Routledge 'Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three): An Advanced Course in Arabic

‘Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three): An Advanced Course in Arabic seamlessly integrates Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Educated Spoken Arabic (ESA) to enhance learners’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This new edition has been rewritten to include new material on Arab culture, figures, poetry, and literature. Features include: 12 theme-based units covering topics such as Arab history; the Arabic language; religion; Arab food; famous Arab women and men; religion; Palestine; economics; Arabic poetry and more. A thorough coverage of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in every unit, with clear grammar explanations, drills and exercises Interesting audio interviews reflecting educated speech among Arabs from a wide range of Arabic speaking countries, to build up strong and practical communication skills and provide students with the ability to function linguistically anywhere in the Arab World Attention to issues highly relevant to modern Arab society and culture to encourage active engagement with the course A rich variety of reading passages covering the culture of the whole of the Arab World from contemporary sources as well as excerpts from the classic works of famous authors such as Neguib Mahfouz and Khalid al Khamisi. Developed by an international team of three experienced and dynamic teachers based in Lebanon, the UK, and the US Audio for students and a video script for instructors can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/younes The course will take students from the Advanced Mid to the Superior level on the ACTFL proficiency scales and from level B2 to C2 on the Common European Framework Reference for Languages. This volume is the final installment of a pioneering three-part series of Arabic textbooks which together provide a complete three-year or four-year undergraduate language program.