Complete Arabic Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

by Frances Altorfer, Frances Altorfer

It's easy to teach yourself Arabic!

Complete Arabic provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Arabic, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Arabic with confidence.

Within each of the 25 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues.You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.

The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.

Genres: Reference, Language, Linguistics, Nonfiction

496 pages, Paperback

First published February 26, 2010

Reviews

[lixy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine for beginners, but only along WITH an excellent class I took. Arabic I think would be incredibly hard to "teach ones self", as this series claims, though the first chapters are helpful and quite well structured. I imagine most beginner, teach-yourselfers probably only use at most half of this type of book (i've looked at a few others, and used them both for learning and teaching), and this is fine up to about half way. After that, as things get more complicated, you really need a teacher and a real grammar and learning materials.

[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book for conversational arabic, but the grammar could be a lot clearer. Other books such as Haywood go into the nuts and bolts in a much clearer and more comprehensive way. And an app like ilang Arabic for pronunciation will also help.