Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs advice on Arabic Course

[Dilworth Parkinson]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arabic-L: Wed 20 Sep 2006
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to
listserv at byu.edu with first line reading:
            unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory------------------------------------

1) Subject:Needs advice on Arabic Course

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 20 Sep 2006
From:Ronald Kuhl <quickminnow at hotmail.com>
Subject:Needs advice on Arabic Course

[Please respond directly to the requester and not to the list.  Thanks!]

I am working in Iraq and have been studying Arabic for a couple of  
years. I have nearly completed the 50 lesson Saudi Arabian Foreign  
Service Institute Course I bought from Multilingual Books in  
Seattle.  I want now to buy a more advanced course that will teach me  
the words I need to understand Al Jazeer and other Arabic TV  
stations.  Can you recommend a course that is in CD or MP3 that has  
Arabic, English and a transliteration?  I would really appreciate it  
because I am reluctant to buy an expensive course without a good  
recommendation.  Thanks. Ron

(second message)
Dear Sir,
I would appreciate it if you posted my query.  I think I phrased my  
question incorrectly.  At the end of the 50 lesson Foreign Service  
Institute course-the last four lessons or so--the vocabulary began  
getting harder, using words more like one would hear on Arabic TV  
news broadcasts versus just everyday conversation type words. I'm  
looking for a course that teaches vocabulary at that level and of  
that type.  I know that students from the Army language school can  
understand Al Jazeer when they graduate.  I wonder what text they  
use.  I'm sure there are some good courses that are of a level to  
help one read the newspapers and understand broadcasts.  I study at  
night at work using an IPOD, so it is essential that the course is  
also audio on CD or MP3.  I mention that because I see some good  
courses on the internet that don't have accompanying audio.  Thanks. Ron
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--
End of Arabic-L:  20 Sep 2006