Arabic (Egyptian), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

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Book Description

Series: Pimsleur Language Programs | Publication Date: November 1, 2001

Q&S Egyptian Arabic includes the first 8 lessons from the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I. 4 hours, audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

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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; Abridged edition (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743508165
• ISBN-13: 978-0743508162
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars decent basic intro, November 19, 2002

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Benjamin P. Wing "saudade seeker" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)

this audio-only course is geared towards people who are not so comfortable learning languages and want to master the real basics of a language in a setting that's reminiscent of having your own personal tutor. if this is you, then this is definitely the course for you. this course walks you through the essentials -- "how are you", "do you understand arabic", etc., nice and slow, with lots of repetition and little extraneous grammar explanations and so on. this course follows the method pimsleur is known for, gradually building up new knowledge in the process of repeating the old knowledge.

on the other hand, if you are more comfortable with languages, like to go at your own pace and/or want explanations of how the language works, you will be very frustrated by the endless repetition. go pick up "teach yourself gulf arabic" instead. [unfortunately, not egyptian dialect. i haven't yet found a good egyptian arabic book.]

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all -- It is simple and quick, April 22, 2003

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This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)

I really like the pimsleur approach to learning: they repeat things at the right time. Kinda weird, they say thing backwards so you learn it better -- and it works. Some method they patened.

I'm not too familiar with Arabic at all and this CD set (4 of them) helped me with a decent pronounciation basis, basic vocab, yadda yadda....

Also keep in mind that I've never bought Pimsleur's $300 dollar learning lessons (or whatever high price they charge) so I can't compare it to those.

Definetly worth the $15 I payed.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just returned from using this in Egypt, March 15, 2004

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Mark W. Stallings (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arabic (Egyptian), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)

I bought this audio set the beginning of the year in preperation for a 2 week trip to Egypt. I received comments from the locals that I was speaking like a native. Everyone I encountered was peasantly suprised with my ability to speak Arabic and Pimsleur's Abridged Egyptian Arabic gave me enough to function as a tourist in the country. I can't wait to see what's in the complete course.