Arabic Made Easy (Jewel Case)

by Smiles Productions

Product Features

• -- Brand New CD-ROM. New packaging with different image than shown. -- Gender Specific: Choose to engage in a conversation as male or a female. Arabic, unlike English, makes a distinction in the language between male and female. Become familiar with the responses according to your gender, then try the opposite. This is an excellent way to learn.
• Subtitles: Choose having subtitles when conversing or turn them off and rely solely on listening.
• Dialogue: Access the written version of a conversation at any time through a smaller window. Also, access a glossary of all vocabulary in the conversations.
• Notes: Learn the major differences between Classical Arabic and the Egyptian dialect.
• Appendix: Word lists of adjectives, foods, market items, telling time, nouns, verbs and conjugations, and much more.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005ASHB
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 27, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,574 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #32 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Arabic
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This program teaches the beginner general information about the Arabic culture, how to read and write classical Arabic, basic grammatical concepts of the Arabic language, and dialogue in the Egyptian dialect. The intermediate to advanced student will also be challenged, and will enjoy conversing in the dialogue section of the program.

Product Description

-- Brand New CD-ROM. New packaging with different image than shown. -- Arabic Made Easy is an interactive CD-ROM that teaches formal written and spoken Arabic. It is designed with both the beginner through advanced student in mind. Learn the formal Arabic alphabet and beginning reading and writing principles. Practice the Egyptian dialect through exciting and realistic street scenes. Arabic Made Easy delivers more instruction, more effectively than many other higher priced products on the market today. In Arabic Made Easy enjoy exploring an Egyptian city! Practice the Egyptian dialect through exciting and realistic street scenes: converse with people on the street; dine with friends and order local cuisine; haggle with merchants plus much more. The sights and sounds of the city come alive. Over 1000 lines of professionally-recorded dialogue. Background sound gives you the feeling of being there. Exciting adventures await you. System Requirements: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/Vista. Pentium 100 or faster. 32 MB RAM or more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Arabic Made Easy is Easy, March 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Arabic Made Easy (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This CD is good for the beginning Arabic student because of the good sound quality for the diction, the challenging exercises, the precise annotation of the symbols (great graphics!) and there are some fun games as well.
There are two drawbacks: 1. The "repeat" and "previous" commands take the exercises back to the very beginning of the section as opposed to the previous symbol. And 2. You cannot print out the information in the help section such as the alphabet.
However, to put a positive spin on the "repeat" and "previous" commands, since you are taken back to the beginning of the exercise, you get a good review of the symbols, vocabulary, etc. you were currently working with.
Also, since you cannot print out the alphabet or whatever is needed from the help menu, you have to copy the information down by hand. Writing the information down by rote is an infinitely better learning tool for memorization, especially for a foreign language, than staring at a computer screen. Then you have a hard copy of the exercise for study away from the computer screen.
This CD is a good information guide for the street life in the Middle East for those of us who will most likely never get to visit the area. I am enjoying it immensely.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arabic Made Easy, August 10, 2008

By 

Jill Krera - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arabic Made Easy (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Arabic Made Easy is an interactive CD-ROM that teaches formal written and spoken Arabic. It is designed with both the beginner through advanced student in mind. Learn the formal Arabic alphabet and beginning reading and writing principles. Practice the Egyptian dialect through exciting and realistic street scenes. Arabic Made Easy delivers more instruction, more effectively than many other higher priced products on the market today.

This is not a complete course, but its a good place to start, especially since so many get stuck on the alphabet. This CD will teach you the accurate pronunciation of the alphabet - at your own pace. Once you've learned pronunciation and reading, the dialogue section is a lot of fun! You'll like the graphics of the Egyptian city: the market place, food, friends, hotel, even the taxi! It's a cultural experience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, EASY, August 10, 2008

By 

hdmcg "hdmcg" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arabic Made Easy (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Your Arabic Made Easy program is a joy to work with. After studying Arabic (self taught) for a few years, I could read Arabic on a second grade level, but could never keep a spoken conversation going.
My Egyptian friend thinks I'm a genius to be learning so fast - this is really excellent software!