Customer Review: This is a well designed textbook. Heavy on vocabulary, but presented in context. The DVD that accompanies it is very helpful for pronunciation and listening practice. Assumes a knowledge of Arabic script and the 150 vocabulary words presented in Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds,... more info
Customer Review: It is worthwhile buying the answer key to Al-Kitaab Fii Ta'allum Al-Arabiyya! I am not a native speaker of the Arabic language but I have found that this answer key is very useful when having to check my work before turning it into my professor at CSUSB. I paid less than $5.00 for it and it is was... more info
Customer Review: I think this is a good product. It works well with the book. It is a must have if you are studying Alif Baa in school or alone. You can check your answers. However, since this is only an answer key, you will be disappointed if you are looking for definitions or explanations to your questions.more info
Customer Review: I used this book in my college classes and it is very disjointed and disorganized. My professor often apologized for it and found himself re-explaining things that the book failed to adequately describe. Still, though, it has some good things about it, such as the reading passages and DVDs,... more info
Customer Review: Much research has recently shown why "constructivist" methodology is inefficient, and this book provides ample empirical evidence. Students are expected to guess the meaning of words, and to help them out, much vocabulary has neither definitions in the text nor in the glossary. The learner can spend... more info
Customer Review: If you are using Al-Kitaab and not also in an Arabic class, I'd say the audio on the go CD is a must. It's the dialogues and exercises from the DVD that comes with the book, but you can take it wherever you go on your MP3 player. Very helpful.
Customer Review: For me, a budding linguist, it is pure joy to read this type of linguistic work. Brustad covers so many aspcts of spoken arabic in such a professional, ordered and useful manner. Examples are cited from the four dialect regions studied (Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian and Kuwaiti) to prove each point.... more info
