Arabic-L:PEDA:AccessToArabic Query

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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: michael_akard at hotmail.com
Subject: AccessToArabic Query

Greetings from Abu Dhabi!

I'm looking for information, and was hoping some of you might be able to
help me.

There is a video-based Arabic language program called <<Access to Arabic.>>
This course is published by Jeffrey Norton Publishers, and is distributed
through AudioForum. The program is available in three different formats: 1)
transliterated version, 2) mini script version, and 3) full script version.
The cost is the same for each version, and the video and audio material is
equal in length. I'm trying to decide which version to purchase for use by
an informal study group here in the UAE, most of whose participants already
have knowledge of Arabic script. I've contacted the distributor several
times, and they've tried to be helpful, but they're just too busy to give me
a detailed description, and text samples they've sent have been unrevealing.

Do any of you have experience with this course? Is it good? Can you explain
the difference between the three versions, their relative strengths and
weaknesses? My people need conversation skills, but don't want to lose the
literacy skills they've worked so hard to build.

I'm very grateful for any insight any of you can provide.

Sincerely,
Michael Akard

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