Media Arabic, New Edition

Julia Ashtiany Bray and Nadia Jamil

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Paper, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3814-7
$37.50

second edition
May, 2013
Cloth, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3813-0
Edinburgh University Press
$130.00

This practical textbook provides the basic skills required for comprehending the Arabic media, including television and radio programs, newspapers and the internet. Starting with basic grammar and vocabulary, the text emphasizes learning how to manipulate structures, short-term and vocational vocabulary acquisition, and self-assessment. Part one prepares students for oral translation and independent reading. Part two provides more advanced exercises in oral translation of key topics in current affairs.

Related Subjects

• Linguistics
• Reference

Series

• New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys (Edinburgh University Press)

About the Author

Julia Ashtiany Bray is professor of Medieval Arabic literature at the Universite Paris 8. Nadia Jamil is a senior instructor in classical and modern Arabic at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.

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