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Date: 02 Apr 1999
From: "Munther A. Younes" <may2 at cornell.edu>
Subject: Book Announcement

To interested Arabic teachers:

	My book "Intermediate Arabic: An Integrated Approach"  has just
been published by Yale University Press. The book is designed for
second-year students and builds on my "Elementary Arabic: An Integrated
Approach". It follows the same philosophy of integrating educated spoken
Levantine with Modern Standard Arabic in a way that reflects the actual use
of the  language by native speakers.
	The book consists of thirty two lessons, designed to cover two
fifteen-week semesters. All lessons have a similar format: listening,
speaking, and reading selections form the core of each lesson, and a
variety of activities and exercises provide variety, entertainment, and
further opportunities for  practice. The materials in the different lessons
are arranged to allow maximum reinforcement: similar stories follow one
another and, whenever possible, the contents of each lesson focus on one
theme, for example,  Baghdad, travel, and religion, etc.
	In addition to building on the linguistic foundation of the
first-year book, this volume continues to introduce the student to Arab
society, history, and culture. The listening selections, accompanied by
black and white illustrations, are folktales and anecdotes that are
familiar to most Arabs and are considered an important part of Arab folk
literature. The speaking selections have been designed to give the learner
a feel for real-life oral interaction among Arabs. The dialogue themes
range from discussions of school and work and an argument over a car
accident to the difficulties an Arab enounters in obtaining a visa to
another Arab country and in dealing with an Arab intelligence service. An
attempt was made in all of these dialogues to introduce humor without
sacrificing realism. The  reading selections, consisting of poems, short
stories, newspaper articles,  descriptions of Arab cities, and biographies
of historical figures, are designed  to improve reading skills while
enriching the student's of Arab history,  culture, language, and literature.
	Each lesson includes supplementary materials for the teacher and
students to offer more variety and challenge with an element of
entertainment, while using the vocabulary and structures already
introduced.  Among the supplementary activities are songs,  crossword
puzzles, root-and-pattern identification exercises, passage completions,
dictations, and free compositions.
	Since the main goal of the book is to help students develop the
ability to communicate in Arabic, that is, to understand,  speak, read, and
write the language, discussion of grammar points is kept to a minimum. A
summary of the main grammar points encountered in the book is included in
an appendix for reference. The appendix also includes the texts of  the
listening selections and dialogues used in the lessons, and a comprehensive
glossary.
	The listening selections, the dialogues,  the reading selections,
the songs, and the passage completion exercises are recorded on audio tape.
The audio set, 4 cassettes or 4 CDs, can be obtained from Tape Sales, Room
G11, Noyes Lodge, Cornell Univesity, Ithaca, NY 14853, telephone: (607)
255-8793.
	If you have any questions, please contact me.

Munther Younes

Munther Younes
Department of Near Eastern Studies
360 Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Telephone	(607) 255-2769
Fax		(607) 255-1345
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