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Exactly what I've been looking for!, 9. Juni 2000
This book is exactly the kind of book I have been wanting for a long time! As an advanced course, I feel it would be excellent for someone who has completed 3 years of university study, or for someone who has finished or is near the end of the course at the Defense Language Institute.This book presents authentic Arabic texts from a variety of sources and on topics about the Middle East. This gives the double advantage of not only learning the Arabic, but also teaching important information about the history, culture, and society of the Middle East. Along with the Arabic texts, pertinent grammar lessons are presented with thorough explanations in English, followed by several examples usage in Arabic. There are also many questions and exercises, presented in both Arabic and English to assist in comprehension. I have not yet recieved the accompanying cassette, but several of the listening selections come from a series by the BBC called "Pick of the Month". I already have the BBC cassettes and I'm very pleased that the authors chose these as their listening exercises. Most students of Arabic are aware of the famous "EMSA" Elementary Modern Standard Arabic texts from the 1960's, as these are the standard texts used in many universities. This book is by far the best Arabic text to be published since EMSA/IMSA! For motivated students, I highly recommend this book as a tool for self-study and maximizing your capabilities in Classical Arabic. For professors, both at Universities and DLI, I stongly suggest that you consider this book for incorporation into your courses. For DLI, this book covers important grammar that I didn't get, and for the Universities, this offers excellent authentic material to augment the more intensive grammar. Thank you Dr Dickson and Dr. Watson. This is the book I wish I could have written!
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