Georgetown University Press Al-kitaab fii tacallum al-carabiyya with dvd and mp3 cd: a textbook for arabicpart three

Simply the best arabic textbook out there :)

In the late 60's the 18-or-so Universities which taught Arabic used "The University of Michigan" Course in Standard Arabic, Newspaper Arabic, in second year Arabic, and, in the summer, would have a course in one of the Arabic dialects--I was lucky and had Mukhtar Ani and Khalil Hawi teaching me Damascene Arabic with his (Damascene Arabic, by Mukhtar Ani and the Georgetown crew of Professors) book and Rice and Said's book, Levantine Arabic, which is still in print on Amazon. By learning to speak, we started to become more fluent in reading.This new method, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya, by Kristen Brustad and the crew at Georgetown, introduces the written Arabic in each lesson, --the DVD is well made and has the characters in the book speaking "classical," or, "written" Arabic--and then, also, later, at the end of each lesson, does some of the "colloquial" or "spoken" Arabic. Thus, the method bridges the gap between the "written" and "colloquial" Arabic. I haven't perused this particular "Book 3," but I'm sure it is just as good as "Book 1"

The book that I ordered has arrived in time, in fact early, in perfect condition, I would order from this vendor again.

The Audio & Video is the best I have ever seen for language learning And I rate them 10/10 but this book is not laid out for easy self learning rather its a book where you need a teacher just to explain how to use the book. The theme of stories is definitely up for discussion as its not containing everyday words for the common folk. There is far too much vocabulary preceding the actual story. I can understand how this book is use din a University or similar institute but I would much rather use a book like Al Kitab Al Asassi or Arabiyaat al Naas which are simple to use and take you on a journey.

As a student learning Arabic, this series is the best way to go. The third book mostly just presents new vocabulary. It refines some grammar knowledge and provides insight on literary styles, but its main goal is to introduce lots of words and have the student use them. Because of this, the vocab lists in this book are massive, so it helped me to make flashcards to learn them all.