Pimsleur Arabic

Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners

by: Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, Jane Wightwick

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/24/2009)
List Price: $17.95

There are lots of learn Arabic books out there. For your money's worth, many can provide you with much more information.

So why this choose this one?

It's fun. Never underestimate the importance of enjoying learning, because, if you're doing it on your own and it's not fun, it's very easy to give up, or at least take a (long) break. Studying needs to be interesting and captivating. This book is just that. It provides basic lessons, with useful vocabulary and grammar - not too much, not too little - and allows you to practice it in the book and using the CD, in a fun and engaging way. It has interactive conversations on the CD, cut-out games and flash cards in the book, and the typical textbook exercises are not long, tedious, or repetitive. The book provides the reading portion and the CD teaches the proper pronunciation.

One of the best parts of this book is the fact it forces you to learn the alphabet, by making you read simple words in the script. It doesn't introduce the alphabet, which is why I would suggest reading a book like "The Arabic Alphabet" by Awde & Samano, but it's very difficult to memorize an alphabet without actually applying it, as this book makes you do.

Although the book does not leave you with a large vocabulary or much grammar, in an easy and fun manner it gives you the basics to work from. I would definitely recommend it. -- Melinda Szell (California)

Release Date: 12/31/1969

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