Arabic-L:LING:Response to New Book Query
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1) Subject:Response to New Book Query
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Date: 01 Jul 2004
From:grellag1 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Response to New Book Query
They should--they were created without territory code restrictions.
Gail Grella
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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
>
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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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