Arabic Today: A Student, Business and Professional Course in Spoken and Written Arabic [With CDROM]

by John Mace and Professor John Mace

Book Overview

A student, business and professional course in spoken and written Arabic aimed at those with no prior knowledge of the language.Suitable for business professionals and students wanting to communicate directly with people and institutions in the Arab world, Arabic Today is a self-contained course in contemporary Arabic.Tuition tends to concentrate either on the written language (never used in everyday speech) or on a selected regional dialect (which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748635580
• ISBN13: 9780748635580
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A great overview of modern Arabic

I really love this book as it is one of the few which manages to strike some kind of balance between the written language and the spoken colloquials. Few people really realise just how divergent the spoken 3ammiya versions of modern Arabic differ from the official,literary version which is the same in all Arabic speaking countries (but which no-one actually "speaks"). This book tries to present typical colloquial features that cross the various national dialects as well as pointing out certain regional peculiarities (which can really only be fully learned by living among native speakers). Moreover, having presented the spoken language it then goes on to present modern, literary Arabic (alFusha) in a very practical and relevant way. I really recommend this book to anyone wanting to get a foothold in modern (spoken and written Arabic).