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Arabic for Beginners (Hippocrene Language Studies) ReviewThis book is not your beginner's "Teach Yourself" text. It is disorganized and does not introduce the student to the language in a step-by-step fashion. There are no hint as how to pronounce the words. Voweling is used sporadically and inconsistently, and the vocalization via transliteration is inconsistent with the voweling on the Arabic text, leaving one to wonder whether the pronunciation is like the Arabic text or like the transliteration. The first four lessons introduce the alphabet, the vowels, and a host of grammatical rules that are more confusing than helpful at this stage. Lesson five starts with 5 paragraphs in Arabic with English translation which would cause any beginner studying on their own to abandon the attempt to learn Arabic. I had studied Arabic as a child years ago, and I am fluent in Hebrew. Thus, I could understand the text by either bringing back forgotten memories or by inference from Hebrew since the grammatical constructs of the two languages are similar. However, for the English speaking student to whom this is his/hers first introduction to the language, the task is nearly impossible. Arabic is very different from English in the way the verb is used and the way nouns and adjectives are conjugated. The author introduces these forms without explanation. Each lesson includes a list of new vocabulary. However, it is not organized alphabetically either in the text body or as a glossary at the end. I suppose that as a classroom text with the aid of a teacher to fill the gaps, demonstrate pronunciation, and provide examples for usage of the grammatical rules, this could be a useful text, although I will be surprised if even then this would be your best choice of text. Personally, I am in search of another text with audio cassets.Arabic for Beginners (Hippocrene Language Studies) OverviewNow completely revised and updated, this popular guide to the Arabic language has been a valuable resource for students for many years. In Arabic and Roman script, the book includes a guide to writing in Arabic, model sentences and vocabulary, explanations of irregular forms, and illustrations from the prose and poetry of eminent Arabic writers. Forty-four lessons offer grammar instruction, from the rudimentary to the more complex.

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