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1) Subject:Al-Kitaab 3rd Edition
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Date: </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; ">30 Oct 2011</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">
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Subject:Al-Kitaab 3rd Edition
</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Title: Al-Kitaab</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, 3e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Series Title: Al-Kitaab Arabic language program </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Publication Year: 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Publisher: Georgetown University Press</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><a href="http://www.press.georgetown.edu/">http://www.press.georgetown.edu</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Book URL:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><a href="http://www.press.georgetown.edu/book/al-kitaab/al-kitaab-fii-tasupcsupallum-al-supcsuparabiyya">http://www.press.georgetown.edu/book/al-kitaab/al-kitaab-fii-tasupcsupallum-al-supcsuparabiyya</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Author: Kristen Brustad</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Hardback: ISBN: 1589017374 9781589017375 Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 79.95</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Paperback: ISBN: 1589017366 9781589017368 Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 69.95</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Abstract:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Al-Kitaab Part One is the second book in the Al-Kitaab Arabic language</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">program and is now available in an extensively revised and reorganized third</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">edition. This book with its companion website develops skills in formal and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">colloquial Arabic, including reading, listening, speaking, writing, and cultural</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">knowledge, integrating materials in colloquial and formal/written Arabic. It</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">provides a comprehensive program for students in the early stages of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">learning Arabic. Teachers should visit the book's website for Teacher</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Resources.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Like the book's facebook page:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/alkitaab">http://www.facebook.com/alkitaab</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Features:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Four-color design throughout the book with over 100 illustrations and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">photographs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Color-coded words and phrases throughout to easily follow the variety or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">varieties of Arabic you want to activate—Egyptian, Levantine, or formal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Arabic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Introduces over 400 vocabulary words in all three forms of Arabic side by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">side</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Presents the story of Maha and Khalid in Egyptian, and now Nasreen and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Tariq in Levantine, in addition to Maha and Khalid in formal Arabic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Expanded grammar explanations and activation drills, including discussions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">about colloquial and formal similarities and differences</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-New video dialogues from everyday life in both Egyptian and Levantine to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">reinforce vocabulary in culturally-rich contexts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Develops reading comprehension skills with new authentic texts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Reinforces learning through extensive classroom activities and homework</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">exercises that provide constant review</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Includes Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries, reference charts, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">a grammar index</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Reduced from 20 chapters to 13 chapters, the course now more closely</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">corresponds to two semesters of college study with an average of 4-5 contact</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">hours per week</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-Textbook includes a convenient DVD with the basic audio and video</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">materials (no interactive exercises) for offline study that will play in iTunes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">and compatible MP3 players</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">-New companion website (sold separately)—</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><a href="http://alkitaabtextbook.com/">alkitaabtextbook.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">—features</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">fully integrated interactive, self-correcting exercises, all the audio and video</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">materials, and additional online course management and grading options for</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">teachers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition provides 125 contact (classroom) hours with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">approximately 250 homework hours. Students who complete Part One should</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">reach an intermediate-mid level of proficiency.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> Language Acquisition</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Subject Language(s): Arabic, Egyptian (arz)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> Arabic, North Levantine (apc)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> Arabic, South Levantine (ajp)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "> Arabic, Standard (arb)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; ">Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; "><br></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">
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