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| Instant Arabic: How to express 1,000 different ideas with just 100 key words and phrases! (Instant Phrasebook Series) (Arabic Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Fethi Mansouri, Yousef Alreemawi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 351029
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), Arabic (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Bilingual
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0804838607
Dewey Decimal Number: 492
EAN: 9780804838603
ASIN: 0804838607
Publication Date: August 15, 2007
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Product Description
Presented in easy-to-learn English phonetics, Instant Arabic contains 100 key words and over 500 basic sentences that are necessary for getting around in the Arab-speaking world. The pronunciation for each Arab word in the book follows a precise and simple formula that will quickly become so familiar that conversing in Arab phrases and sentences soon feels just as "normal" as speaking English.
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Phonetics misleading substitute for CD! February 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I hesitate to buy this or any non-Romance language book that doesn't include a recording of authentic vocalization of the text. I really like the fundamental concept of this book and the presentation looks great. However, I've learned by experience that anglo-phoneticization of Arabic so badly distorts the actual sound system that it can retard skills in speaking or listening! I spent the first several weeks of instruction under a native speaker unlearning habits developed through prior self-study using Jane Wrightwick's phoneticized "see and say" (see my review of her "First 100 Words in Arabic"). I believe she has since included a CD. I would admonish all authors of Arabic language instruction to include a CD accompanying the text - it's more than worth the extra cost to the student!
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