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Answer Key to Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum Al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two, Second Edition

2 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Abbas Al-Tonsi, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2006

Kinda Beat Up
The product got to me in excellent time and I was extremely happy about that. But some of the ends were bent and folded and I was disappointed as the book was suppose to be brand new. It looks like it was dropped or smashed a couple of times but sent anyway.

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One

32 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 1995

Absolutely Brilliant
The book will teach brillant Arabic as long as you are not foolish enough to attempt the study of this language on your own. You should have either a native Arabic speaker (or a professor with a strong Arabic background) teaching you. First off, this is because a language is a means of communication and as such must be taught via communication. Secondly, it will insure you practice Arabic in a ...

Answer Key to: Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One

2 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 1997

Not helpful but...
...if you email the pubisher, you can get it for free. It's really only the monologues (off the cd's) and doesn't give 99% of the answers to the exercises in the book. Even with the lowest of expectations, you'll be disapointed. If you actually pay for it, you'll be angry too.

Al-Kitaab fii Ta`allum al-`Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic (Part Three)

6 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2007

Great readings but not for self-study
The second part of the Al Kitaab series puts an emphasis on the development of reading skills and concentrates on more complex grammatical structures and vocabulary, the type that students are likely to encounter in authentic texts (mainly for academic purposes). As a whole, this book is a lot more "academic" than the first part and this is probably why there seems to be such a wide gap between ...

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two, Second Edition

6 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Abbas Al-Tonsi, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2006

An excellent presentation of an intoxicating language
This this an excellent learning tool. I finished the book one with a tutor. I am trying to study the part two on my own. I have to say this is not a self study book. You are required to make presentations, write essays etc. You need somebody to correct them. But still there are a lot of stuff you can learn from part two without a tutor. The grammar is excellent. Almost intoxicating. It ...

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition

34 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2004

Al-Kitaab Part 1
This is a well designed textbook. Heavy on vocabulary, but presented in context. The DVD that accompanies it is very helpful for pronunciation and listening practice. Assumes a knowledge of Arabic script and the 150 vocabulary words presented in Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, so if you haven't already gone through Alif Baa, I recommend starting there.

Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds

57 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2004

Very complete
I have been using this book in my college Arabic classes three years now. It is an excellent book and is very complete. The DVDs supplement the book nicely. It would be almost impossible not to be able to learn the Arabic alphabet and some basic vocabulary with this book. The problem I have with using it for my classes is that you have to complete 7 of the 10 chapters before knowing all the ...

Answer Key To Alif Baa: Introduction To Arabic Letters and Sounds

7 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2004

I love Alif Baa
My only gripe is that I bought the book in the store and had to buy the answer key online. The answer key should be included with the book in store as well or INCLUDED in the damn book.

Al-Kitaab Audio on the Go

3 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2007

Al-Kitaab Audio
If you are using Al-Kitaab and not also in an Arabic class, I'd say the audio on the go CD is a must. It's the dialogues and exercises from the DVD that comes with the book, but you can take it wherever you go on your MP3 player. Very helpful.

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Three

4 reviews
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, ...

Georgetown University Press, 2001

Hard, but rewarding
I can't really add too much to what the more articulate reviewers have already said. I'm really writing this to counter the negative reviews. I've been using this book for about a month, in a second-semester class (Alif-Baa was used in the first). It's true that it asks you to make leaps of faith, in that you're sometimes given only parts of a verb ('she lives', 'I study'), or apparently ...

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Three

The Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language: Issues and Directions

Georgetown University Press, 2008

This volume explores the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. Distinguished contributors examine the state of the Arabic teaching profession, the institutional challenges in both US and study-abroad programs, the teaching of various skills, the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom, the uses of technology in the classroom, and testing. Published in 1995, the issues raised here remain mostly ...

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