Alif Baa with Website: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds

Brustad, Kristen; Al-Batal, Mahmoud; Al-Tonsi, Abbas

ISBN 10: 1647121817 / ISBN 13: 9781647121815

Edité par Georgetown University Press (edition Third), 2021

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It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Workbook.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Alif Baa with Website: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds
• Éditeur: Georgetown University Press (edition Third)
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1647121817
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781647121815
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Third.
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

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 Sounds with Website, 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.The accompanying companion website–included with the book–offers fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text. FEATURES •Four-color design throughout the book with 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 the Publisher’s website •Includes video footage of an Arabic calligrapher, capsules on Arabic culture, and images of street signs from Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon, streaming on the Publisher’s website •Includes English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries Alif Baa provides the essential first 20-25 contact (classroom) hours of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, accompanied by 40-50 homework hours. Students who complete Alif Baa should reach a novice-intermediate to novice-high level of proficiency. For Instructors: Separate print Teacher’s Editions of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program are no longer available. Instead, instructors should submit exam and desk copy requests using ISBN 978-1-64712-181-5. Instructors may request an answer key, which contains the answers to exercises found in the textbook, separately.

À propos de l?auteur

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.