| Brief Description: | Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, is Part One of the Al-Kitaab trilogy of textbooks and audio CDs, following the Alif Baa, Introduction to Arabic Sounds and Letters. This DVD contains the full material found previously on the videocassette that supplements both the textbook and CDs for Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya, Part One, and provides it in a more accessible and user-friendly fashion.
In teaching the spoken words and phrases of Arabic, the text and CDs provide a variety of exercises aimed at developing all skills: reading, listening, writing, speaking, and cultural understanding. In order to teach Arabic as used by Arabs and the social aspects of Arab culture, this DVD is especially helpful in introducing the student to the colloquial dialect and to some of the cultural characteristics of the DVD's setting, Cairo, home to the most widely spoken and understood dialect in the Arabic-speaking world. |
