semester Arabic
Third Semester Arabic for intermediate learners of Modern Standard Arabic, emphasizing proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing within cultural context.
Summary
Past student reviews · Mustafa Mustafa
The course required consistent effort and daily challenges, though students reported receiving information on quizzes and exams beforehand.
What you’ll be able to do
Understand the main idea and some pieces of information on familiar topics from sentences and series of connected sentences within texts that are spoken, written, or signed.
Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.
Participate in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations on familiar topics, creating sentences and series of sentences to ask and answer a variety of questions.
Communicate information, make presentations, and express my thoughts about familiar topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken, written, or signed language.
Make comparisons between products and practices to help you understand perspectives in your culture and other cultures.
Interact at a functional level in some familiar contexts.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapAFRICAN 322 or 340
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Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
MUSTAFA MUSTAFA is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Mustafa Mustafa
Students described Mustafa Mustafa as deeply knowledgeable and kind, noting that his focus on grammar and culture significantly improved their Arabic skills.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 2.86 GPA, 28.6% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.33 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.50 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Mustafa Mustafa
The course required consistent effort and daily challenges, though students reported receiving information on quizzes and exams beforehand.
Past student reviews · Mustafa Mustafa
While some found grading criteria unclear, others appreciated his prompt, clear feedback and dedication to helping students understand concepts.
Topics
- Modern Standard Arabic language skills.
- Communication in cultural context.
Skills
- Speaking, listening, reading, and writing proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic.
- Exchanging information in conversations and asking follow-up questions.
- Comparing cultural products and practices to understand different perspectives.
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Through Fall 2025
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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Model & dataset provenance
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