Description
Goes a long way toward bridging the gap between Arabic Colloquial Dialects at the one end of the spectrum and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) at the other end, and with the addition of a number of key Levantine Colloquial vocabulary items, it allows learners who have a certain expertise in MSA to make use of that expertise appropriately and effectively as they pursue their daily lives in the Middle East. -- Gerald E. Lampe, deputy director of the National Foreign Language Center and president of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic This revised edition is sound in approach and cultural content; it enables academicians and professionals alike to acquire a spoken vernacular that transcends the boundaries of diverse Arabic dialects while carefully overcoming localisms-thanks to the authors' classroom-tested and adaptable materials and masterful approach that seamlessly weaves commonalities among spoken dialects into one learnable language variety. -- Mohssen Esseesy, assistant professor and coordinator, Arabic Program, George Washington University Karin Ryding's Formal Spoken Arabic is a milestone in the teaching of spoken Arabic, the only book of its kind. This textbook presents the Arabic used for a wide range of situations-an intermediate variety between spoken colloquial Arabic and the written language. It addresses the critical need for communicating across dialects and can be used anywhere in the Arabic-speaking world. -- Margaret Nydell, director of graduate studies in Arabic, Georgetown University
About the Author
Karin C. Ryding is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic at Georgetown University. David Mehall is a research associate at the Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL), University of Maryland.
Reviews
"Goes a long way toward bridging the gap between Arabic Colloquial Dialects at the one end of the spectrum and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) at the other end, and with the addition of a number of key Levantine Colloquial vocabulary items, it allows learners who have a certain expertise in MSA to make use of that expertise appropriately and effectively as they pursue their daily lives in the Middle East." - Gerald E. Lampe, deputy director of the National Foreign Language Center and president of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic "This revised edition is sound in approach and cultural content; it enables academicians and professionals alike to acquire a spoken vernacular that transcends the boundaries of diverse Arabic dialects while carefully overcoming localisms - thanks to the authors' classroom-tested and adaptable materials and masterful approach that seamlessly weaves commonalities among spoken dialects into one learnable language variety." - Mohssen Esseesy, assistant professor and coordinator, Arabic Program, George Washington University"
Book Information
ISBN 9781589010604
Author Karin C. Ryding
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Georgetown University Press
Publisher Georgetown University Press
Weight(grams) 694g