Following the success of Volume 1, Arabic in a Flash Volume 2 continues to develop the language skills of beginning students and others interested in learning Arabic. While Volume 1 has a strong focus on basic communication and vocabulary building, Volume 2 works to further develop vocabulary and introduces everyday activities, travel and leisure, and economic and employment issues.

The Arabic flash card kit that helps you learns Arabic in a flash:

• Contains 448 flash cards featuring the most common Arabic words plus a 48-page index booklet
• Learn 448 main words plus 1,792 related words and phrases - 2,240 basic vocabulary items
• Arabic script, Romanized forms and English meanings given for all items
• A sample sentence in Arabic with its English translation shows how the main word is used
• Words and phrases used in everyday speech and writing
• Provides root words and derived forms as well as important related words and phrases using the main word
• Cards are ordered according to the frequency of usage of the main word in the language

This book contains the essential information needed by first-time and experienced travelers alike — novices and old hands alike — presented in a way that’s concise, accessible, and easy to understand.

You’ll find:

• Encouragement to try a few words
• Knowledge of the society around you
• Confidence to smooth the way

Essential Arabic Phrase Book covers:

• Over 2,000 essential phrases in 14 thematic sections; arranged by frequency of use
• A glossary of the 2,000 most needed words of English terms relevant to the needs of tourists and travelers
• Food, drink, and lodging
• Tips for train and automobile travel
• Instructions and phrases for emergencies
• Meeting people and striking up a conversation
• Clear explanations of pronunciation, and an outline of the principle points of grammar
• And the essential grammar and pronunciation you’ll need to make your way smoothly through your travels

This Arabic language-learning classic is now enhanced with a bound-in CD of MP3 files. Designed to provide beginners in Arabic with maximum linguistic and cultural exposure in a short period (about 100 hours of contact time), this book consists of sixteen lessons with dialogs and exercises dealing with day-to-day scenarios: greeting people, getting a taxi, making phone calls, asking directions, discussing the weather, and effectively communicating with police and duty officers. The lessons help the reader to navigate situations at gas stations, marketplaces, restaurants, and in their own households.

Formal Spoken Arabic (FSA) is a kind of lingua franca that is more natural than speaking Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the literary form of the language. FSA uses the shared features of the various urban colloquial dialects, defaulting to Levantive (terms common to Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan) where the spoken dialects diverge. Each lesson includes cultural notes on American-Arab interactions, notes on learner strategies for managing Arabic conversations with a limited amount of language, and grammar explanations in clear, non-technical language. Although the main dialogue for each lesson is presented in Arabic script, transcriptions are used to accelerate spoken performance. The FAST Course includes grammatical explanations, English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries, appendices listing common idioms, courtesy expressions and other useful terms, instructor's notes, and drills aided and accompanied by the CD.

Originally created for diplomats, this is an expanded and enhanced edition of a work originally developed by the U.S. State Department as a six-week intensive, or "FAST" (Familiarization and Short-Term) course, and is easily adaptable for students in Middle East area studies. Travelers heading for posts in the Arab world who quickly need to gain a basic ability to converse in day-to-day situations will find Formal Spoken Arabic FAST Course an invaluable companion.

Arabic for Life takes an intensive, comprehensive approach to beginning Arabic instruction and is specifically tailored to the needs of talented and dedicated students. Unlike the other Arabic textbooks on the market, Arabic for Life is not specifically focused on either grammar or proficiency. Instead, it offers a balanced methodology that combines these goals. Frangieh has created a book that is full of energy and excitement about Arabic language and culture, and it effectively transmits that excitement to students. Arabic for Life offers a dynamic and multidimensional view of the Arab world that incorporates language with Arabic culture and intellectual thought.

The book is accompanied by a DVD with some eighty videos of native speakers reciting the vocalized texts in the book and dozens of audio recordings covering vocabulary and expressions, drills on Arabic sounds and letters, and various exercises and activities.

DVD Requirements:

• The files have to be extracted because they are Zip files.
• Adobe flash reader should be installed.
• The FLV player app or VLC player has to be installed as well to read the extension of the video files which is .FLV; otherwise the files will not work.
• You can download VLC from this linkhttp://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.2.3/win32/vlc-2.2.3-win32.exe