Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (Al-kitaab Arabic Language Program) (Arabic Edition)
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- Title
- Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (Al-kitaab Arabic Language Program) (Arabic Edition)
- Author
- Al-Tonsi, Abbas
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1589016327
- ISBN 13
- 9781589016323
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
Alif Baa is the first volume of the best-selling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, now in its third edition. In this edition of Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sound, English-speaking students will use the integrated method of learning colloquial and formal (spoken and written) Arabic together. Alif Baa provides learners with all the material necessary to learn the sounds of Arabic, write its letters, and begin speaking Arabic.
NEW: Audio and video content needed to complete the homework exercises is available to stream online for free on the Publisher website. (Note: DVDs that once featured the audio and video are now obsolete and no longer included in the books.)
FEATURES
NEW: Audio and video content needed to complete the homework exercises is available to stream online for free on the Publisher website. (Note: DVDs that once featured the audio and video are now obsolete and no longer included in the books.)
FEATURES
- Four-color design throughout the book features over 100 illustrations and photographs
- Gives learners and instructors color-coded options for the variety of language they wish to learn in speaking: Egyptian, Levantine, or formal Arabic (MSA)
- Introduces over 200 basic vocabulary words in all three forms of spoken and written Arabic side by side, including expressions for polite social interaction, and activates them in interactive homework exercises and classroom groupwork
- Includes video dialogues in Egyptian and Levantine, filmed in Cairo and Damascus, streaming on AlKitaabTextbook.com
- Includes video footage of an Arabic calligrapher, capsules on Arabic culture, and images of street signs from Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon, available on the Publisher website
- Includes English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries
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About the Author
Kristen Brustad was an associate professor of Arabic at the University of Texas at Austin until her retirement in 2019.
Mahmoud Al-Batal is a professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut.
Abbas Al-Tonsi is a former senior lecturer at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
Mahmoud Al-Batal is a professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut.
Abbas Al-Tonsi is a former senior lecturer at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
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