Daily life and holiday conversations, Volume I

Preface My long experience as an Arabic teacher for foreigners has shown me that there is an increasing need to provide learners with a quick language course that facilitates communication at an early stage between Arabs and English-speakers. To reach this aim, I¿ve attempted to introduce 60 simple dialogues for different holiday and everyday situations, using the Egyptian dialect. Why Egyptian-Arabic? It is - The easiest to learn and the most widespread dialect. - The dialect that all Arabs understand. - The most similar dialect to classical Arabic. - More than one million Egyptians live or work in different Arabic countries. - El Azhar and various other Egyptians universities and institutions are regularly visited by many students of the Arabic language. - Egypt produces more than 90% of Arab culture including: theatre, cinema, television and video films. Daily life and holiday conversations The conversations include short, clear, common vocabulary, terms and sentences taken from holidays and everyday situations. Texts are written in Egyptian Arabic and English. We have also given you phonetic forms to help fluency and pronunciation. The texts in Arabic as well as the examples given show the students the correct way of writing those dialogues. Contents of the book - Easy introduction to the basics of the Arabic language. - 60 holiday and everyday situation conversations (also available on CD) - A basic vocabulary index (English-Arabic) and (Arabic-English) with phonetics. To Whom this book would be of use - Beginners who want to learn Egyptian Arabic quickly in order to be able to speak to Arabs without a deep knowledge of grammar. - Advanced students who want to speak more and who want to acquire a more in-depth knowledge. - Tourists to Arab countries, who want to communicate with the locals and to make themselves understood