Middle Eastern Studies

Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program. This course includes Lessons 1-16 from the Arabic (Eastern) Level 1 program - 8 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Eastern Arabic. The Eastern Arabic Language Arabic is the world's 6th most common language with 295 million native speakers. It is also the liturgical language of 1.6 billion Muslims as it is the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. Eastern Arabic is the dialect spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Eastern Arabic is also very well understood in the eastern and southeastern parts of the Arab world -- Arabia, the Gulf Region, and Iraq. Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic is based on the dialect of Damascus, Syria. Tech Talk - CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.

LANGUAGE UNITS Getting Started Putting Words Together The Family Jobs Describing Things Where Is It? Describing Places Review Countries and People Counting Things Plurals and Colours What Happened Yesterday? Wish You Were Here All the President's Men Review Every Day Eating and Drinking Comparing Things Future Plans Revision and Advice on Further Study REFERENCE MATERIAL The Arabic Alphabet The Arabic Verb Months of the Year Broken Plurals Answers to Exercises English-Arabic Glossary Grammar Index