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Date: 28 Sep 2007
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Subject:New Media Arabic coursebook

Author: Alaa Elgibali
Title: Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Release Date: 7 October 2007

Amazon blurb:
In light of the rapidly growing number of people studying Arabic—in  
academia, governments, NGOs, and business—Media Arabic is a unique  
and timely learning tool for anyone looking to access news  
information from this important global region firsthand. Media Arabic  
introduces the language of the newspapers, magazines, and Internet  
news sites to intermediate and advanced-level students of Modern  
Standard Arabic. Using this textbook, students will be able to master  
core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page news, recognize  
various modes of coverage, distinguish fact from opinion, detect  
bias, and read critically in Arabic.

Drawing on their long experience as Arabic instructors, Alaa Elgibali  
and Nevenka Korica have organized the book into six chapters, each  
covering a dominant news topic: Talks and Conferences, Demonstrations  
and Protests, Conflicts and Terrorism, Elections, Rule of Law, and  
Business. In addition, the book offers three self-assessment units  
and a glossary organized by theme.

The book enables students to read extended texts with greater  
accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning,  
language form, and markers of cohesive discourse. The activities  
include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on  
vocabulary in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning,  
critical reading, and analyzing content.

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