Arabic (Egyptian), Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

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Book Description

Publication Date: February 6, 2006 | ISBN-10: 074355115X | ISBN-13: 978-0743551151 | Edition: 16 Lessons

Egyptian Arabic is mainly spoken in urban Egypt. Egyptian Arabic has also gained a high degree of acceptance throughout the Arabic-speaking world because of its use in films. Pimsleur's Egyptian Arabic teaches the Careen dialect, the dialect of the Egyptian capital.

Arabic (Egyptian), Conversational

• Sixteen 30-minute lessons of spoken Egyptian Arabic language instruction. These sixteen lessons are the same as the first sixteen lesson of Pimsleur's 30-Unit Comprehensive Program.
• Each lesson includes an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures and includes practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons.
• Essential grammar and vocabulary. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions.
• No mindless repetition! Converse with native speakers in natural (and useful!) conversations.
• Easy, fast, fun and effective language acquisition.
• Completely Audio - anytime, anywhere. No computer necessary! Unlike expensive software programs which tie learners to a computer, Pimsleur courses are available in CD or mp3 format to meet your needs.
• Receive an instant credit of $150 to trade up from the Conversational to the full Level 1 Comprehensive CD course.

Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program.

Editorial Reviews

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"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." -- AudioFile Magazine

"EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use -- quite lively!" -- Boston Herald

"Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) while cooking all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!" -- New York Daily News

"Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work." -- St Louis Post-Dispatch

"Learn to habla español or parlez français before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them." -- American Way (American Airlines inflight magazine)

"I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!" -- Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots

About the Author

Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.”  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Pimsleur; 16 Lessons edition (February 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074355115X
• ISBN-13: 978-0743551151
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Paul Pimsleur (b. 1926, d. 1976) devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. He was fluent in French, good in German, and had a working knowledge of Italian, Russian, Modern Greek, and Mandarin Chinese. After obtaining his Ph.D. in French and a Masters in Psychology from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics and Linguistics at UCLA. He later became Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and Director of The Listening Center (a state-wide language lab) at Ohio State University; Professor of Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. He did research on the psychology of language learning and in 1969 was Section Head of Psychology of Second Language Learning at the International Congress of Applied Linguistics.

Dr. Pimsleur was a member of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Modern Language Association (MLA), and a founding member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

His many books and articles revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed a new method (The Pimsleur Method) that is based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the "Pimsleur Programs."

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for those who know arabic and need the egyptian dialect, March 29, 2007

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H. Abadzi "habadzi" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) (Audio CD)

Because of the difficulties of Arabic, I am unsure how this method would work with complete beginners. People do need to conjugate verbs in some order or they get lost, and to map material learned orally into written Arabic would be trickly. But for someone who knows arabic and needs to learn egyptian, this is neat. All the content is in audio, so one can listen to it in the car or on the bike. The primsleur method of systematically bringing up reviews of vocabulary seems to help with memory consolidation.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pimsleur egyptian arabic review, April 28, 2009

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Joseph Blodgett "judo ki" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) (Audio CD)

This is the 3rd Pimsleur language cd set I have purchased. I tried the instant immersion arabic and really did not enjoy it. It was too advanced for my abilities and I could not understand the nuances of what the professor said. The Pimsleur, on the other hand, breaks it down simply and makes it easy for me to understand and imitate. From now on, I will stick with Pimsleur.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars mixed feelings, September 18, 2010

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Vino toujours (San Luis Obispo, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) (Audio CD)

I have tried both the Eastern Arabic and Egyptian Arabic courses. I have some mixed feelings about this methodology. On one hand, I like the idea of teaching new vocabulary and then going back and reviewing it. What I think Pimsleur calls "Build and Review".

What I have a problem with though is the lack of text to go with the full audio course. Often times I had trouble understanding the speakers and feel like I would have benefitted from having some text to follow or at least verify which words were being said. Case in point... The speaker was introducing the word "imta" (interrogative form of "when"). This word when pronounced by the speaker sounds a lot like "inta" ( masculine "you"). Thus making it hard to know what they were really saying. And I suppose one could argue that if you know enough Arabic, you could figure it out from the context. But since this course is aimed at a "beginner", it would stand to reason that the listener is NOT going to know these words and would be helped by reading some text.

Apparently though, the philosophy behind Pimsleur is to NOT provide any text but force the user to listen. I've tried many times listening to this course and just can't remember the vocabulary enough to make their $250+ price tag justified. And for $250 for the full course, you'd think they could include some text to go along with the audio.