Knowledge and understanding: developing and improving the student’s previously acquired knowledge and language skills through the study of more complex grammatical structures and vocabulary, in order to understand and produce oral and written texts corresponding to the advanced level.

Applying knowledge and understanding: analyzing literary works or texts – in the original language or in translation – of the most relevant authors, movements and genres of Arabic literature in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Making judgements: ability to self-assess and to critically discuss the topics of the program, and to analyze the texts dealt with in class.

Communication skills: ability to communicate in Arabic at the advanced level, and to describe and discuss on a given topic.

Learning skills: developing language learning strategies and techniques specifically for the contemporary literary Arabic, by using both traditional and digital teaching tools and resources, in order to further studying the subject.