Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya - A Textbook for Arabic: Part Three (With DVD and MP3 CD)(Arabic and English Edition)

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The final and most advanced volume of the Al-Kitaab Arabic textbook program, Part Three is intended to help learners reach a superior level of proficiency by expanding vocabulary and providing paragraph-level activities in reading, writing, and speaking. More than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world address a range of political, social, religious, and literary themes and represent a range of genres, styles, and periods. Although the book focuses primarily on modern Arabic, classical Arabic texts have been incorporated into some of the lessons to introduce students to the continuity of the language throughout its history. Like previous books in the series, Part Three presents vocabulary-building drills and contextualized explanations of grammar, with exercises designed to push students toward independent learning. The original text and audio are now bound together in one volume along with new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid in Egyptian Arabic, making Part Three an invaluable textbook and reader. Features: • Guides learners to the superior level of proficiency • Strengthens reading skills • Increases vocabulary acquisition • Refines and expands knowledge of sentence structure and the Arabic verb system • Provides extensive writing activities • Widens cultural background • Includes more than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world • Audio tracks have been remastered as MP3 files, recorded on one CD, and bound into the book • Includes all new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid • New video material continues instruction in the Egyptian dialect Review: This is how Arabic is being taught on US University Campuses - In the late 60's the 18-or-so Universities which taught Arabic used "The University of Michigan" Course in Standard Arabic, Newspaper Arabic, in second year Arabic, and, in the summer, would have a course in one of the Arabic dialects--I was lucky and had Mukhtar Ani and Khalil Hawi teaching me Damascene Arabic with his (Damascene Arabic, by Mukhtar Ani and the Georgetown crew of Professors) book and Rice and Said's book, Levantine Arabic, which is still in print on desertcart. By learning to speak, we started to become more fluent in reading. This new method, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya, by Kristen Brustad and the crew at Georgetown, introduces the written Arabic in each lesson, --the DVD is well made and has the characters in the book speaking "classical," or, "written" Arabic--and then, also, later, at the end of each lesson, does some of the "colloquial" or "spoken" Arabic. Thus, the method bridges the gap between the "written" and "colloquial" Arabic. I haven't perused this particular "Book 3," but I'm sure it is just as good as "Book 1" Review: Great Series for learning Arabic - As a student learning Arabic, this series is the best way to go. The third book mostly just presents new vocabulary. It refines some grammar knowledge and provides insight on literary styles, but its main goal is to introduce lots of words and have the student use them. Because of this, the vocab lists in this book are massive, so it helped me to make flashcards to learn them all.