Elementary Modern Standard Arabic: Volume 2, Lessons 31-45; Appendices (Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Lessons 31-45)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521272963 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 490 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Each lesson contains a text, a vocabulary, grammar and drills including oral and written comprehension passages. Volume 1 is complete in itself and presents a practical introduction to the writing system of Arabic and to its pronunciation, with reading and writing pronunciation drills. The Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Course (EMSA) is the premier introduction, for the English-speaking student, to the active written language of the contemporary Arab world. An Arabic-English glossary completes the volume. It implements an audio-lingual approach to language teaching while presenting the elements of Modern Standard Arabic as written and spoken in the contemporary Arab World. The course continues in Volume 2, which extends the knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and expression.. Expressly designed for the beginning student, the course is written by a team of Arabic language teachers consisting of native and non-native Arabic speakers, linguists and people whose primary interests are literature and allied areas. Thirty lessons provide a basic working knowledge of Arabic
"Fundamentals of Arabic" according to N. T. Staal. The question is, do you want to learn Arabic, or do you want to sound like you speak a bit of Arabic? Having started Arabic with this book, I will admit that at times it seems rather harsh and dry. However, I truly believe that no native-English speaker can get to an intermediate, much less advanced, level of Arabic without having a solid grasp of the grammar and structure - which is pretty tough for just about every beginner. From watching my current classmates who started on al-Kitaab struggle through the upper levels and beg for more grammar reviews, I'm convinced the . useful, but boring barbara the second part of EMSA inherits the problems of the first part - it is unbelivably boring. the reading texts are a bit more diverse, probably because the level of students is higher. but still, some of them are just plain stupid - my vote would go to unit 35, where the highlight of the visit to jerusalem is the fact that the friend's wife made some dinner and they drank arabic coffee. what IS arabic coffee anyway? plus, the texts are all edited, which is a bit discouraging for the students, I think. the grammar part is a lot more useful - if you don't mind the choice of . Okay for the Classroom Thomas F. Ogara For a long time, Abboud and McCarus was the only game in town if you wanted to learn Arabic. Virtually every college course in Arabic used it throughout the USA.Now the picture is different. Arabic studies are not the arcane field they once were, and there is a great variety of material out there. Still, this set has its virtues. It has a lot of drill material, and while this can be a bore, it is a godsend in the final analysis if you really want to learn literary Arabic.The abundance of material makes it difficult to use as a self-teacher, however, and its better not use
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