Description
Book SynopsisThe complete series of innovative new coursebooks in Egyptian colloquial Arabic
Aimed at the growing number of students studying Arabic worldwide, the Kallimni ‘Arabi series takes an innovative, functional approach to the study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic—the spoken dialect most frequently studied and most widely understood in the Arab world. Kallimni ‘Arabi Mazboot, the fourth book in the series, is designed for adult students at the early advanced stage of learning the language.
Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor, author Samia Louis has developed a course rich in everyday cultural content and real-life functional language as well as comprehensive grammar. Written in accordance with the ACTFL guidelines for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, this highly structured course trains students in the crucial skills, with emphasis on listening and speaking.
Each chapter includes a conversation unit that enables students to improve their communication skills and allows for progressive acquisition of vocabulary and grammar through interactive classroom tasks and everyday situations, from expressing personal likes and dislikes to initiating conversations and describing events and experiences. The associated audio files have recordings of each chapter’s dialogues and exercises, made by native Egyptian speakers to enrich the student’s exposure to the spoken language in its natural context and speed. The associated audiovisual files , both available online and as a CD, comprise a series of video programs entitled “People’s Opinions,” which further help the students to place colloquial Egyptian within context.
“The books in the [Kallimni ‘Arabi] series altogether present the best Arabic textbooks available . . . miles ahead of most others.”—David Wilmsen, American University of Beirut
Trade Review“The books in the [Kallimni ‘Arabi] series altogether present the best Arabic textbooks available . . . miles ahead of most others.”—David Wilmsen, American University of Beirut
“The Kalimni ‘Arabi Series are, in my opinion, the best books for learning Arabic in existence.”—Donovan Nagel, The Mezzofanti Guild
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Plan of Modules
Revision
Module 1: Issues and opinions
Presentation 1: Talking about the economy
a. What is the solution?
b. Economic issues
Presentation 2: Social burdens
a. I am still young
b. Program (A guest in our house)
Module 2: Strategies and education
Presentation 1: Types of education
a. Talking about education
b. Schools and education
Presentation 2: How to improve education
a. Do you agree or not?
b. Practical suggestions
Module 3: Traveling abroad
Presentation 1: Talking about travel
a. Culture shock
b. "Dad, I’m traveling abroad"
Presentation 2: Travel and tourism
a. Do all people like to travel?
b. Problems of traveling
Module 4: The art and diplomacy of complaining
Presentation 1: Everyday troubles
a. The things that upset me
b. The things that bothered me
Presentation 2: Let us do something
a. People’s complaints
b. Problems of our neighborhood
Module 5: Stories and news
Presentation 1: Stories and situations
a. What a story!!
b. Strange stories
Presentation 2: A story from each country
a. The storyteller
b. Angels on the road
Module 6: Teenagers and youth
Presentation 1: Teenage behavior
a. I am just a normal teenager
b. Egyptian youth and youngsters
Presentation 2: Young people’s fears
a. Why are young people worried
b. Are you optimistic about tomorrow?
Module 7: Characters and styles
Presentation 1: Types and personalities
a. What kind of personality are you?
b. This is my personality!!
Presentation 2: Families and relatives
a. Every family is different
b. "Homesickness is hard, Dad!"
Module 8: Piety and propriety
Presentation 1: Is this proper behavior?
a. When do we behave like that?
b. How do we behave?
Presentation 2: From folklore
a. Famous sayings and proverbs
b. My brother and I against my cousin
Glossary
