false 767625 3 This new edition includes three DVDs 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 newly 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 include: 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-not just comprehension; 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. Features also include: provides explicit instructions to students and instructors on drills and activities, including recommendations on appropriate exercises for inside and outside the classroom; new interactive DVDs contain reading comprehension texts with new material and new listening comprehension material; DVDs present cultural background with illustrations and continues the story of Maha and Khalid using both Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. 753689 1997 Answer Key to Al-kitaab Fii Ta Callum Al-carabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic total:2|3:2| 2 6 10 0 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:57:20 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:57:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 05:37:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 05:37:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 09:43:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:54:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 09:25:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:55:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 22:48:11 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 22:48:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 01 16:01:23 -0700 2008 Mon May 18 21:35:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 01 04:59:30 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 05:02:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 02 13:56:19 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 13:56:26 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Aug 28 09:39:42 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 09:39:42 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Aug 28 09:39:29 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 09:39:29 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=316634