Advanced Media Arabic: Second Edition

By El Mustapha Lahlali

Book Overview

Headlines-print and broadcast--have gone global. As a result, news and information from authentic sources make a useful resource for foreign language learners.

Advanced Media Arabic, Second Edition systematically introduces authentic texts and audio files from a wide variety of media sources. This textbook helps students develop analytical and translation skills in Arabic and expand their reading, writing, listening, and speaking capabilities.
The very successful first edition has been updated in a variety of ways, including:
- New texts and audio for each module, including radio as well as TV materials
- A new module on "The Language of Revolutions" and another on "Language and
Culture"
- New and more extensive exercises
- New audio and vocabulary lists
- Updated color design for the interior

Each chapter provides important vocabulary; examples of language in context; exercises for reading and listening comprehension, writing, and translation; and a section for discussion and debate.

The listening material--more than 80 minutes--is available for free online at www.press.georgetown.edu

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626164568
• ISBN13: 9781626164567
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent for upper intermediate/advanced students

A terrific collection of interesting study texts from actual newspaper articles covering the usual areas: Diplomacy Electiuons Violence and Anarchy War and Military Action Economy Law and Order Trade and Industry Natural Disasters "War on Terrorism" Arabic TV extracts The focus is enhanced reading skills and there are several quite long and INTERESTING articles in each chapter for you to sink your teeth into, plus glossaries and a range of exercises for class or personal study. You can access (free downloads) some audio for later units on the publisher's website (info in the book). There are html links for many of the original source materials, so you can go exploring online. This is a really solid resource - another example of the modern development of textbooks for English speaking students of Arabic: professionally put together by experienced academics with a clear and appealing layout. (I know 5 stars is high, but frankly to date I have only reviewed the materials I found to be excellent, rather than those that have disappointed). The serious student or teacher will NOT be disappointed by this purchase.