[Kilmah ḥilwah] =
Subtitle: Kilma hilwa : [Egyptian Arabic through popular songs ; intermediate level]
By: Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama ; illustrations by Okacha
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2015
Language: ara; eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9789774167089
Subjects: Arabic Songs; Grammar; Textbooks for foreign speakers; Dialects; Translations into English; Arabic language; Texts; English
Other titles: Kilma hilwa
Description: One of the best ways to learn a language is by studying the media that native speakers themselves listen to and read, and popular songs can also reveal much about the culture and traditions of a country where the language is spoken. Cairo-based Arabic teacher Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama presents twenty songs in Egyptian Arabic performed by popular singers and builds a variety of language lessons around them, with notes on vocabulary, grammar, and usage, and communicative exercises in listening, writing, and speaking. The songs are graded from easiest to most difficult, and each lesson includes a link to a performance of the song on YouTube, SoundCloud, the lyrics of the song, and notes on the songwriter, the composer, and the singer.--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text In Arabic; with title also in roman script, and sub-title in English; includes English translations of the songs.