Description
Book SynopsisAdvanced and High Intermediate Arabic learners can benefit greatly from reading texts that cover a broad range of different themes, to build their vocabulary and attain a higher proficiency level. The authors of this textbook have carefully selected a lively variety of texts that cover controversial issues and current events, which are likely to arouse students' attention and interest. In the course of reading to learn, students will not only practice strategies (skimming, scanning, careful reading, and guessing for vocabulary recognition), but they will also engage more deeply in the material as informative of Arab and Egyptian society, politics, and culture. Another important objective is to direct the attention of the student to MSA connectors, which are essential for comprehension. Readers will begin to notice high-frequency words and idiomatic expressions in multiple contexts, reinforcing their retention and ability to then use them in discussion. The grammatical structures of MSA styles occurring in the texts can be reviewed and reinforced. The texts appear in order from least to greatest linguistic complexity, and to a certain extent, by the topic which they tackle. This makes it easy for instructors to choose the most level-appropriate material to present to their classes. An experimental copy of the book has been piloted over the last four years at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo, with the result that the first 15 lessons have been deemed correct for the high intermediate level and the remaining lessons for advanced students. The book includes exercises after every five lessons, and all the drills are gathered in an appendix following the text, as well as a glossary for all vocabulary items.
Table of ContentsIntroduction of the Book
1. Long live the Arabic Language . . Down With The Author
2. The Source of Problems
3. Working Children
4. The Population Explosion
5. Violence in the Schools
6. Freedom of Expression
7. Al-Hussain . . A Quarter that Does not sleep. 24
8. In Jerusalem. 28
9. Crisis of the third World
10. Status of Women
11. Investing in Science
12. Mohamed Prophet of Allah
13. Jesus and the Cross
14. Worries of the Copts
15. Gamal Abdul Nasser
16. Hizbullah
17. The Shiàite
18. Shiàa In Iraq Between Religion & Politics
19. The Religious Trend and Authority
20. Hamas (historical background)
21. Water and Globalization
22. Global Warming
23. (About) Relations with Iran
24. Why does America insist on Preventing Iran From owning nuclear technology?
25. Street Children . . Who will save them?
26. Poverty and the Poor . . a bomb
27. Frightening Numbers
28. The Seven Commandments
29. Ministers of Goha
30. Is there an end to the (Anglo Arab) Language? Or (Arabizi) Language?
31. Al-Fusha has it become a dead Language?
32. Our beautiful Language – an outlook at a new century of Horizons & challenges
33. The democratic Horse of Troy
34. The Kurdish role in the region
35. Orientalism
36. Criticizing Orientalism & Crisis of the Arab Culture
37. Edward Said . . the inspiring memory of the Nation
38. Introducing the dialog with Dr. Nasr Abu Zaid
39. An exciting (hot) Confrontation with Dr. N. Abu Zaid
40. The homeland between memory and the suitcase
The recommendation (will) of a taxi driver
Egypt . . the hope and three visions
A text from the book “Eyes Witnessed The Revolution”
Addendum for Drills
Glossary of the book
