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Summary: VERY GOOD BOOK...
Review: I am teaching some people Arabic and I found this book to be very useful in teaching them how to recognize Arabic letters within words and to build their vocabulary. I agree that the book Arabic for beginners is a good companion to this book according to what Elmassfar said in this review. I have both books as well.... And you don't have to worry about missing CDs when buying it....
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Summary: Pair this book up with...
Review: "Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners" for the maximum benefit. I've been teaching myself Arabic off and on since I lived in Egypt in 1994, and these two are the best books for basic learning that I've found. Good basis on the fundamentals of the written language, as well as basic conversational skills. Repetition, the key to learning anything new, is the primary means in these books. However, as you progress, they reinforce the words and language skills learned earlier by forcing you to incorporate them as you get farther along. I've also found that the Hippocrene series has several excellent Arabic resources too. "Mastering Arabic" by Wightwick and Gaafar, and the companion Arabic-English dictionary and phrasebook are particularly good. I've yet to find the "perfect" book that combines reading/writing, vocabulary, and grammar all in one useful setting, and Amazon should know...I've bought at least a dozen different books from them in my quest...These 2 give a pretty darn good effort though.
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Summary: Great addition to your learning materials
Review: "Your first 100 words in Arabic" isbn 0-8442-2395-6 It has great cut out flash cards for studying. I am like a kid, I like pictures. The alphabet is presented in a way where you can learn the different writing positions of each letter and the pronuciation. I go to this book all the time for reference purposes. check out my review for "Masting Arabic" another great book
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Summary: Pair this book up with...
Review: "Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners" for the maximum benefit. I've been teaching myself Arabic off and on since I lived in Egypt in 1994, and these two are the best books for basic learning that I've found. Good basis on the fundamentals of the written language, as well as basic conversational skills. Repetition, the key to learning anything new, is the primary means in these books. However, as you progress, they reinforce the words and language skills learned earlier by forcing you to incorporate them as you get farther along. I've also found that the Hippocrene series has several excellent Arabic resources too. "Mastering Arabic" by Wightwick and Gaafar, and the companion Arabic-English dictionary and phrasebook are particularly good. I've yet to find the "perfect" book that combines reading/writing, vocabulary, and grammar all in one useful setting, and Amazon should know...I've bought at least a dozen different books from them in my quest...These 2 give a pretty darn good effort though.
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Summary: Great addition to your learning materials
Review: "Your first 100 words in Arabic" isbn 0-8442-2395-6 It has great cut out flash cards for studying. I am like a kid, I like pictures. The alphabet is presented in a way where you can learn the different writing positions of each letter and the pronuciation. I go to this book all the time for reference purposes. check out my review for "Masting Arabic" another great book
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Summary: Great addition to your learning materials
Review: "Your first 100 words in Arabic" isbn 0-8442-2395-6 It has great cut out flash cards for studying. I am like a kid, I like pictures. The alphabet is presented in a way where you can learn the different writing positions of each letter and the pronuciation. I go to this book all the time for reference purposes. check out my review for "Masting Arabic" another great book
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Summary: Not too shabby...
Review: I feel that this book is very easy to follow, and it even has flashcards in the back that you can use to help remember the words. The words are all everyday words which you will use.
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Summary: Pedantic, but ...
Review: I hate to be pedantic, but at the time I looked at this title on this site, the flashcards displayed on the front of the book (see the large picture) represented not Arabic, but JAPANESE KATAKANA - for a book titled 'First Hundred Words in Arabic' ... what???
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Summary: Waiting for my next 100 words in Arabic
Review: Spent all of June in Safaga, Egypt. I showed this book to my Egyptian counterpart (a teacher, private pilot, Senior Master Gulf of Suez Ship Pilot, and business owner) and he immediately asked me to buy one for him to use to help his clients when they're in town. This is the way most of us learned English in Grammar school. Some by rote and visual learning. I believe this is the best primer for English-speakers available on the market. Definately the most useful of the ...of books/tapes I have purchased. I'm going to AMAZE my host family when I return to Ismalia next month.
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Summary: Waiting for my next 100 words in Arabic
Review: Spent all of June in Safaga, Egypt. I showed this book to my Egyptian counterpart (a teacher, private pilot, Senior Master Gulf of Suez Ship Pilot, and business owner) and he immediately asked me to buy one for him to use to help his clients when they're in town. This is the way most of us learned English in Grammar school. Some by rote and visual learning. I believe this is the best primer for English-speakers available on the market. Definately the most useful of the ...of books/tapes I have purchased. I'm going to AMAZE my host family when I return to Ismalia next month.
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