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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:New IMSA edition announcement

This is to announce the preliminary revision of Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate Level, also called Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, or
simply “IMSA”.  It retains the original goal of taking the intermediate 
student
to an Advanced or Advanced High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale in 
all
four language skills, but with a functional/communicative approach using 
the
top-to-bottom model, with increased emphasis on authenticity of language 
and on
Arab culture.

This edition consists of (1) fifteen lessons which classroom use at a 
number of
institutions has shown to be more than enough for a year’s work (the 
last five
lessons are prepared and will be added in the next printing); (2) a 
section of
grammatical notes relating to the fifteen lessons; and (3) audio 
cassette tapes
and CD’s for the Basic Texts and Reading Aloud passages.  Under 
preparation is
a separate reference grammar covering all the structures of EMSA 
(Elementary
Modern Standard Arabic) and IMSA as well as certain Listening 
Comprehension
passages.

Each lesson contains seven parts: Preliminaries to reading the Basic 
Text: pre-
reading questions, vocabulary presentation, cultural notes; Reading 
Activities
involving the Text itself; Review, a recasting of the Basic Text or 
expansion
on it, while reviewing vocabulary and structures; Applications, putting 
to
creative use items gleaned from the Text; Reading Comprehension and 
Listening
Comprehension, authentic texts prepared by Arabs for Arabs, with 
exercises to
develop effective reading and listening strategies; and Dictionary 
Studies,
presenting semantic word classes and derivatives.

Book price: $45.00.

Books may be ordered from

Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Tel. (800) 621-2736
kh at press.uchicago.edu
www.press.uchicago.edu
$45.00

Cassettes and CD’s may be ordered from

Language Resource Center
ATTN: FLACS Program
2018 Modern Language Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Tel. (734) 764-0424
flacs at umich.edu
www.umich.edu/~langres

Contact person:  Ernest McCarus, enm at umich.edu

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