Customer Reviews

Instant Immersion Arabic [Old Version]

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

While this program isn't going to teach you the Arabic alphabet or any written script it is a good introduction.

The most useful portions of this program help you learn numbers and colors. Plus you can learn some other helpful phrases, or maybe ask for directions.

If you don't want to spend a whole lot of money on some of the other programs out there and want to get a basic feel for the language this is a great alternative.

The first CD - Talk Now! - was nice for learning some basic vocabulary items and expressions. It's good to know before you buy it that you get nothing but vocabulary, no grammar at all. The second CD surprised me because I imagined it would be more of the same, but you can't use the second CD UNLESS YOU ALREADY KNOW ARABIC! That struck me as bizarre, since I expected the second to build on the first. But they were miles apart in level.

I give this CD series an average rating. initially i was quite disappointed because there was not an accompanying book to learn script. however, while the information is quite basic, it provides a good foundation for further study.
One should note though, that while the tapes do not specify, the instructors teach the Lebanese dialect and slang without also teaching proper arabic.

It provides basic knowledge of the language through games. It complexity is that of about a grade school. It uses visualauditory teaching techniques that really work.

I bought this program not expecting much because of the low price and my expectations were correct. This program seems to be designed for a person who wants to learn a few Arabic terms that would be useful a couple weeks before traveling to an Arab country. It is definitely not a serious student of the language especially because it does not even use the Arabic script! It just transliterates Arabic words into Roman script.

I felt from the beginning these two CD's was just a verbal introduction to immerse one into the world of the Arabic language. I do not think it was ever intended to teach writing and grammar by any means.

For any one wishing the fundamentals of Arabic you will learn the language if you follow the way the CD's were intended.

Compared to a lot of language CD's and programs out on the market you will learn enough Arabic that you can at least speak the basic's of the language, as they say like a native.

Mac users be warned: this item is usable on a Mac ONLY if (1) you are still running an operating system that has been out of date for nearly seven years, or (2) you have an Intel Mac, boot it in Windows, and run the Windows version of the software.

What's Arabic for "lame"?

Instan immersion arabic system is made using the communicative approach. It means they teach you how to listen and speak arabic, before you learn how to read and write it. I love it. If you want to learn arabic just for traveling, this is the best. If you want to learn arabic for other purposes it's a good start.
Guillermo Murillo

This DVD is out of range for most individuals becase the software needed to run it is way too old. This DVD runs off of Windows 95. Who on earth still uses this? It can't even be run on a MAC.

it's ok for VERY basic Arabic, animation is awful, and does not keep interest long. But I guess for the price it's not too bad.