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Authors Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar share many years' experience in a combination of teaching, educational publishing and communication in the Arab world. Authors Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar share many years' experience in a combination of teaching, educational publishing and communication in the Arab world.Learn to understand, speak and read Modern Standard Arabic confidently with this lively and accessible text. Mastering Arabic 1 is aimed at beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language. It gradually builds knowledge, introducing the Arabic script from the very first page. Mastering Arabic 1 is in full colour and features an abundance of cartoons, photos and engaging exercises. It also offers a wealth of audio and video resources, free-to-access online! Easily the bestselling Arabic course on the market, it is widely used in universities, schools, community colleges, adult evening classes and for self-study.
New to this Edition:
· Extended reading exercises that challenge students with longer passages, accompanied by exercises on the companion website. Links to newspapers and other Arabic material can also be found here.
· Expanded video selection, now covering every language learning unit.
· A refreshed design with updated photo programme.
· Strengthened cross-referencing with the accompanying Grammar and Activity books.
Unit 1: Getting Started
Unit 2: Putting Words Together
Unit 3: The Family
Unit 4: Jobs
Unit 5: Describing Things
Unit 6: Where Is It?
Unit 7:Describing Places
Unit 8: Review
Unit 9: Countries and People
Unit 10: Counting Things
Unit 11: Plurals and Colours
Unit 12: Eating and Drinking
Unit 13: What Happened Yesterday?
Unit 14: Wish You Were Here
Unit 15: Review
Unit 16: Every Day
Unit 17: Comparing Things
Unit 18: Education and Business
Unit 19: Future Plans
Unit 20: Review and Further Study
This hugely successful series offers accessible, carefully-paced and lively introductions for beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language who want to understand, speak, read and write confidently. The courses are suitable for study at home or in the classroom and cover a useful variety of situations you will most likely encounter abroad. They offer a gradual introduction to the language, script and structures with thorough explanations and instructions along with lively illustrations.
"I've been studying Arabic for about a year using your brilliant Mastering Arabic series with the companion website with all the contents of what used to be on audio CDs. Love the series and have all the extra books - activity, vocabulary etc. I've really been enjoying the course, and the listening and other online enrichments are essential!"
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