Media Arabic
Subtitle: a coursebook for reading Arabic news = [Lughat wasāʼil al-iʻlām al-ʻArabīyah]
By: Alaa Elgibali, Nevenka Korica
Contributors: Korica, Nevenka, author
Edition: Revised and updated edition.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cairo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789774166525
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Arabic language; Textbooks for foreign speakers; English; Composition and exercises; Business Arabic; Mass media; Terminology
Other titles: Lughat wasāʼil al-iʻlām al-ʻArabīyah
Description: ".... Introduces the language of newspapers, magazines, and Internet news sites to intermediate- and advanced-level students of Modern Standard Arabic. Using this coursebook, students will be able to master core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page news, recognize various methods of coverage, distinguish fact from opinion, detect bias, and read critically in Arabic. The book enables students to read extended texts with greater accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning, linguistic form, and discourse markers. Activities include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on vocabulary use in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning, critical reading, and analyzing content."--Jacket.
Notes: Arabic and English.