Formal Spoken Arabic Basic Course with MP3 Files, Second Edition

"This book fills a significant gap in teaching spoken Arabic as a foreign language." — Language, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"A well-designed Arabic text that will enrich Arabic instruction in the United States. It represents a bold attempt at addressing a pedagogical problem arising from the diglossic situation in the Arab world." — Al-'Arabiyya Journal, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"Goes a long way toward bridging the gap between Arabic Colloquial Dialects at the one end of the spectrum and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) at the other end, and with the addition of a number of key Levantine Colloquial vocabulary items, it allows learners who have a certain expertise in MSA to make use of that expertise appropriately and effectively as they pursue their daily lives in the Middle East." — Gerald E. Lampe, deputy director of the National Foreign Language Center and president of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic

"This revised edition is sound in approach and cultural content; it enables academicians and professionals alike to acquire a spoken vernacular that transcends the boundaries of diverse Arabic dialects while carefully overcoming localisms — thanks to the authors' classroom-tested and adaptable materials and masterful approach that seamlessly weaves commonalities among spoken dialects into one learnable language variety." — Mohssen Esseesy, assistant professor and coordinator, Arabic Program, George Washington University

"Karin Ryding's Formal Spoken Arabic is a milestone in the teaching of spoken Arabic, the only book of its kind. This textbook presents the Arabic used for a wide range of situations — an intermediate variety between spoken colloquial Arabic and the written language. It addresses the critical need for communicating across dialects and can be used anywhere in the Arabic-speaking world." — Margaret Nydell, director of graduate studies in Arabic, Georgetown University