Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya

FEATURES
• Four-color design throughout the book with over 100 illustrations and photographs
• Color-coded words and phrases throughout to easily follow the variety or varieties of Arabic you want to activate—Egyptian, Levantine, and/or formal Arabic
• Introduces over 400 vocabulary words in all three forms of Arabic side by side
• Presents the story of Maha and Khalid in Egyptian, and now Nasreen and Tariq in Levantine, in addition to Maha and Khalid in formal Arabic
• Expanded grammar explanations and activation drills, including discussions about colloquial and formal similarities and differences
• New video dialogues from everyday life in both Egyptian and Levantine to reinforce vocabulary in culturally-rich contexts
• Develops reading comprehension skills with new authentic texts
• Reinforces learning through extensive classroom activities and homework exercises that provide constant review
• Includes Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries, reference charts, and a grammar index
• Reduced from 20 chapters to 13 chapters, the course now more closely corresponds to two semesters of college study with an average of 4-5 contact hours per week
• New companion website (sold separately)—alkitaabtextbook.com—features fully integrated interactive, self-correcting exercises, all the audio and video materials, and additional online course management and grading options for teachers
 
Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition provides 125 contact (classroom) hours with approximately 250 homework hours. Students who complete Part One should reach an intermediate-mid level of proficiency.