Haki bil-Libnani Access Code: Lebanese Arabic Online Textbook and Companion Website to Al-kitaab Part One (Arabic Edition) 3 Psc Stu edition by Haydar, Adnan, Haydar, Paula, Sinno, Nadine (2014) Hardcover

by Adnan Haydar

Haki bil-Libnani provides students of Arabic with an opportunity to acquire substantial and systematic proficiency in Lebanese dialect and culture, and is designed to work either on its own or alongside the bestselling Arabic-language textbook Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition . This fully online textbook and interactive website features two video story components, designed to foster proficiency as students work through each lesson while practicing vocabulary, cultural expressions, and short dialogues. The first story recreates the stories of Maha and Khaled Abul’ila from Al-Kitaab , recast in a Lebanese context starring Yara and Jamil Haddad, who speak the Lebanese dialect and reference Lebanese institutions, places, and customs. A second storyline consists of an original series of short dialogue scenes involving three main Jamal, Raghida, and John Douglas. Jamal and Raghida serve as cultural liaisons who help the Lebanese-American John navigate daily life in Lebanon—buying groceries, taking cabs, and doing Arabic homework—while John’s linguistic and cultural struggles will resonate with many students. The integration of speaking, listening, grammar, and cultural competency skills in Haki Lebanese Arabic Online Textbook and Companion Website to Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition , will facilitate the teaching and learning of Lebanese Arabic, while introducing students to Lebanon’s vibrant and charming culture. All Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) drills and exercises from the Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition , website are included here, so that students using Haki bil-Libnani alongside the Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition , textbook will only need to purchase access to the Haki bil-Libnani companion website. Haki bil-Libnani will also be useful to individual learners with some proficiency in Arabic, who desire to learn Lebanese. Companion Website Minimum System Operating Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or Mac OS 233 128MBScreen 1024 x 768 or Internet Explorer 7.x or higher, or Firefox version 3.x or higher, or Google Chrome. Firefox version 3.x or higher, or Safari 3.x or higher, or Google Chrome.Network A high-speed connection with throughput of 256 Kbps or more is recommended to use audio and video You will need speakers or a headset to listen to audio and video components, and a microphone is necessary for recording activities. For best performance, we recommend you use a USB microphone for partner recording You must have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player

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About the author

Adnan Haydar is head of the Arabic section in the department of world languages, literatures, and cultures and professor of Arabic and comparative literature at the University of Arkansas, where he also directed the King Fahd Middle East Studies Program from 1993 to 1999. Dr. Haydar has taught at the University of California, the University of Pennsylvania, Middlebury College, and the University of Massachusetts. His fields of specialization and areas of teaching include modern and classical Arabic literature, Arabic language, folk literature, oral poetry, and European and Arabic poetics. He has directed SINARC, BAALI, and SCALE, summer institutes in Lebanon for intensive Arabic language and culture from 1997-2010.

He has authored, co-authored and co-edited eight books, including Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition, and published numerous translations and interpretations of poetry and fiction, including Adonis’ Mihyar of Damascus, His Songs, Khalil Hawi’s Naked in Exile, and Jabra Ibrahim Jabra’s celebrated novels The Ship and In Search of Walid Masoud. He has edited numerous modern Arabic novels in translation for Syracuse University Press. His many articles on modern literary theory and oral poetry have appeared in premier literary journals in the U.S. and in the Middle East. His translation (with Michael Beard) of Adonis’ Mihyar of Damascus, His Songs, published by BOA Editions, has recently been awarded the Modern Language Association’s prestigious Lois Roth Award for the Translation of a Literary Work.