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In light of the rapidly growing number of people studying Arabic-in
academia, governments, NGOs, and business-Media Arabic is a unique
and timely learning tool for anyone looking to access news
information from this important global region firsthand. Media
Arabic introduces the language of the newspapers, magazines, and
internet news sites to intermediate and advanced level students of
Modern Standard Arabic. Using this textbook, students will be able
to master core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page
news, recognize various modes of coverage, distinguish fact from
opinion, detect bias, and read critically in Arabic.
Drawing on their long experience as Arabic instructors, Alaa
Elgibali and Nevenka Korica have organized the book into six
chapters, each covering a dominant news topic: Talks and
Conferences, Demonstrations and Protests, Conflicts and Terrorism,
Elections, Rule of Law, and Business. In addition, the book offers
three self-assessment units and a glossary organized by theme.
The book enables students to read extended texts with greater
accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning,
language form, and markers of cohesive discourse. The activities
include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on
vocabulary in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning,
critical reading, and analyzing content.
Advanced Arabic through Discussion is a classroom-tested Advanced
Arabic course. It uses an inquiry-based approach to challenge
advanced learners of Arabic by engaging them in thought-provoking
discussions about social, ethical, and legal issues related to
advertising, censorship, dress-codes, environment, rap music,
extreme sports, GMOs, and other topics. Drawing on her long
experience as an Arabic instructor, Nevenka Korica Sullivan has
organized the book into sixteen chapters, each accompanied by audio
recordings of all reading and listening texts. While exploring each
issue, learners are guided to expand their vocabulary, acquire
complex structures, and discover the systematic relationships
between language form, function, and meaning. The course is
designed to create a lively, student-centered classroom where
interaction is both the goal and the means of language study; it
also can be successfully used with a tutor or for independent
study.
Directed to learners of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic who have
previously studied Modern Standard Arabic, this is the first
textbook to handle the different levels and the variety of contexts
of Egyptian Colloquial: both the everyday and the educated forms.
It is also the first to introduce the language through multimedia,
addressing recent and compelling topics of interest to learners of
both language and culture, and focusing on pronunciation as a
skill.
Each of the ten lessons is structured around a video series,
Abdalla's Journey, which covers a range of topics in the everyday
language, and video interviews with scholars discussing the same
topics in the educated variety. Vocabulary, grammar, and
pronunciation in both language levels are the focus of drills and
exercises, and the phonetic and syntactic differences between the
two forms are highlighted.
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