The Arabic fluency test consists of five sections that measure the following skills:
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Reading, analyzing the text read, interpreting and understanding the meaning of its words.
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Common Arabic terms and expressions, and rules of their composition.
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Listening and comprehension of audio material.
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Making a conversation in a proper Arabic language.
5.
Writing methodically and synthetically.
The duration of the test is 200 minutes, as shown in the following table:
First: Reading
At this stage, the candidate is required to read several poetry and prose texts, consisting of sections of different length, from 60 to 300 words per text:
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The candidate will answer 50 direct or indirect questions.
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These questions focus on the candidate's understanding and comprehension of texts, such as searching for information, defining the meaning of a word from the context, choosing a title for the text, the relations between the sentences whether casual, conditional or other, logical relation of sentences with relative clauses, conjunctions, pronouns and deletions, etc. as well as inference and conclusion.
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The ability to understand the logical argument, points of view, and the purpose of the text is measured.
Second: Vocabulary and Grammar
In this section, the candidate will answer twenty different questions related to the vocabulary, the famous Arabic expressions, commonly used grammar and syntactic grammar, and their meanings to measure the accuracy of the linguistic use of some short phrases and the conjunctions that bind them.
Third: Listening
In this section, the candidate listens to six texts. After listening to each text, the applicant answers the questions of several types according to the subject of the text, varied between comprehension, conclusion and observation of the idea of the text, as well as questions about the dates and names of people or cities mentioned or enumeration and vocabulary meanings, opposites, singular or plural of words, etc.
Fourth: Conversation
In this section, the candidate records his/ her voice, as he/ she talks about topics starting with talking about himself/ herself, the family, study, the reason for studying specific subject, following with the topics that are determined for him/ her.
The specialists will listen to the recording later and give their grade based on several criteria, including: adherence to the subject and time, accuracy of language, expressive style, and compliance with the rules of the Arabic language.
Fifth: Writing
This stage of the test measures the linguistic and cultural knowledge of the candidate and his/ her ability to organize phrases and paragraphs to write in Arabic on two topics:
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The first topic is functional where the candidate writes an essay concerning practical life after graduation, a report, minutes of a meeting, a job application, etc.
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The second topic is creative, in which the candidate selects among general culture topics, such as: life, customs and traditions of the Arabs, tourism, religious and national events, etc.
Attention should be paid when writing each topic to language and literary style, as well as language integrity.
Furthermore, the elements of the topic should be complete: the introduction, the presentation and the conclusion, so that the meaning is complete and relates to the title.