Getting by in Arabic

by Ceasar E. Farah, Tessa Krailing, Salah El-Ghobashy

This concise package is a mini-course in practical modern Greek. It includes dialogues, notes on grammar, exercises and general information.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812027205
• ISBN13: 9780812027204
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Egyptian Arabic micro-course

A great neat course from the BBC on Arabic. Originally a BBC Radio 4 series, it was originally recorded at broadcast quality (I've not heard the latest recordings, of course). Being designed for radio, you don't strictly need the book, though it helps a lot. It takes you through everyday activities, like ordering food and drink or meeting people. Lots of repetition, not enough to be boring. Only two points. The Arabic here is a strongly Egyptian Arabic, and while that is widely understood elsewhere in the Arab world, it's going to be hard to understand people's reply outside Egypt. And make sure you get the cassettes - the cassettes are more important than the book.