About Al-Kitaab
Textbooks in the Program:
Third Edition
Alif Baa: Introduction to Letters and Sounds, Third Edition
Teacher’s Edition of Alif Baa, Third Edition (Please complete Exam/Desk Copy form)
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVDs, Part One, Third Edition
Teacher’s Edition of Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition (Please complete Exam/Desk Copy form)
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVDs, Part Two, Third Edition
Teacher’s Edition of Al-Kitaab Part Two, Third Edition (Please complete Exam/Desk Copy form)
Second Edition
Alif Baa with Multimedia, Second Edition
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVDs, Part One, Second Edition
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVDs, Part Two, Second Edition
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVD and MP3 CD, Part Three
Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program
Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi
The Al-Kitaab Arabic language textbook program uses a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach with fully integrated audiovisual media to teach modern Arabic as a living language. Designed for anyone interested in learning modern Arabic, the series focuses on developing skills in Modern Standard Arabic and gradually introducing readers to Egyptian Arabic, the most widely spoken dialect in the Arabic-speaking world.
Starting with Alif Baa, students will learn to recognize and produce letters and sounds accurately. At every level students will find additional authentic texts for reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar exercises, close listening and speaking activities, and cultural background. Each volume reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive exercises that provide constant review and expand to challenge students as they gain proficiency. Extra resources such as glossaries, grammatical reference charts, and grammar indexes can be found in many of the volumes.
At each level students will meet and follow the story of characters Maha and Khalid as they attend school, interact with their families, deal with cultural situations, and travel.
Praise for the Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program
"[Alif Baa] aims to familiarize the student with the pronunciation and writing system and to present a good number of greetings, common phrases and everyday vocabulary . . . An impeccably presented manual."—Forum for Modern Language Studies
"Highly recommend this second edition . . . The DVDs add considerably to students' mastering of the material."—Modern Language Journal
"The student hears, sees and reads Arabic, and learning is kept close to an authentic linguistic and cultural experience."—ADFL Bulletin
"This is a revised and updated edition, with new video and audio material and new exercises....An extremely impressive volume."—Forum for Modern Language Studies
"More drills and activities have been worked into the text, giving students more practice in the skills being presented."—MESABulletin
"[T]he authors...have succeeded in genuinely integrating [reading comprehension and listening and speaking activities]... The content of the material as well as its methodological approach makes Al-Kitaab highly recommendable to anyone who wants to learn or teach Arabic communicatively... [It] represents nothing less than a new generation of textbooks."—British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
"This textbook...is a creative approach to learning Arabic."—Middle EastJournal
