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1) Subject:Graded Arabic Stories for Beginners
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Date: 03 Aug 2009
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Ahmed Hassan Khorshid <<a href="mailto:khorshid@aucegypt.edu">khorshid@aucegypt.edu</a>></span>
Subject:Graded Arabic Stories for Beginners
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; "><div>Dear list member,</div><div>I think that reading material for advanced students of Arabic as a foreign language is abundant. Some good reading material is also available for intermediate students. However, it is very scarce for beginning students. I hope my new books will fill up part of this gap. I've written twelve graded stories for beginners following the lexical-structural approach. "Graded" means that both vocabulary and structure increase incrementally. The first story has 200 words, the last 314. Structure is also strictly controlled. It goes from simple structure to more complicated. Both vocab and structure are recycled very frequently. I recommend them for second semester students. Students who have read these stories felt encouraged because they could read tens of pages and understand most of it. They will be even more beneficial when teachers discuss them in class, a good opportunith for conversation. They can be bought on line through:</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.createspace.com/3387113">www.createspace.com/3387113</a> for sahlawayhi 1<br><a href="http://www.createspace.com/3389737">www.createspace.com/3389737</a> for sahlawayhi 2<br><a href="http://www.createspace.com/3389739">www.createspace.com/3389739</a> for sahlawayhi 3<br> <br>Unfortunately, you must use these given numbers. Soon they will also be available through <a href="http://amazon.com/">amazon.com</a>, where they have author, title and subject search.<br>I hope teachers and students find them helpful and entertaining.<br clear="all">Best of luck.</div><div></div><br>-- <br>Ahmad Khorshid<br>Arabic Language Instructor<br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></span></span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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