Salamaat! Learning Arabic with Ease: Learn the Building Blocks of Modern Standard Arabic (Includes Free Online Audio)

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Salamaat! Learning Arabic with Ease is a new language learning book designed to open your world to the beautiful Arabic language. "Salamaat!" means "Greetings, I hope you are well!" and is usually the first word used in every situation where Arabic is spoken. The first step is to become comfortable with the Arabic alphabet and the sounds of the language. Author Dr. Hezi Brosh has developed a highly successful, simplified teaching method that has helped thousands of English speakers to speak, read, and write Arabic within a short period of time. His method teaches a number of basic building blocks that are proven to work well in promoting fluency. The most important goal in learning a language is to communicate effectivelylearning the basic sentence structures and vocabulary that you actually need and will use on a daily basis. Salamaat! Learning Arabic with Ease guides you in acquiring the important grammar and phrases, so you can begin to use Arabic to carry out basic tasks from greetings to daily routines. Here are some of the book's key features:

You learn Modern Standard Arabic, understood in all parts of the Arabic-speaking world today.

You learn to read and write the Arabic script efficiently thanks to a method designed specifically for native English speakers.

Special attention is given to understanding Arabic culture and placing the language within its cultural context.

A fundamental communicative approach presents each new grammar feature with an emphasis on how it can help you communicate with others.

Exercises build listening and comprehension skills to help you absorb the fundamental sounds, meanings and sentence patterns of the language.

A free audio CD with numerous recordings helps to build listening comprehension.

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"An important contributionthis book will leave a mark on the teaching of Arabic among all non-speakers--particularly English speakers--all around the world."--Khaled H. Abu Amsha, Ph.D.; Academic Director and Chair, Modern Standard Arabic Dept., Qasid Institute of Classical and Modern Standard Arabic

Author Bio

Hezi Brosh, Ph.D., currently the Arabic Program Coordinator at the United States Naval Academy is an educator and researcher with decades of experience teaching Arabic. His innovative teaching materials on Arabic as a foreign language have benefited thousands of learners and teachers. He has worked in many educational institutions in the Middle East and North America, ranging from junior high school to university level. His specialization area is Second Language Acquisition, focusing on Arabic teaching and learning as a foreign language. He has published widely on Arabic pedagogy and significantly contributed to curriculum planning and development.