al-Madkhal ilá al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻaṣrīyah : muḥādathāt bi-al-ʻArabīyah al-faṣīḥah = Introduction to spoken standard Arabic : a conversational course on DVD / Shukri B. Abed, with Arwa Sawan.

المدخل إلى العربية العصرية : محادثات بالعربية الفصيحة.

9780300144802 (pt. 1, pbk.)

0300144806 (pt. 1, pbk.)

9780300159042 (pt. 2, pbk.)

0300159048 (pt. 2, pbk.)

"Intended to supplement first-year textbooks used by students in the second and third semesters of college-level study (or the high-school equivalent), this book assumes a basic knowledge of the Arabic alphabet as well as familiarity with elementary-level vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure." -- P. [4] of pt. 1 cover.

"Can be used to improve the conversational skills of third- to fourth-semester (intermediate) Arabic students. This approach emphasizes the oral/aural aspects of the language, while offering a review of reading, writing, and grammar." -- P. [4] of pt. 2 cover.

Introduction to spoken standard Arabic

English working title during pre-publication was: Introduction to contemporary Arabic

Title on opening frames of DVD: Al madhkhal : an introduction to contemporary Arabic

DVD-Video.

System requirements for accompanying DVDs: any set-top DVD player (NTSC or PAL, Regions 1-9) or most computer media players.

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