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Go beyond Marhaba and add thousands of words and expressions to your Arabic vocabulary
To communicate comfortably in Arabic, you need easy access to a variety of words and expressions. In Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Vocabulary you get the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. And how do you do this? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family, food, or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for a burgeoning vocabulary, you will be able to weave your way in and out of English and Arabic togain the confidence you need to communicate with ease.
Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Vocabulary offers you:
Thousands of new words and expressions
More than 250 fun exercises
Handy cultural and social tips and an insight into Arab life
An answer key to gauge your comprehension
With help from this book, you can easilycommunicate in Arabic about:
Education, careers, and skills Vacations and adventures Culture, society, and traditions Cooking and recipes Your neighborhood and home Your family and friends Environmental issues Crime, justice, and politics . . . and much more
List of contents
1. Meeting & Greeting 2. Describing Me, You & Them 3. Our Home & My Room 4. Basic Counting & Measuring 5. Eating & Drinking 6. Traveling & Exploring 7. Selecting & Shopping 8. Health & Fitness 9. Family & Society 10. Professions & Career 11. Environments & Terrain 12. Leisure & Entertainment
About the author
Mahmoud Gaafar graduated from the American University in Cairo, 1975. After a spell working for Radio Cairo and the United Nations, he entered the field of Pan-Arab Advertising with multinational companies and worked extensively in the Middle East. In 1986 he moved to settle permanently in the UK where he co-founded g-and-w . Together Mahmoud and Jane Wightwick now run g-and-w Publishing and have produced a range of educational material. During their careers, they have both also been active as tutors, project managers and consultants on a wide range of projects, all of which involved Arabic, the Middle East and Language Learning.
Jane Wightwick graduated from Cambridge University in 1982 in Arabic and Middle Eastern studies. She then trained and worked as a teacher of EFL for International House in Cairo. Before setting up the publishing division of g-and-w Jane was Head of Language Publishing for Berlitz Publishing in Oxford. Together Mahmoud Gaafar and Jane now run g-and-w Publishing and have produced a range of educational material. During their careers, they have both also been active as tutors, project managers and consultants on a wide range of projects, all of which involved Arabic, the Middle East and Language Learning.
Summary
Offers you: thousands of new words and expressions; more than 250 fun exercises; handy cultural and social tips and an insight into Arab life; and an answer key to gauge your comprehension. This book helps you communicate in Arabic about: education, careers, and skills; vacations and adventures; and culture, society, and traditions.
