Spoken Lebanese [Paperback]

Maksoud N. Feghali (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2003

Spoken Lebanese teaches how to speak Lebanese Arabic using phonetic symbols rather than Arabic script. Useful for English-speaking people of Lebanese ancestry.

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About the Author

Dr. Maksoud (Max) Feghali is a Professor of Foreign Languages at Appalachian State University. He has an extensive experience in teaching Foreign languages including French. He worked for Language Institute in Monterey, California before coming to Appalachian State University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher (July 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887905146
• ISBN-13: 978-1887905145
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Almost There, January 28, 2001

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Kayln Maloof (Roswell, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spoken Lebanese (Paperback)

I am a Lebanese-American who did NOT grow up speaking Arabic. I was so pleased to find Spoken Lebanese because I really wanted to be able to say a few words to my Lebanese friends. The contents of this book are excellent. There are so many wonderful expression in Arabic that we don't have in English ie. what to say to someone when they return home from a trip, expressions of sympathy or congratulations. The only problem is that the tape contains NO ENGLISH and the dialogs in the book are not translated line for line in English. This makes it impossible to listen to the tapes in the car and know what you are saying. I also had a hard time figuring out what the dialogs in the book were saying. I hope that Dr. Feghali will go back to the drawing board and add the necessary English components to create a first class book. Until then, mine just sits on the shelf.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Spoken Lebanese, November 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Spoken Lebanese (Paperback)

Dr. Feghali's book is definitely not for one who knows nothing about the language. The lessons are poorly structured--they include dialogue in Lebanese with no translation and words that had not been taught in any previous lessons. I found the book difficult and frustrating. I know some Lebanese and I could not handle the book. I am also a teacher and I would never recommend this book as a teaching instrument.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, March 23, 2000

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Cristy Trembly (Malibu and Winnipeg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spoken Lebanese (Paperback)

I used this in a UCLA class and found it very useful. The bad thing is that there is no alphabetical index of words, but if you learn everything in this book you will be able to speak a lot of Levantine arabic! It is all transliterated, there is no Arabic writing. The tape is also very helpful though they speak a bit too fast. I would still highly recommend it.