Arabic:LING:New Book Query

[Nathan Arp]

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject:New Book Query

Dear List,
Does anybody know if these dvds run in zone 2 (Europe and the Middle
East)? Thank you,
John Nawas
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium


Quoting Nathan Arp <nja9 at email.byu.edu>:

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> 1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
> 2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
> al
> 3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
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> 1)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>
> Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
> Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
> 	   Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
> exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
> Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
> learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
> through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening,
> reading,
> and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic
> from
> colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
> Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
> Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.
>
> In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet,
> 'Alif
> Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
> conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard
> Arabic
> vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book,
> introduced
> through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and
> classroom
> exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
> dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it
> includes
> capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary.
> 'Alif
> Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact
> hours
> of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the
> 'Al-Kitaab'
> language program.
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.
>
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> 2)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
> al
>
> Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
> Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
> 	   Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in
>
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> 'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
> providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
> Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
> excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former
> CD
> audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
> items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
> immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.
>
> Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
> instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
> contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization
> of
> the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current
> pedagogical
> developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow
> students
> to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
> previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
> students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
> material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
> actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that
> exposes
> the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
> and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
> and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
> Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
> video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
> English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender
> issues,
> fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and
> their
> significance, and more.
>
>
> FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
> Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
> speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge
>
> Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
> reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
> grammatical concepts to practical skills
>
> Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media
> rather
> than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
> skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families
>
> Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived
> from
> the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals
>
> Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging
> students
> to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
> solving, and educated guessing
>
> Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
> homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
> challenge students as their skills develop
>
> Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on
> the
> main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
> of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills
>
> Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
> charts as well as a new grammar index
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.
>
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> 3)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>
> Title: Modern Arabic
> Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221
>
> Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95
>
> Abstract:
>
> The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
> authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and
> use
> of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
> development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the
> written
> language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry,
> through
> the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
> language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
> language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been
> shaped
> over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
> us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the
> structures,
> functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."
>
> Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology,
> morphology,
> syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
> majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern
> Standard
> Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic
> for
> different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
> as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
> serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further
> shows
> how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one
> might
> be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
> Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news
> bulletins
> and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.
>
> This new edition takes into account research published in several
> areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
> 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
> vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
> varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in
> Egypt),
> updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic
> is
> transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet
> and
> script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
> without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
> discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
> with European languages.
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Language Description
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.
>
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