FCARHUCD4 credits This is the first intermediate course in Arabic language and culture and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). We will continue to build on the four skills gradually and systematically through carefully selected and organized materials focusing on specific, concrete, and familiar topics such as food and heath, transportation, weather, sports and hobbies, and tourism, etc. By the end of this semester, students will have reached the Intermediate Mid/High level of proficiency in Arabic based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012. Students at this sublevel are able to handle a variety of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations.