Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Three

by Kristen Brustad (Author), Mahmoud Al-Batal (Author), Abbas Al-Tonsi (Author)

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The third and final volume of this Arabic text expands the level of discussion, continuing the use of excerpts from the classical and modern Arabic literary tradition, and introducing the student to Arabic poetry. The study of vocabulary and grammar are expanded, with drills and suggested reading and writing exercises. The three authors teach Arabic, two are at Emory U. in the US, the third at the American U. in Cairo, Egypt. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Georgetown Univ Pr (October 31, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0878402721
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0878402724
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1 x 10.75 inches

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Mahmoud Al-Batal is an associate professor of Arabic and the director of the Arabic Flagship Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
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zaid tawil

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2016

Really good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2004

I can't really add too much to what the more articulate reviewers have already said. I'm really writing this to counter the negative reviews.
I've been using this book for about a month, in a second-semester class (Alif-Baa was used in the first). It's true that it asks you to make leaps of faith, in that you're sometimes given only parts of a verb ('she lives', 'I study'), or apparently inappropriately advanced vocabulary ('My father is a translator for the United Nations' in lesson 1?). On the other hand, it does seem to mimic how we learn our native languages: we learn piecemeal, rather than by memorizing conjugation tables, and we often learn by guessing the meaning, using the word, and re-evaluating based on the listeners' reactions. Also, we learn in several ways, all at once: reading, speaking, listening, watching.
I have studied and achieved various levels of fluency in several languages over the last 30 years, ranging over Indo-European from Irish to Spanish to Russian, with a few others in between. I think you have to accept that, as exotic as any of these languages may seem to an English speaker, you'll have to open your mind to other ways of expressing yourself once you leave that (Indo-European) family.
For a beginner like me, learning Arabic seems like a very long journey. Everyone decides for themselves whether it's worth the time and effort. I think this book goes some way towards making the journey interesting and stimulating.

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Annmarie V. Marechal

Not the best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2006

The book series is not my best bet for a person to learn arabic.The best book on the planet is MASTERNING ARABIC by jane wightwick it is superb combined with the audio tapes .The masterning arabic is superior in content and allows the person to see how words fall into place.Please try this book .The best way to learn arabic is to realise that it is different and varied in the way the words are formed this book shows that to the person who want to learn arabic so good luck

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Emily C. Best

Don't buy!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2005

I am currently taking arabic at my university and we are using this textbook. I find it impossible to use. I am also taking French and the textbook we use is so much better organized. This book orders the information, especially the vocabulary, contextually, which is good in some ways, but overall it leaves me stumped and confused at each exercise. Each problem set takes hours to decifer and the dictionary in the back is not easy to use nor extensive. Pass on this and find another way to learn Arabic.

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