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Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Pt. 1 (Al-Kitaab fii ta allum al -Arabiyya - a textbook for Arabic) (Paperback)

by Kristen Brustad (Author), etc. (Author), Mahmoud Al-Batal (Author), Abbas Al-Tonsi (Author)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press (1 Jul 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0878402918
  • ISBN-13: 978-0878402915
  • Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 726,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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As part of a new Arabic language textbook program that uses integrated audio-visual media to teach modern Arabic, this text develops skills in standard Arabic, while providing some material in colloquial and classical Arabic. It covers some 150 contact hours of college-level instruction. Companion audio- and videocassettes are available. Part 2 boo

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent texbook for long-term Arabic study, 19 Sep 1998
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I had been trying to learn Arabic for a few years and not getting far when I finally was pointed toward this book. Wow -- our small study group made amazing progress. We're in the final couple of chapters and already bought Book 2 in anticipation of starting it immediately afterwards.

The textbook is set up like a workbook, so with the exception of essay-type exercises you do the writing in the book itself. There's a good balance of all 4 skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) so it's not just focusing on reading/writing like other Arabic textbooks do. It assumes you already have basic reading/writing skills, plus know a few vocabulary words that are taught in _Alif Baa_. From the beginning they incorporate real-world reading from newspaper & magazine articles. There's a big focus on educated guessing and using context & other clues to get the meaning. This is extremely useful.

You have to get the cassettes if you're serious about studying, but we managed fine without the video. Near the beginning of the book, the speakers on the cassettes stick pretty close to MSA, but near the end you will hear the Egyptian accent much more -- get used to those g's!

The culture sections at the end of the chapters are actually interesting -- Fairuz, Umm Kulthoom, Nizar Qabbani, etc.

The textbook is meant for a classroom, but we are using it in a small study group. Once we got about halfway, we found it useful to have a native speaker tutor join us for our study group to correct our exercises & do the spoken drills with us. Now that we're near the end of the book, it's almost essential to have that kind of support. Without it you'll have no idea whether your answers are correct on the more difficult exercises.

When you get partway, there will be dictionary exercises. It's important to get the right kind of dictionary, because not all of the Arabic dictionaries you find at the bookstore will work for these. I already had 2 sets of dictionaries, neither worked. Get the Hans Wehr dictionary, which has words arranged by roots/patterns.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Long overdue, it should have been published sooner, 26 Aug 1997
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I have been studying Arabic for a long time. This book does what no other has done for the arabic language...made it clear, concise and real. Many others have attempted but most fail to teach this as anything other than a language to study the Quran, this book made my studies real and usable(real). If you want a clear concise book that you can honestly use to learn, understand and study; buy this book but don't forget to make them sell you the video and cassettes!!!!!!
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