Arabic Today: A Student, Business & Professional Course

by John Mace and Professor John Mace

Book Overview

For business professionals and students needing to communicate directly with the modern Arab World, Arabic Today provides a unique self-contained course in contemporary Arabic. Based on the new emerging form of spoken Pan-Arabic, and using the everyday language of the professional in the office or the factory, on the phone or on paper, Arabic Today teaches the student how to handle spoken and written Arabic with ease and confidence. An accompanying cassette of drills and exercises is available direct from the publishers: contact EUP on +44 (0)131 650 4218.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748606165
• ISBN13: 9780748606160
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A great overview of modern Arabic

I really love this book as it is one of the few which manages to strike some kind of balance between the written language and the spoken colloquials. Few people really realise just how divergent the spoken 3ammiya versions of modern Arabic differ from the official,literary version which is the same in all Arabic speaking countries (but which no-one actually "speaks"). This book tries to present typical colloquial features that cross the various national dialects as well as pointing out certain regional peculiarities (which can really only be fully learned by living among native speakers). Moreover, having presented the spoken language it then goes on to present modern, literary Arabic (alFusha) in a very practical and relevant way. I really recommend this book to anyone wanting to get a foothold in modern (spoken and written Arabic).