--- product_id: 1213092 title: "Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition" price: "663.45 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1213092-al-kitaab-fii-taallum-al-arabiyya-with-dvds-a-textbook store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Dual Modern Standard & Egyptian Arabic video content Integrated DVD for immersive learning 150+ contact hours of college-level instruction Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition **Price:** 663.45 DT **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“€ Unlock Arabic fluency with the ultimate multimedia language journey! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition - **How much does it cost?** 663.45 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1213092-al-kitaab-fii-taallum-al-arabiyya-with-dvds-a-textbook) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Dual Dialect Exposure:** Experience both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian colloquial through engaging video dialogues. - β€’ **Cultural Context Embedded:** Gain insights into Arab culture with exclusive interviews and real-life scenarios. - β€’ **Comprehensive Language Immersion:** Master reading, writing, listening, and speaking with authentic multimedia content. - β€’ **150+ Hours of Structured Learning:** Designed for serious learners aiming for fluency with college-level rigor. - β€’ **Spiral Grammar & Vocabulary Mastery:** Innovative approach encourages discovery and retention through context and practice. ## Overview Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya, Part One (Second Edition) is a university-level Arabic textbook featuring over 150 hours of instruction, combining updated text, exercises, and a bound-in DVD with videos in both Modern Standard and Egyptian Arabic. It integrates authentic cultural content and a spiral grammar approach, making it ideal for motivated learners seeking comprehensive language mastery beyond casual phrasebooks. ## Description Al-Kitaab: Part One develops skills in standard Arabic while providing additional material in both colloquial and classical Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and exercises, the bound-in and revised DVD supersedes both the former CD audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate items―making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic. Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization of the chapters has been adapted to reflect the most current pedagogical developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow students to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of actors. The DVD also contains substantially more material that exposes the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender issues, fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and their significance, and more. FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition : β€’ Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening, speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge β€’ Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract grammatical concepts to practical skills β€’ Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media rather than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families β€’ Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived from the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals β€’ Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging students to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem solving, and educated guessing β€’ Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to challenge students as their skills develop β€’ Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on the main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills β€’ Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference charts as well as a new grammar index Review: An excellent textbook for serious language students - I'm a little confused by some of the negative reviews of this book, particularly the one in which the reviewer complained that he couldn't tell someone his name in Arabic after reading several chapters, or the many people who have ridiculed the book for introducing the Arabic expression for "United Nations" in chapter 1. If you are thinking of purchasing this book, you should be very clear: This is NOT a casual phrase-book for travelers who are going to the Middle East for a week and need to know how to find the bathroom or order a plate of chicken. This is a serious university-level language textbook intended to accompany a two-year program of introductory and intermediate Arabic, and is designed to be used with the accompanying DVD as well as the introductory primer "Alif Baa," which introduces the reader to the alphabet as well as to basic phrases such as "My name is..." and "Where is the...?" It is NOT designed or intended to be used by the self-learner studying at home alone. We are using this textbook (along with Alif Baa) in my college class, and after only 8 weeks I am amazed at how much Arabic I can read, write, and understand. The textbook is well organized, the DVD materials are helpful, and when combined with regular classroom lectures (three times a week in my case), I think it does a great job of introducing this very unfamiliar language to English-speakers. It's as good, if not better, than any other language textbook I have ever used. My only reason not to recommend it is that the authors are supposedly coming out with a third edition sometime in 2011 that will have updated online resources, so if you don't need it right away, I would advise waiting for the next version. Review: helped me teach myself - I have been trying to learn Arabic for years and this book has truly helped me. This book is great to teach yourself with, the only thing is you have to be motivated (which I think is true, regardless of what book you buy). It does not teach you touristy Arabic, but actual real standard Arabic (and a little of colloquial Egyptian). It gives you a great deal of vocabulary, and the DVD tells you how to pronounce everything... in a way it is like taking a class because the DVD gives a story in Arabic. If you are teaching yourself, I recommend you buy the answer key with this. The only downside is that the answer key does not have answers to all of the problem sets. So, what I did is skipped the problem sets that don't have answers (but if you know someone who can tell you what is right or wrong, then you can do them all). If you finish this book, you can hold an actual intellectual conversation with others in Arabic. ## Features - interactive CD'S ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #97,043 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #121 in Study & Teaching Reference (Books) #350 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) #659 in Language Study & Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 344 Reviews | ## Images ![Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81NlPA6CxlL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent textbook for serious language students *by I***. on November 1, 2010* I'm a little confused by some of the negative reviews of this book, particularly the one in which the reviewer complained that he couldn't tell someone his name in Arabic after reading several chapters, or the many people who have ridiculed the book for introducing the Arabic expression for "United Nations" in chapter 1. If you are thinking of purchasing this book, you should be very clear: This is NOT a casual phrase-book for travelers who are going to the Middle East for a week and need to know how to find the bathroom or order a plate of chicken. This is a serious university-level language textbook intended to accompany a two-year program of introductory and intermediate Arabic, and is designed to be used with the accompanying DVD as well as the introductory primer "Alif Baa," which introduces the reader to the alphabet as well as to basic phrases such as "My name is..." and "Where is the...?" It is NOT designed or intended to be used by the self-learner studying at home alone. We are using this textbook (along with Alif Baa) in my college class, and after only 8 weeks I am amazed at how much Arabic I can read, write, and understand. The textbook is well organized, the DVD materials are helpful, and when combined with regular classroom lectures (three times a week in my case), I think it does a great job of introducing this very unfamiliar language to English-speakers. It's as good, if not better, than any other language textbook I have ever used. My only reason not to recommend it is that the authors are supposedly coming out with a third edition sometime in 2011 that will have updated online resources, so if you don't need it right away, I would advise waiting for the next version. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ helped me teach myself *by S***N on August 22, 2007* I have been trying to learn Arabic for years and this book has truly helped me. This book is great to teach yourself with, the only thing is you have to be motivated (which I think is true, regardless of what book you buy). It does not teach you touristy Arabic, but actual real standard Arabic (and a little of colloquial Egyptian). It gives you a great deal of vocabulary, and the DVD tells you how to pronounce everything... in a way it is like taking a class because the DVD gives a story in Arabic. If you are teaching yourself, I recommend you buy the answer key with this. The only downside is that the answer key does not have answers to all of the problem sets. So, what I did is skipped the problem sets that don't have answers (but if you know someone who can tell you what is right or wrong, then you can do them all). If you finish this book, you can hold an actual intellectual conversation with others in Arabic. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great product *by H***A on May 9, 2012* This book was a great price ($9). It was in excellent shape. It would have been very useful to me in my Arabic class had there not been a mix up on my end about the edition of the book I needed. However, I was shocked that this book had even been used because there was no writing or marks and the pages didn't have any bends in it. I was very satisfied with the quickness of the shipping and even though I wasn't able to use it for class, I now have a great reference book for Arabic so yes I appreciate the seller and the product and I would buy from them again. ## Frequently Bought Together - Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition - Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with Multimedia - Alif Baa with Multimedia: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, 2nd Edition --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1213092-al-kitaab-fii-taallum-al-arabiyya-with-dvds-a-textbook](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1213092-al-kitaab-fii-taallum-al-arabiyya-with-dvds-a-textbook) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-10-10*