How to Write in Arabic: Developing Your Academic Writing Style - Hardcover

Lahlali, El Mustapha

 
9781474457378: How to Write in Arabic: Developing Your Academic Writing Style
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474457371 ISBN 13: 9781474457378
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

How to Write in Arabic teaches intermediate and advanced learners how to use the Arabic linguistic features that are key to achieving written fluency. Each unit contains carefully selected exercises where students practise their vocabulary and grammar in a wide range of registers and contexts – such as writing a CV, a short story, a love letter, an essay and many more. In addition to brand-new drills and vocabularies, this second edition also features three new units. The unit on Arabic expressions and vocabulary provides learners with a variety of phrases in context. The unit on media writing focuses on themes such as diplomacy, elections, the economy, the environment and revolutions, amongst others. And the unit on writing errors helps learners spot and correct common mistakes, especially in punctuation and tense.

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About the Author

Professor El Mustapha Lahlali is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Media at the University of Leeds. He is the author of several books, including: Arabic Media Coverage of Pandemics: Discourse, Strategy and Impact, Routledge, 2023; Arabic Political Discourse in Transition, Edinburgh University Press, 2022; How to Write in Arabic: Developing Your Academic Style, (2nd edition), Edinburgh University Press, 2021; Arabic Media Dictionary, Routledge, 2019; Essential Skills in Arabic: from the Intermediate to the Advanced Level, Edinburgh University Press (co-authored), 2020; Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2nd edition, 2017; Advanced English-Arabic Translation: A Practical Guide, Edinburgh University Press, 2014 (co-authored); Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media, Edinburgh University Press, 2011; Ibn al-Tayyib: the Forgotten Journey of an 18 Century Arab Traveller, I.B. Tauris, 2010 (co-authored); How to Write in Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2009 (1st edition); Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2008 (1st edition); Critical Discourse Analysis and Classroom Discursive Practices, Lincom Europa, 2007.

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A one-stop shop for developing your Arabic writing skills, packed with practical exercises and drillsHow to Write in Arabic teaches intermediate and advanced learners how to use the Arabic linguistic features that are key to achieving written fluency. Each unit contains carefully selected exercises where students practise their vocabulary and grammar in a wide range of registers and contexts – such as writing a CV, a short story, a love letter, an essay and many more.In addition to brand-new drills and vocabularies, this 2nd edition also features 3 new units. The unit on Arabic expressions and vocabulary provides learners with a variety of phrases in context. The unit on media writing focuses on themes such as diplomacy, elections, the economy, the environment and revolutions, amongst others. And the unit on writing errors helps learners spot and correct common mistakes, especially in punctuation and tense.Key Features? Designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Arabic who are looking to develop and refine their writing skills? Gives students theoretical and practical guidelines on how to make their writing flow by using connectors and cohesive devices? Helps students to expand their vocabulary with new words, phrases and idioms? Challenges learners with a variety of practical writing exercises in different registers, such as correspondence, academic articles, creative writing and reporting for mediaContents? Unit 1: Connectors? Unit 2: Letter Writing? Unit 3: Stylistic Expressions and Vocabulary? Unit 4: Free Writing? Unit 5: Creative Writing? Unit 6: Arabic Expressions and Vocabulary in Context? Unit 7: Arabic Media Writing? Unit 8: My Writing ErrorsEl Mustapha Lahlali is Professor at the University of Leeds and the author of numerous textbooks – including Advanced Media Arabic (2nd edition, 2017), Essential Skills in Arabic (with Radia Kesseiri, 2018) and Advanced English–Arabic Translation (with Wafa Abu Hatab, 2014), all published by Edinburgh University Press.

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A one-stop shop for developing your Arabic writing skills, packed with practical exercises and drillsHow to Write in Arabic teaches intermediate and advanced learners how to use the Arabic linguistic features that are key to achieving written fluency. Each unit contains carefully selected exercises where students practise their vocabulary and grammar in a wide range of registers and contexts such as writing a CV, a short story, a love letter, an essay and many more.In addition to brand-new drills and vocabularies, this 2nd edition also features 3 new units. The unit on Arabic expressions and vocabulary provides learners with a variety of phrases in context. The unit on media writing focuses on themes such as diplomacy, elections, the economy, the environment and revolutions, amongst others. And the unit on writing errors helps learners spot and correct common mistakes, especially in punctuation and tense.Key Features? Designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Arabic who are looking to develop and refine their writing skills? Gives students theoretical and practical guidelines on how to make their writing flow by using connectors and cohesive devices? Helps students to expand their vocabulary with new words, phrases and idioms? Challenges learners with a variety of practical writing exercises in different registers, such as correspondence, academic articles, creative writing and reporting for mediaContents? Unit 1: Connectors ? Unit 2: Letter Writing? Unit 3: Stylistic Expressions and Vocabulary ? Unit 4: Free Writing ? Unit 5: Creative Writing ? Unit 6: Arabic Expressions and Vocabulary in Context ? Unit 7: Arabic Media Writing ? Unit 8: My Writing ErrorsEl Mustapha Lahlali is Professor at the University of Leeds and the author of numerous textbooks including Advanced Media Arabic (2nd edition, 2017), Essential Skills in Arabic (with Radia Kesseiri, 2018) and Advanced English Arabic Translation (with Wafa Abu Hatab, 2014), all published by Edinburgh University Press.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474457371
ISBN 13 
9781474457378
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
224

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