Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya - A Textbook for Arabic: Part Three (With DVD and MP3 CD)(Arabic and English Edition)

In the late 60's the 18-or-so Universities which taught Arabic used "The University of Michigan" Course in Standard Arabic, Newspaper Arabic, in second year Arabic, and, in the summer, would have a course in one of the Arabic dialects--I was lucky and had Mukhtar Ani and Khalil Hawi teaching me Damascene Arabic with his (Damascene Arabic, by Mukhtar Ani and the Georgetown crew of Professors) book and Rice and Said's book, Levantine Arabic, which is still in print on Amazon. By learning to speak, we started to become more fluent in reading. This new method, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya, by Kristen Brustad and the crew at Georgetown, introduces the written Arabic in each lesson, --the DVD is well made and has the characters in the book speaking "classical," or, "written" Arabic--and then, also, later, at the end of each lesson, does some of the "colloquial" or "spoken" Arabic. Thus, the method bridges the gap between the "written" and "colloquial" Arabic. I haven't perused this particular "Book 3," but I'm sure it is just as good as "Book 1"

As a student learning Arabic, this series is the best way to go. The third book mostly just presents new vocabulary. It refines some grammar knowledge and provides insight on literary styles, but its main goal is to introduce lots of words and have the student use them. Because of this, the vocab lists in this book are massive, so it helped me to make flashcards to learn them all.

It was in fantastic condition, and came very quickly. The transaction could not have gone more smoothly. I was very happy to continue with the Al-Kitaab series!

This book is great at instructing grammar, but after 12 semesters of Arabic instruction, it seemed like the outside materials I used were more beneficial for vocabulary...

As advertised, a clean intact copy, arrived quite quickly.

It was wheat I expected.

Excellent and fast delivery. Thank you.

The book has writing in pencil and highlighter.

Simply the best arabic textbook out there :)

The book that I ordered has arrived in time, in fact early, in perfect condition, I would order from this vendor again.

I have had to return the textbook once and was issued with a new copy but the same problem occurred. The CD and DVD are blank.

The Audio & Video is the best I have ever seen for language learning And I rate them 10/10 but this book is not laid out for easy self learning rather its a book where you need a teacher just to explain how to use the book. The theme of stories is definitely up for discussion as its not containing everyday words for the common folk. There is far too much vocabulary preceding the actual story. I can understand how this book is use din a University or similar institute but I would much rather use a book like Al Kitab Al Asassi or Arabiyaat al Naas which are simple to use and take you on a journey.

i hate this textbook but its required by my course. Boring and difficult to understand