Al-Kitab Al-Asasi: A Basic Course for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Volume 3

This three-part course in Modern Standard Arabic for non-native speakers approaches the language through a series of themed topics daily life in the Arab world, politics and governance, literature and the arts, science and medicine, astronomy concentrates principally on listening and speaking skills. In each section, vocabulary is built up as various linguistic structures and strategies are introduced and practiced in a clear introduction to Arabic grammar. A CD accompanies Volume 1, and in addition to a full glossary of vocabulary items at the end of each volume (with meanings in both English and French), a supplementary dictionary gives a complete key to the vocabulary of all three books in four languages: English, French, German, and Spanish. Comprehensive and easily digestible, varied and informative, these books make an ideal basis for a classroom-based course in Arabic anywhere in the world. This is a fully revised and expanded new edition of the favorite Modern Standard Arabic study series. This three-part course in Modern Standard Arabic for non-native speakers approaches the language through a series of themed topics - daily life in the Arab world, politics and governance, literature and the arts, science and medicine, astronomy - concentrates principally on listening and speaking skills. In each section, vocabulary is built up as various linguistic structures and strategies are introduced and practiced in a clear introduction to Arabic grammar. A CD accompanies Volume 1, and in addition to a full glossary of vocabulary items at the end of each volume (with meanings in both English and French), a supplementary dictionary, al-Mu'jam al-musa'id, gives a complete key to the vocabulary of all three books in four languages: English, French, German, and Spanish. This three-part course in Modern Standard Arabic for non-native speakers approaches the language through a series of themed topicsdaily life in the Arab world, politics and governance, literature and the arts, science and medicine, astronomyconcentrates principally on listening and speaking skills. In each section, vocabulary is built up as various linguistic structures and strategies are introduced and practiced in a clear introduction to Arabic grammar. A CD accompanies Volume 1, and a supplementary dictionary, al-Mujam al-musaid, gives a complete key to the vocabulary of all three books in four English, French, German, and Spanish. Comprehensive and easily digestible, varied and informative, these books make an ideal basis for a classroom-based course in Arabic anywhere in the world. Accompanying CD accompanies Volume1 and includes a glossary of vocabulary items presented in the three volumes and a supplementary lexicon in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish.