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Arabic Now! V9.0

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I was able to learn Arabic with this program on my own time. Being a businessmen who travels to the Middle East quite often, learning to speak Arabic was a useful skill. From the start I was able to establish the basics and then move on to more difficult aspects. Arabic Now is a very interactive method to learning Arabic. I was able to have practice conversations which improved my speaking skills drastically. This program features pronunciation tests/meters that allow you to see if you are pronuncing the words right. The games are good practice and really add to the learning experience. I really liked this program and think it works well if you are looking to learn Arabic.

This is a good product for language learning. I used Arabic Now as a supplement for an Arabic class but ended up learning more with the software than in class. It has all the content to either start as a beginner or at more advanced levels but either way it has a lot to offer. The list of features is huge with such things as a Grammar Tutorial, Pronunciation Analysis, tons of games, conversation practice, useful phrases, and too much more to list. I recomend Arabic Now because it worked for me and is very well done.

I just received this item in the mail recently and already I'm impressed. However, I would like to offer a couple of warnings to beginner Arabic learners:

1. First, do NOT buy this AND the "LINGUAPHONE Arabic InAction V2" CD-ROM because they are the same product. The only difference between the two is that "Learn Arabic Now" has two additional catagories/lessons a few more games, and 5,000 additional Arabic words that can be learned. "Linguaphone V2" seems to be the condensed/abridged version of "Learn Arabic Now" because the graphics and program set-up are identical.

2. Purchase Nicholas Awde's "THE ARABIC ALPHABET: How to Read & Write It" and study it before engaging in this program. Though good, "Learn Arabic Now" does not give lessons on Arabic script and stroke order. The alphabet is briefly explained in a pop-up, but this is a general overview that only someone who has studied the Arabic alphabet would be able to relate to.

3. Also, don't be intimidated by the program. It is constructed to give an "instant immersion" effect. This is good, but I find it most effective to spend one week on 1 or 2 sentences of new Arabic vocabulary before moving on to new lessons.

4. Finally, if I were not already listening to Pimsleur's "Instant Conversion" CDs (the one on the Barnes & Noble site has 10 CDs, unlike Amazon's version which just has 8), I would be totally overwhelmed by "Learn Arabic Now". However, since "Instant Conversation" has already prepped me, almost everything in "Learn Arabic Now" is a reinforcement of previously learned vocubalary.

I can't get enough of this stuff it is too good to be true. I thought it would be much harder to teach myself a new language than it would be to take a class but I found this software program and it works very well. I've been able to learn so much from this and there is just so much more I haven't even touched upon yet. In my opinion, this is language software that really works so if you want to start speaking Arabic try it out.

Arabic Now is a very good software when it comes to language learning. I was intrested in trying to learn a new language(s) and decided to try a different approach other than taking classes and I am very glad I tried this out. Arabic Now might seem a bit imposing at first but that is only because it has so much to offer. Most other language software out there lacks some crucial feature or aspect of the language but this program seems to cover everything from grammar to vocabulary to pronunciation to reading/writing and listening skills. With all this exposure to Arabic my ability to use the language increased rapidly and I was very satisfied with the results. Arabic Now is a great way to teach yourself Arabic!!!