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Published: 28/09/2007

Extent: 2 Hrs

Series: Michel Thomas Series

 

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Summary:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own

You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Arabic in the same way.

You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it

· Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

· This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Arabic in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.

· You learn through listening and speaking – without the pressure of writing or memorising.

· You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.

The NEW Arabic Introductory Course

This is the first two hour

• Learn another language the way you learnt your own

• Effective method - the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works with the brain

• Motivating - live classroom situation with two students encourages you to learn with the students on the recording
• All-audio - the way you want to learn

• Pronunciation is gently - but effectively - corrected

• Reference booklet - accompanying booklet lists key phrases in English and Arabic (transliterated script)

• Suite of progressive and complementary course components: Introductory, Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary

• Sales record - the hugely successful Michel Thomas Method is applied to Arabic.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; how the course works
History and development of the Arabic language.
Standard Arabic and spoken dialects. Similarities.
Position of Egyptian as most understood dialect.
Instant vocabulary of English / European words adopted into Arabic
English / European words slightly adapted to Arabic speech patterns
Arabic words taken into English
Basic requests using “mumkin - possible”
No words for “a / an” in Arabic. “weh - and”
Pronoun “I - ena”. No word for “am / is / are” in Arabic. Arabic distinguishes masculine and feminine “you - enta / enti”
Use inflexion for questions. “-a” = feminine ending. Adjective (descriptive word) endings
Arabic uses “wanting - cawwiz “ for “I want / you want” etc. Behaves like adjective
Pronouns “he / she - huwwa / heyya”
“the” = “il”. “l” of “il” sometimes absorbed into following consonant
Arabic “going (to) - raayiH”, “coming (to) - gayy”. No word needed for “to”.
Sentences using “alashen - because”
Word order with question words (e.g. “where - fayn”)
Arabic possessive adjectives (“my” etc.) are tagged on to the end of the word they describe

About the Author(s):

Jane Wightwick is an experienced teacher of Arabic and author and publisher of Arabic-teaching materials. Mahmoud Gaafar worked for the United Nations and Radio Cairo and now authors print, radio and TV resources for the Arab world.

Readership:
Self-access course for adult beginners

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