ABSTRACT

Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) provides a step-by-step course in Levantine Arabic as it is used today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Levantine Arabic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Levantine Arabic.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, eBook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-72685-6 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs : 978-0-415-72688-7

eBook: 978-1-315-74162-8 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from https://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

MP3s: 978-1-138-85880-0 (available to purchase from https://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

Pack : 978-0-415-72686-3 (paperback and CDs)

For the eBook and MP3 pack, please find instructions on how to access the supplementary content for this title in the Prelims section.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |8 pages

Introduction to Arabic pronunciation

part |2 pages

Part 1 The units

chapter 1|9 pages

Basic sentences for communication

chapter 3|11 pages

Verbs, word order and demonstratives

chapter 5|8 pages

Participles, active and passive

chapter 8|9 pages

‘Workers of the world, unite!’

chapter 10|8 pages

‘Four-letter words’: whatever next?

chapter 11|13 pages

‘If she-goats could only fly’

part |2 pages

Part 2 All the other things you have to know in order to have a meaningful conversation in Arabic

chapter 12|11 pages

Idioms

chapter 14|4 pages

Proverbs

chapter 15|5 pages

Courtesy expressions for various occasions

chapter 16|4 pages

A cautionary tale: how not to learn Arabic

chapter 17|9 pages

A miscellany

chapter 18|7 pages

Concepts in society