Synopses & Reviews
It's easy to teach yourself Arabic! Complete Arabic provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Arabic, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Arabic with confidence.
Within each of the 25 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues.You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.
The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.
About the Author
Jack Smart taught Arabic for 40 years. Frances Altorfer is a modern languages teacher and a regular visitor to the Gulf.
Table of Contents
1. Lets Get Started
2. Personal Details
3. How You Describe Yourself
4. This and That
5. Our House Is Your House
6. Where Is the Town Center?
7. What Did You Do?
8. Once Upon a Time
9. More Than One
10. What Do You Do?
11. Islamic Festivals
12. Womans Page
13. The Arabian Gulf
14. Hearing Is Obeying (The Arabian Nights)
15. The Arabs in Hollywood
16. Sports Page
17. If God Wills
18. News from Every Country