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Arabic (Modern Standard), Comprehensive
Learn to Speak and Understand Modern Standard Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs
This Edition: CD
Lessons: 30
ISBN: 9781442336575
Your Price: $345.00
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Also available in: MP3
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Description
Includes 30 lessons and reading instruction (16 hours) as MP3 download, plus PDF user's guide and reading booklet
About Modern Standard Arabic
- Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), also known as Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech.
- MSA is spoken by an estimated 300 million people world-wide.
- It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
- Modern Standard Arabic is the official language of all Arab countries, and is the only form of Arabic taught in schools at all levels. Because of this, MSA is the lingua franca of all educated Arabic-speakers, regardless of nationality or spoken native dialect.
- It is used in the news, schools, official documents, and courts of law.
- MSA bears great resemblance to Classical Arabic; the language of ancient poetry and the Quran.
- The Modern Standard Arabic alphabet contains 28 basic letters and is read from right to left.
Pimsleur's Modern Standard Arabic Comprehensive Language Program
The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! Modern Standard Arabic, Comprehensive includes 15 hours of spoken language practice and one hour of reading instruction in thirty, 30-minute lessons.
- In the first 10 lessons, you’ll cover the basics: saying hello, asking for or giving information, scheduling a meal or a meeting, asking for or giving basic directions, and much more. You’ll be able to handle minimum courtesy requirements, understand much of what you hear, and be understood at a beginning level, but with near-native pronunciation skills.
- In the next 10 lessons, you’ll build on what you’ve learned. Expand your menu, increase your scheduling abilities from general to specific, start to deal with currency and exchanging money, refine your conversations and add over a hundred new vocabulary items. You’ll understand more of what you hear, and be able to participate with speech that is smoother and more confident.
- In the final 10 lessons, you’ll be speaking and understanding at an intermediate level. In this phase, more directions are given in the target language, which moves your learning to a whole new plane. Lessons include shopping, visiting friends, going to a restaurant, plans for the evening, car trips, and talking about family. You’ll be able to speak comfortably about things that happened in the past and make plans for the future.
Reading Lessons are included at the end of Unit 30 and provide you with an introduction to reading the Arabic alphabet. These lessons are designed to teach you to sound out words with correct pronunciation and accent. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format.
REVIEWS SUMMARY
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of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Easy to use (10)
- It works (10)
- Portable (10)
- Perfects accent (9)
- Fun (8)
Cons
Best Uses
- Travel (9)
- Self-improvement (8)
- Business/work (5)
- Fun (5)
- Family background/heritage (3)
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Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Travel
Comments about Arabic (Modern Standard), Comprehensive:
It took me barely a month to go through the 30 lessons of Phase one of MSA. I used it mainly working out at the gym, travelling in public transports or walking. It is great, like all Pimsleur products. It is clear, simple, the speakers have a nice voice and you get the good accent. Last year, I studied Eastern Arabic ( also with Pimsleur) and now I'm on Fous'ha ( Modern Standard Arabic). We relly need more then 30 lessons. Please Simon and Shuster produce Phase 2 and Phase 3!
Do not hesitate to buy this method, it is worth every penny. If you download the Mp3 on your computer you can transfer the course on your smartphone and study on the go. No books are needed.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
- More Explanation
Best Uses
- Just for fun
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Arabic (Modern Standard) Phase 1, Units 1-30:
After years of studying Arabic, a month of following this course has allowed me to begin speaking for the first time, with words coming easily to me. The pacing is so gradual that some of the time it feels as though you are not learning, until you realise a new ability and ease with the language. The Pimsleur method works brilliantly.
Grammar is only mentioned as it is needed, so the emphasis is on how language works in real life. The downside of this is it is not always clear why, for example, the final vowel of a word sometimes changes, but you learn by copying.
Best used at home. The idea of a language CD in a car journey is ok, but try focusing on both your new language and the other cars at a junction!
Overall this is a first class product.
Pros
- It Works
Cons
Best Uses
- Self-improvement
Comments about Arabic (Modern Standard) Phase 1, Units 1-30:
I read the reviews for this product before I purchased it and one individual said that the only reason why they didn't give this product 5 stars was because you only had one level, I agree with them. For the past 30 days I would get up and listen to a lesson and I retained the information because it was strengthen by the next lesson. I find myself practicing what I learned by saying what I am doing or eatig in Arabic. Please add the other 2 levels and you already have a customer!
Pros
- Easy to use
- Nice Voices
- Perfect Accent
- Portable
Cons
- Not For The Ipad
- No writing component
- We Need More Levels
Best Uses
- Doing Exercise At The Gym
- Languagelover
Comments about Arabic (Modern Standard) Phase 1, Units 1-30:
I already studied Eastern Arabic with Pimsleur and I was eager to get Modern Standard Arabic. Very nice audio and I love also the voice of the American instructor.
It's a pity that there is no transcript in Arabic letters of the whole content. Though I understand and agree with the idea that one learns a language the same way that an infant picks up his mothers tong.... we are adults and would like to be able to read and write, once we learned the basics. I do not like to be an analphabet .
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Business/Work
- Family background/Heritage
- Just for fun
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Arabic (Modern Standard) Phase 1, Units 1-30:
Excellent for the inital jump-start into Arabic, as well as vocabulary maintenance.
I was beyond thrilled that Pimsleur finally released Modern Standard Arabic!
I can't wait for the next phases. I will be among the first in line to buy them.
Thank you, Pimsleur!
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