Description
Book SynopsisModern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the literary language of today's books, media, and formal communication throughout the Arab world, the region's principal shared language of written and official discourse. The fifth book in this new series for the classroom is designed for the Advanced levels, the low-mid stages of the ACTFL proficiency level, and C1 in the Common European Framework for Arabic learners. The aim of this book is to help students to read and write long and complex factual and literary texts in order to appreciate different writing styles. The students' facility with sentence structure and vocabulary is increased by reading newspapers and listening to news broadcasts, and by writing about real-life interests such as social, economic, political, and gender issues, technological advancements, and education. The chapters guide students through the gradual acquisition of vocabulary and grammar. Exercises at the end of each chapter cover all essential skills and translation, with emphasis on reading and writing. The accompanying DVD includes audio material for all listening activities, dialogs, and reading exercises. The book is further supported by online interactive reading, writing, and grammar drills.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Plan of Modules
Module 1: Local and Global Problems 1
Part 1 Receptive part
The problem of illiteracy in Egypt and the role of youth in facing it
Description of the problem
Stating the causes of the problem—solutions and suggestions
Part 2 Productive part
The problem of global poverty
Description and analysis of the problem
Talking about the implications of the problem
General causes of the problem
Proposing solutions
Module 2: Local and Global Problems 2
Part 1 Receptive part
This is where I live
Description using a rhetorical style
Descriptive using a narrative style
Part 2 Productive part
The story of Lilianne, who developed the garbage collectors’ neighborhood in Muqattam and Tora
Using narrative and literary text
More use of metaphor
Module 3: Orientalists, Travels, and Travelers
Part 1 Receptive part
Shenzhen Park, a window unto the world
Using and comparing different verb tenses in the narration of events and reading fiction
Learning to recognize different kinds of texts, for example, narrative texts and fiction
Part 2 Productive part
“The Concave Mattress” by Yusuf Idris
Identifying old and new literature
Writing using analogy, metaphor, and rhetoric
Writing literary descriptions
Reading short stores
Module 4: Characters and Events that Influenced the Arab world’s culture
Part 1 Receptive part
Syrian thinker Michel Aflaq
Using narrative text to write biographies
Searching the Internet for influential Arab thinkers or historians
Part 2 Productive part
The story of Islam’s entry into Egypt and North Africa
Reading historical texts and gathering information from them
Module 5: Technology and the Future
Part 1 Receptive part
Modern technology and our personal lives
Reporting on the causes of problems
Describing issues and analyzing the pros and cons of the solutions to them
Part 2 Productive part
Cell phones and text messaging in schools
Using analytical text to list the pros and cons of various issues
Glossary
