Linguaphone Arabic PDQ is a fun, holiday style course aimed at beginners wanting to learn Arabic. Using proven teaching methods and with a strong focus on essential vocabulary, you will quickly be able to handle a wide varitey of everyday situations.
Learn to speak, read and write Arabic to an elementary level.
Learn 500 essential Arabic words and phrases.
Perfect your accent by listening to native Arabic speakers.
Focus on the vocabulary that you need.
Everything that you need to learn Arabic - in one box!
This compact book is great fun, totally engaging and an incredibly effective way to learn to read, write and speak Arabic. Native speakers will help you learn all the essential/practical spoken Arabic that you need to get by.
You wil learn:
Meeting people for the first time.
Asking a question, ordering food and drink.
Starting a conversation, getting to know someone.
Talking about friends and family.
Finding your way around and asking directions.
Talking about your home and where you live.
Hiring a car and sightseeing.
Quality courses that actually work!
Developed in conjunction with leading learning experts, Linguaphone PDQ courses are a Pretty Darn Quick way to learn a new language.
Course book provides a clear guidance and simple explanations.
Practical written exercises link with audio.
Bilingual recordings let you study with the book while listening to the lessons.
Regular tests boost your confidence and help track your progress.
The course book gives helpful guidance, support and extra practice and is packed full of illustrations to give you a feel of the country.
Speak the language like a native.
All recordings are bilingual, so you can practice what you have learned by simple listening to the lessons. The book is there to act as your guide giving helpful back up and extra practice. This makes the Linguaphone PDQ course ideal for busy people. You can learn in the car or on the train. Learn wherever and whenever you choose.
Linguaphone Arabic PDQ Course - CD
Retail Price $129.95
Our Price $69.95
The ARABIC Language: Today Arabic is spoken throughout the Arabian Peninsula and also in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Mauritania, and Chad. It is the mother tongue of over 180 million people in Africa and Asia. In addition, Arabic plays an important part in the lives of all Muslims, for it is the sacred language of Islam and its holy book the Qur'an.
The Arabic language can be characterized as having one standard, formal, written form that is used and understood all over the Arab world. However, in its spoken form, it is represented by many regional, generally mutually intelligible dialects. The standard form (called Classical--or Literary--Arabic) is used mainly for writing, but is also used orally in highly formal situations (such as, in written media and books, and in the spoken media, higher education, religious sermons, and courts of law).
The basic difference between the formal language and the dialects is that the latter are used in everyday oral interaction, and reflect the popular spoken language of specific geographical regions. The differences in the dialects spoken in various Arabic-speaking countries or regions is similar to the differences between English-speaking countries and regions. Pronounciations (accents) differ, such as the accent of a person from New York compared to someone from the Deep South (in the United States). Minor differences in vocabulary are also found: a "drinking fountain" in Arizona, is called a "bubbler" in Wisconsin, or a "soft drink" in one region, is called a "soda" in another area.
The differences in English are even more distinct between North Americans and Britons, or Britons and Australians. Yet all are native speakers of English--we all can communicate with spoken English, read the same newspapers, and watch the same television programs, essentially without difficulty.
The communication skills learned in either the Pimsleur Eastern Arabic course or the Pimsleur Egyptian Arabic course, may be used successfully with any other speaker of the 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 due to the fact that millions of Syrians, Palestinians, Jordanians, and Lebanese have worked and are working there. Additionally, there is considerable intermarriage among these groups. Eastern Arabic, although a general term, is based on the dialect of Damascus, which is the largest city in the area (with more than five million people). Moreover, it has been the center of power, culture, and education over many centuries. Individuals learning this dialect will have no trouble understanding neighboring dialects nor making themselves understood.
Egyptian Arabic is mainly spoken in: Egypt. Egyptian Arabic has also gained a high degree of acceptance throughout the Arabic-speaking world because of its use in films. The Cairene dialect of Egyptian Arabic is the variety spoken in the Pimsleur Egyptian Arabic course. It is the standard for spoken Egyptian and the people are extremely proud of it.
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You learn faster when you enjoy what you are doing.
You make greater progress if the language learning is useful and presented in a familiar context.
Speaking a language is an active skill--something you learn by doing, not just studying. This is the practical approach to language learning that Linguaphone follows. You start speaking your new language during the very first lesson. The courses begin simply, building your confidence session by session. Soon after, longer sentences are introduced to enable the expression of more detailed and complex thoughts. But the course always concentrates on useful, authentic everyday words and situations. The result is that after completing a Linguaphone course, you will have a thorough understanding of the language and be able to converse with and understand real people speaking the language. The study sequence, LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, and SPEAK, used in the Linguaphone courses is fundamental to the Linguaphone method of language learning. To learn more, click here.
Can I really learn to speak a new language? With over 100 years of experience, Linguaphone knows that anybody who can speak one language has the 'talent' to learn another. There are no gimmicks or magic tricks. No complicated grammar tables or endless lists of verbs. Simply a practical course that has already helped over 7 million people to speak a new language.
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Linguaphone Arabic PDQ Course - CD
Retail Price $129.95
Our Price $69.95
Contains:
1 x 64 page illustrated color course book
4 x 60 minute audio CDs
Linguaphone Arabic PDQ is a fun, holiday style course aimed at beginners wanting to learn Arabic. Using proven teaching methods and with a strong focus on essential vocabulary, you will quickly be able to handle a wide varitey of everyday situations.
Learn to speak, read and write Arabic to an elementary level.
Learn 500 essential Arabic words and phrases.
Perfect your accent by listening to native Arabic speakers.
Focus on the vocabulary that you need.
Everything that you need to learn Arabic - in one box!
This compact book is great fun, totally engaging and an incredibly effective way to learn to read, write and speak Arabic. Native speakers will help you learn all the essential/practical spoken Arabic that you need to get by.
You wil learn:
Meeting people for the first time.
Asking a question, ordering food and drink.
Starting a conversation, getting to know someone.
Talking about friends and family.
Finding your way around and asking directions.
Talking about your home and where you live.
Hiring a car and sightseeing.
Quality courses that actually work!
Developed in conjunction with leading learning experts, Linguaphone PDQ courses are a Pretty Darn Quick way to learn a new language.
Course book provides a clear guidance and simple explanations.
Practical written exercises link with audio.
Bilingual recordings let you study with the book while listening to the lessons.
Regular tests boost your confidence and help track your progress.
The course book gives helpful guidance, support and extra practice and is packed full of illustrations to give you a feel of the country.
Speak the language like a native.
All recordings are bilingual, so you can practice what you have learned by simple listening to the lessons. The book is there to act as your guide giving helpful back up and extra practice. This makes the Linguaphone PDQ course ideal for busy people. You can learn in the car or on the train. Learn wherever and whenever you choose.
Linguaphone Arabic PDQ Course - CD
Retail Price $129.95
Our Price $69.95
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Arabic Audio 
