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About the Author
Lutfi Mansur, Ph.D. is a professor at the Academic Arab Institute, Beit Berl College, Israel.
The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. A great way to learn Arabic, the sixty-six stories found in Arabic Stories for Language Learners present the vocabulary and grammar used everyday in Arabic-speaking countries. Pulled from a wide variety of sources that have been edited and simplified for learning purposes, these stories are presented in parallel Arabic and English, facilitating language learning in the classroom and via self-study. Each story is followed by a series of questions in Arabic and English to test comprehension and encourage discussion.
Arabic Stories for Language Learners brings Arab culture to life in a colorful and immediate way. Regardless of whether or not you have a working knowledge of Arabic, this book gives readers a tantalizing introduction to the wisdom and humor of these ancient desert-dwelling peoples.
The audio CD helps students of Arabic improve their pronunciation and inflection, and immerses non-students into the uniquely Arabic storytelling style.
Zombie –
Superb Learning Resource
This book is great practice for those looking to build basic Arabic reading skills. You can access recordings of each story either on the included CD or online, which is useful for mastering correct pronunciation. Using traditional Arabic stories adds cultural context as well.
Michaela Habab –
Schöne Geschichten
Das Buch beinhaltet alte schöne Geschichten die auch kurz gehalten sind… in der Kürze liegt die Würze gel? jedoch wird nur sporadisch ein Harakat gesetzt das verstehe ich leider nicht… für Anfänger daher nicht einfach lesbar
Claudia D. –
Arabisches Lesebuch auch für die Mittelstufe geeignet
Interessante Geschichten, mal Abwechslung zu Lehrbüchern. Ich liebe es
Scholar Kent –
Best Book and CD for Gaining Fluency in Arabic
This book is the most helpful I have ever encountered to gain fluency in Arabic reading and listening comprehension. The CD is the absolute best because the producers were smart enough to have the readers speak clearly and slowly enough for an intermediate learner to understand. The CD is professional quality with excellent readers and no background noise to interfere. Play it every day and you will soon be thinking in Arabic. Plus the stories are interesting, often with a profound message from the ancient Arab world. In addition, the written text is clear and large. The Islamic art dispersed throughout the book is a bonus. The vocabulary involves words that are commonly used in everyday language, which is a great advantage. If you started learning Arabic using the famous Modern Standard orange books from the University of Michigan, you will appreciate Arabic Stories for its lack of technical language and complications of sophisticated texts which are too specialized for use in normal conversation. This delightful book uses vocabulary that is practical and much of it is repeated in various ways to allow you to really learn it. With Arabic’s vast vocabulary, it is so nice to have an entertaining book that selects verbs and nouns that can be used in conversation with native speakers. The selection of stories goes far in helping Western students appreciate traditional cultural values of Arabs. If you have invested time in learning Arabic to the intermediate level (to the point where you can fill in most short vowels by your knowledge of Arabic Grammar), you must get this book. It will take you closer to the easy facility with Arabic that you always wanted. And the price is modest. Buy it! You won’t regret it.
nissar a. –
Great book. thank you team Amazon
Great book.thank you team Amazon.