Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners
by Jane Wightwick
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.782421
EAN: 9780071412155
ISBN: 0071412158
Label: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: 2003-10-27
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Study aid to learning Arabic
Comment: My daughter who is studying Egyptian Arabic used this to get ready to take the course, it helped prepare her for diving head first into a language that she had no prior exposure to! She had just completed a 4 year college course in International Finance & THEN decided she wanted to tackle 1 of the most difficult languages to learn on the face of the earth!! Go figure! College kids!! LOL
Anywho.......... she said it helped prep her for what was to come!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad for Beginners
Comment: I have arabic for dummies and it is better, incl CD for audio. I am a visual learner, so I need to SEE how to say it. Following a CD in this book is not easy, if you can't see it too. I would NOT recommend this book for beginners.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Helpful, but method of introducting Arabic script is problematic.
Comment: This text is useful. It begins from the basics and proceeds at a realistically slow pace. The CD is very helpful for pronunciation. HOWEVER, one big drawback is the way the author introduces written Arabic script. Although she does not SYSTEMATICALLY introduce the script until near the END of the book, she uses the script from the very first lesson, where she blithely - overly optimistically - instructs the student to simply remember the overall SHAPE or appearance of words written in Arabic. I challenge anyone to be able to do this!!! Beyond a few words, that is. Unit exercises often present words in Arabic script only, with no Roman scipt trancription, so you really have to master reading the script to fully paricipate in the program. The solution is to jump ahead to the end of the book, and study the letters first - but you won't get much help with this - there are no graduated exercises. I do not find Arabic script "easy" (much harder than Cyrillic script, for example, although easier/faster to learn than Japanese's three concurrent scripts) and I crave more support than this book offers. (There is a companion book by same author and one other, for learning to write Arabic.)
Customer Rating:
Summary: A fun introduction to a difficult language!
Comment: This book is a valuable resource as an introduction to Arabic for someone who wants an introduction to the alphabet and some basic volabulary, grammar and phrases. It is well-designed to make learning easy and fun. It is also a great value because it comes with a CD and flashcards to help with pronunciation and script recognition.
I think a weakness of the book is the superficial treatment of script in the middle of the text. However, it is an adequate introduction, but to me learning the script would be easier with a book like The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It. This is a much more comprehensive, accessible and less intimidating exposure to learning Arabic script and it is still less than 100 pages.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pleased.
Comment: I received this product in a good amount of time and it was in good shape.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Study aid to learning Arabic
Comment: My daughter who is studying Egyptian Arabic used this to get ready to take the course, it helped prepare her for diving head first into a language that she had no prior exposure to! She had just completed a 4 year college course in International Finance & THEN decided she wanted to tackle 1 of the most difficult languages to learn on the face of the earth!! Go figure! College kids!! LOL
Anywho.......... she said it helped prep her for what was to come!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad for Beginners
Comment: I have arabic for dummies and it is better, incl CD for audio. I am a visual learner, so I need to SEE how to say it. Following a CD in this book is not easy, if you can't see it too. I would NOT recommend this book for beginners.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Helpful, but method of introducting Arabic script is problematic.
Comment: This text is useful. It begins from the basics and proceeds at a realistically slow pace. The CD is very helpful for pronunciation. HOWEVER, one big drawback is the way the author introduces written Arabic script. Although she does not SYSTEMATICALLY introduce the script until near the END of the book, she uses the script from the very first lesson, where she blithely - overly optimistically - instructs the student to simply remember the overall SHAPE or appearance of words written in Arabic. I challenge anyone to be able to do this!!! Beyond a few words, that is. Unit exercises often present words in Arabic script only, with no Roman scipt trancription, so you really have to master reading the script to fully paricipate in the program. The solution is to jump ahead to the end of the book, and study the letters first - but you won't get much help with this - there are no graduated exercises. I do not find Arabic script "easy" (much harder than Cyrillic script, for example, although easier/faster to learn than Japanese's three concurrent scripts) and I crave more support than this book offers. (There is a companion book by same author and one other, for learning to write Arabic.)
Customer Rating:
Summary: A fun introduction to a difficult language!
Comment: This book is a valuable resource as an introduction to Arabic for someone who wants an introduction to the alphabet and some basic volabulary, grammar and phrases. It is well-designed to make learning easy and fun. It is also a great value because it comes with a CD and flashcards to help with pronunciation and script recognition.
I think a weakness of the book is the superficial treatment of script in the middle of the text. However, it is an adequate introduction, but to me learning the script would be easier with a book like The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It. This is a much more comprehensive, accessible and less intimidating exposure to learning Arabic script and it is still less than 100 pages.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pleased.
Comment: I received this product in a good amount of time and it was in good shape.
READ AND SPEAK LANGUAGES FOR BEGINNERS Basics made easy--and fun! Extraordinarily accessible and highly effective, Read and Speak Languages for Beginners guides make it easier than ever for English-speaking language learners to master the basics of three particularly difficult languages--Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese. Using a variety of ingenious educational tools that instruct as they entertain, these unique beginners' guides help learners conquer the difficulties presented by script as they master basic conversational sentence structures. Ideal for tourists and business travelers, the books are organized around the seven key areas of everyday life--names and nationality; naming objects; positions and places; describing possessions; appearances; family; and jobs and workplaces--and feature: - Clear explanations of how basic phrases are used for practical communication
- Entertaining activities, games, and puzzles
- Illustrated flash cards that help in the memorization of key phrases
- A 60-minute CD, featuring speaking and listening exercises and audio games
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