Karin C. Ryding – Formal Spoken Arabic

The Arabic language-learning classic is now enhanced with a bound-in CD of mp3 files. In order to provide beginners with maximum linguistic and cultural exposure in a short period (about 100 hours of contact time), this book consists of sixteen lessons with dialogs and exercises dealing with day-to-day scenarios: greeting people, getting a taxi, making phone calls, asking directions, and The lessons teach the reader how to navigate at gas stations, marketplaces, restaurants, and in their own homes. Modern Standard Arabic is the literary form of the language, but formal spoken Arabic is more natural. The spoken dialects of Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan differ from the shared features of the various urban colloquial dialects. Each lesson includes cultural notes on American-Arab interactions, notes on learner strategies for managing Arabic conversations with a limited amount of language, and explanations in clear, non-technical language. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Although the main dialogue for each lesson is presented in Arabic, transcriptions are used to accelerate spoken performance. Explanations, English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries, appendices, instructor’s notes, and drills aided and accompanied by the CD are included in the course. This is an expanded and enhanced version of a course that was originally developed for diplomats and is suitable for students in Middle East area studies. Travelers heading for posts in the Arab world who quickly need to gain a basic ability to converse in day-to-day situations will find the Formal Spoken Arabic FAST course useful.