Alif Baa 3rd Ed

Author: Kristen Brustad

Title: Alif Baa 3rd Ed

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 272

Release Date: 2021-08-02

Details: Alif Baa is the first volume of the best-selling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, now in its third edition. In this edition of Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds with Website, English-speaking students will use the integrated method of learning colloquial and formal (spoken and written) Arabic together. Alif Baa provides learners with all the material necessary to learn the sounds of Arabic, write its letters, and begin speaking Arabic.The accompanying companion website-included with the book-offers fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.

FEATURES

oFour-color design throughout the book with over 100 illustrations and photographs

oGives learners and instructors color-coded options for the variety of language they wish to learn in speaking: Egyptian, Levantine, or formal Arabic (MSA)

oIntroduces over 200 basic vocabulary words in all three forms of spoken and written Arabic side by side, including expressions for polite social interaction, and activates them in interactive homework exercises and classroom groupwork

oIncludes video dialogues in Egyptian and Levantine, filmed in Cairo and Damascus, streaming on the Publisher's website

oIncludes video footage of an Arabic calligrapher, capsules on Arabic culture, and images of street signs from Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon, streaming on the Publisher's website

oIncludes English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries

Alif Baa provides the essential first 20-25 contact (classroom) hours of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, accompanied by 40-50 homework hours. Students who complete Alif Baa should reach a novice-intermediate to novice-high level of proficiency.

For Instructors: Separate print Teacher's Editions of the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program are no longer available. Instead, instructors should submit exam and desk copy requests using ISBN 978-1-64712-181-5. Instructors may request an answer key, which contains the answers to exercises found in the textbook, separately.

EAN: 9781647121815

Package Dimensions: Height: 10.79 Inches, Length: 8.35 Inches, Weight: 1.3999353637 Pounds, Width: 0.63 Inches