Proofreading

Course Main Objective

To study the rules of proofreading and its importance, fields, and rules of correct words, sentences and written styles; to deal with the most common errors morphologically, syntactically, linguistically and in spelling in the arabized and translated texts and language of media and advertising along with practical application to texts.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
•    1.1 Explain rules of proofreading and its types, systematic rules. 
• 2. Skills 
  
•    2.1 Apply the rules of proofreading to texts syntactically, morphologically, linguistically and in spelling. 
•    2.2 Demonstrate his ability to rewrite texts in a sound manner through applying the rules of proofreading to the written texts.
•    2.3 Use communication and information technology, and learning resources in searching for morphological information relating to the verb and its types and rules.
• 3. Values 
•   3.1 Assume self-learning and collective responsibility and practice leadership upon performing the course assignments.
•   3.2 Perform the assignments observing scientific research ethics and academic integrity achieving traits of responsible citizen.

Course Content

1- An introduction about the course and its requirements and objectives; definition of proofreading and its types and systematic rules.
Basic review of the components of proofreading (word, sentence, paragraph, punctuation), review of punctuation and their places and uses on the keyboard.
2- Methods of searching in lexicons.
3- Training on proofreading for selected articles according to types of articles.
4- Training on proofreading for a selected report, an administrative message, and a creative text.
5- Criticizing texts translated into Arabic.
6- Arabizing foreign words and their common errors.
7- Models of common errors in the media (newspapers, advertisements,...), applications to linguistic errors.
8- Applications of grammatical errors, applications to morphological errors.
9- Applications to spelling errors.
10- Applications to proofreading of academic researches and dissertations.

Textbook (s) 

- Omar, Ahmed. M. A. contemporary Errors of Arabic Languages for Writers and Radio Broadcasters. Alam al-Kotob, Cairo, 2nd ed., 1993.
- Jomaa, Mahmoud. A. Common Linguistic Errors Within Cultural Milieu. Publications of Dar Battana, Cairo, 4th ed., 2018.

Course ID: ARAB 405