This new edition includes three DVDs bound into the book that feature contextualized vocabulary, cultural background
and illustrations, and new listening comprehension materials with each lesson. Newly recorded colloquial audio
and video materials also accompany each lesson and continue the story of Maha and Khalid and their travels to Cairo
with brief explanatory vocabulary and notes provided in the text. The appendices include grammatical reference
charts, an Arabic-English glossary, and a grammar index. The materials cover approximately 150 contact hours of
instruction, and students who complete Part Two should reach advanced proficiency.
Each lesson in Part Two centers on a text that deals with a social, historical, literary, or cultural issue. In
addition to the main reading text, students will also find additional authentic texts for reading and listening
comprehension, vocabulary and grammar exercises, close listening and speaking activities, and cultural background
for the reading.
The newly revised and repackaged Part Two has been restructured to reflect pedagogical developments over the last
eight years, updated with new authentic reading and listening texts, and expanded with new video materials. In
addition to the speaking, listening, and writing skills emphasized throughout each lesson, more time and emphasis
is placed on activating vocabulary and structure with new activities for inside and outside the classroom.
FEATURES:
Provides basic texts of printed media to help students connect the written and aural/oral aspects of Arabic
Features intensive reading that is focused on grammar and pronunciation-not just comprehension
Contains substantial amounts of drills and exercises to help students memorize and gain active control of an
expanded vocabulary
Explores the root and pattern system of Arabic grammar and complex sentence structure using vocabulary, complex
texts, and translation exercises
Develops writing skills at the paragraph level to encourage synthesis of vocabulary and grammar
Provides explicit instructions to students and instructors on drills and activities, including recommendations
on appropriate exercises for inside and outside the classroom
New interactive DVDs contain reading comprehension texts with new material and new listening comprehension
material
DVDs present cultural background with illustrations and continues the story of Maha and Khalid using both Egyptian
Colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic