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Paperback Al-Kitaab Fii Tacallum Al-Carabiyya with Multimedia: A Textbook for Arabicpart Two, Second Edition Book

ISBN: 1589010965

ISBN13: 9781589010963

Al-Kitaab Fii Tacallum Al-Carabiyya with Multimedia: A Textbook for Arabicpart Two, Second Edition

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This second edition includes one DVD bound into the book that feature contextualized vocabulary, cultural background and illustrations, and new listening comprehension materials with each lesson. Newly recorded colloquial audio and video materials also accompany each lesson and continue the story of Maha and Khalid and their travels to Cairo with brief explanatory vocabulary and notes provided in the text. The appendices include grammatical reference charts, an Arabic-English glossary, and a grammar index. The materials cover approximately 150 contact hours of instruction, and students who complete Part Two should reach advanced proficiency.

Each lesson in Part Two centers on a text that deals with a social, historical, literary, or cultural issue. In addition to the main reading text, students will also find additional authentic texts for reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar exercises, close listening and speaking activities, and cultural background for the reading.

The revised and repackaged Part Two has been restructured to reflect pedagogical developments over the last eight years, updated with new authentic reading and listening texts, and expanded with new video materials. In addition to the speaking, listening, and writing skills emphasized throughout each lesson, more time and emphasis is placed on activating vocabulary and structure with new activities for inside and outside the classroom.

FEATURES: - Provides basic texts of printed media to help students connect the written and aural/oral aspects of Arabic - Features intensive reading that is focused on grammar and pronunciation - Contains substantial amounts of drills and exercises to help students memorize and gain active control of an expanded vocabulary - Explores the root and pattern system of Arabic grammar and complex sentence structure using vocabulary, complex texts, and translation exercises - Develops writing skills at the paragraph level to encourage synthesis of vocabulary and grammar - Provides explicit instructions to students and instructors on drills and activities, including recommendations on appropriate exercises for inside and outside the classroom - Interactive DVD contains reading comprehension texts with new material and new listening comprehension material - DVD presents cultural background with illustrations and continues the story of Maha and Khalid using both Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic

Customer Reviews

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A rich, thoughtful text

Having used this textbook, I must say I am somewhat baffled by the vitriol employed by some reviewers, a few of whom have gone so far as to hurl personal insults against the authors. While there is always room for criticism, I find the harsh invective is to be completely unmerited. First, some basic information for the unfamiliar: -- The book consists of 10 chapters. Each chapter is built around a main text, which is an authentic piece of writing (usually nonfiction, though Chapter 7 does introduce us to the classic "Alf Layla wa Layla," aka "A Thousand and One Nights"). -- To prepare us to read the text, each chapter begins with a list of vocabulary that will appear in the reading, followed by a number of vocabulary exercises. The DVDs also have the reader use each vocabulary word in a sample sentence -- very helpful. -- Grammar topics are presented after the reading, and are based on actual grammatical forms and structures encountered in the text. -- This is followed by additional reading and listening exercises, also taken from authentic Arabic sources. -- Ending each chapter is a section on 'aamiyyah (colloquial), which, like Part I of Al-Kitaab, focuses on the Egyptian colloquial. (In my course we skipped this section, so my review cannot reflect any judgment on it.) I admire the thought that went into organizing the content of each chapter. The vocabulary list at the beginning of each chapter first presents those words that share a common root with a previously learned word. This not only helps remind us of the meaning of the "old" word, but it also helps us to internalize derivation patterns and trains us to be "root-conscious" as we are learning new words. This is hugely important in Arabic. The vocabulary exercises are well conceived, and the authors do a great job of "recycling" the vocabulary from previous chapters in the new vocabulary exercises. Also, I noticed that the sentences in the vocabulary exercises grow increasingly long and complicated over the course of the book, to appropriately match the student's progress. The readings are challenging, but no more so than they should be. We are not expected to understand every last word in the reading, but rather to use our skills of inference based on contextual clues to fill in the gaps in our knowledge. Being able to glean the main ideas or arguments from a reading despite not knowing every word is a crucial skill when learning any language. One commonly heard complaint about the Al-Kitaab series is that the grammar explanations are not thorough enough. While I can understand this critique, upon reflection I don't agree with it. In part, this is what separates the functional approach of the Al-Kitaab series from the grammar-translation approach of older textbooks, where grammar topics were presented up front, in encyclopedic fashion, and lessons were built around them. I believe that the authors have generally made wise (though admittedly difficult) decisions on how to pre

excellent text book

The Alif Baa and Al Kitaab text books are wonderful for learning Arabic. They are best in the context of a formal course, but could be used for individual study as well.

Top of the line

With the assistance of an Arabic teacher, this is definitely the best book around. It's very helpful; the pace of learning increases gradually so it remains easy to keep up throughout the series. It's never overloaded with information and grammatically it's spot on. Recognized as one of the top (usually THE top) Arabic language series.

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 the two books. Al Kitaab One is about "learning Arabic and having fun doing it" and Al Kitaab Two seems to leave out the "having fun" part. Those hoping that Al Kitaab Two will address topics in everyday life communication which were not found in Part One will be disappointed. Part Two teaches you the vocabulary you need to read about the first newspapers in the Arab world but it won't teach you how to say "Could you pass me the bread please". I believe that one reason for this is the setting for which the Al Kitaab series was initially developed: the Middlebury Summer Immersion Arabic program. Now, in an immersion program this would be the perfect book. It gives you the necessary materials for work in class and skipps over some aspects of everyday communication assuming that you will be exposed to them anyway outside the classroom. Unfortunately, if you are a student in normal academic setting or someone struggling to learn Arabic on their own, this book needs a lot of supplementary materials and, most of all, a very good teacher/consultant to make up for the defficiencies.You should also be aware that the audio and video tapes that go with the book make it twice as useful. Good luck finding them :)

Innovative Text

The Al-Kitaab books use a truly outstanding and innovative approach to the teaching of the Arabic Language. The grammatical explanations are clear and concise, texts used are varied in content and address relevant cultural and social issues in the Arab world, and the vocabulary used in the lessons is widely useful. I recommend this series very enthusiastically.
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