Kalaam Gamiil: An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Volume 1 (Arabic Edition)

Based on the cumulative experience of three leading teachers of Arabic as a foreign language, Kalaam Gamiil builds and develops communicative skills in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, along parallel tracks of vocabulary and grammar. It is designed for students who have reached the lower intermediate level of Modern Standard Arabic and are now ready to branch out into their first experience of a major spoken dialect. Structured around basic topics that crop up in daily conversations, lessons each include a situation, a vocabulary list, preparatory sentences using the new vocabulary items, explanations of grammar in English, cultural information, and a variety of mechanical drills and communicative exercises. The book, volume one of a two-part series, focuses on the speaking and listening skills that will enable intermediate students to handle a variety of uncomplicated communicative tasks with native speakers of Egyptian Arabic successfully. Volume two is scheduled to be published in 2010. "This first volume of a two-part series focuses on the speaking and listening skills that will enable intermediate students to handle a variey of uncomplicated communicative tasks with native speakers of Egyptian Arabic successfully."--Page 4 of cover " ... Volume two of a two-part series, focuses on the speaking and listening skills that will enable high intermediate to advanced students to handle a variety of more complicated communicative tasks successfully"--Page 4 of cover How to Use this Book 13 Phonetic Symbols 15 Introduction 17 Lesson 1 43 Lesson 2 67 Lesson 3 87 Lesson 4 115 Lesson 5 137 Lesson 6 153 Lesson 7 171 Lesson 8 197 Lesson 9 221 Lesson 10 247 Lesson 11 269 Lesson 12 285 Appendix 301