School of Humanities, Languages, & Social Sciences

Arabic Studies

Arabic is spoken as a first language by almost 300 million people across the Arab world and is the liturgical language of the world's Muslims. In an increasingly globalised world, Arabic is growing in its economic, geopolitical and cultural importance internationally. Students in the course are taught Modern Standard Arabic combined with other relevant areas of study. Graduates of Arabic studies courses are well placed for successful careers in a range of fields including: translation, interpreting, commerce, journalism, research, diplomacy and other areas of public service.

Courses

You can also combine the study of Arabic with: linguistics and/or politics modules, law (as main language), and English Language and Linguistics (UWLP programme.)

The School houses a Language Resource Centre, offering a variety of multimedia language-learning support materials.

Residence Abroad

Students spend either 6 months or an academic year in an Arabic-speaking country (depending on the course) in a variety of academic or work placements.

Work placements include working in translation companies, teaching English as a foreign language, or working in administrative posts in companies and universities, etc.

Research

Our staff and postgraduate research students are members of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting and the Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, which draws together researchers in translation, linguistics and language studies within the School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences. Members of staff have research interests in Arabic linguistics, Arabic dialectology, Arabic/English translation studies, and contrastive linguistics. There is particular research expertise in the following areas:

Arabic/English translation (literary, political, religious, media, translation methodology)
Arabic linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, dialectology)
Arabic language pedagogy

Staff

Dr Domenyk Eades (Senior lecturer in Arabic)
Research interests: Documentation and description of Arabic dialects; Arabic/English translation; Arabic linguistics; Language typology
Teaching: Arabic/English translation; Arabic language
d.eades@salford.ac.uk

D. Sameh Hanna (Lecturer in Translation Studies and Arabic)
Research interests: Sociology of translation, include literary/theatre translation, social history of translation and translation in the Arabic tradition
Teaching: Translation Studies, Translation Theory, Media Translation, Linguistics of Translation
S.Hanna@salford.ac.uk

Professor Janet C.E. Watson (Professor of Arabic Linguistics)
Head of Linguistics and Head of Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Research interests: Phonology; Phonetics; Morphology; Semitic descriptive linguistics
Teaching: Phonology & phonetics, Morphology, Arabic language
j.c.e.watson@salford.ac.uk