Arabic (Eastern) II, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Eastern Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs (Arabic Edition)
by Pimsleur
Category: Foreign Language Study

Surprise your friends! Astonish your family! With Pimsleur, you’ll be speaking and understanding like a native in no time. 30 minutes a day is all it takes. This Eastern Arabic course includes all of Phases 1 and 2 – 30 hours of spoken language practice and two hours of Reading Lessons providing background on the Eastern Arabic language and culture. With this product you start from zero, learning first survival phrases and vocabulary, and eventually progressing to a mid-intermediate level of speaking, understanding and reading Arabic. Every lesson contains an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures, as well as full practice for all vocabulary introduced. Emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension. At the completion of this course, you’ll speak confidently using your wide-ranging vocabulary, and experience the language and culture with a deepening insight into a new world. Reading Lessons are included to provide you with an introduction to reading Arabic. These lessons, which total about one hour for each phase, are designed to teach you to sound out words with correct pronunciation and accent. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format. About the Eastern Arabic Language Eastern Arabic is the dialect spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Eastern Arabic is also very well understood in the eastern and southeastern parts of the Arab world -- Arabia, the Gulf Region, and Iraq. Pimsleur’s Eastern Arabic is based on the dialect of Damascus, Syria.