Levantine Arabic Learning Resources: Coursebooks

Coursebooks

The Comprehensive Guide to Levantine Arabic
The Comprehensive Guide to Levantine Arabic facilitates both the acquisition and reinforcement of the Levantine Arabic language for students of all levels. This book: 1) covers all of the essential linguistic needs of Colloquial Arabic students and helps them build a strong base in the spoken dialect; 2) simplifies and solidifies the way language instruction is provided to non-native speakers; 3) uses Deewan’s very own “The Ladder of Words” technique; 4) encourages students to build on the vocabulary and structures from prior lessons in each subsequent lesson; 5) incorporates practice exercises for listening and speaking comprehension to maximize understanding and retention; 6) is user-friendly for all students, including those with and without a teacher; 7) is created for Arabic students of any level. With exclusive online access to audio files.

Colloquial Arabic (Levantine): The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)
This coursebook provides a step-by-step course in Levantine Arabic as it is used today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Levantine Arabic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquials are supported by FREE AUDIO available online. All audio tracks referenced within the text are free to stream or download from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio complements the book and will help enhance learners’ listening and speaking skills. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages and at the Intermediate-Low on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

Colloquial Levantine Arabic
If you want to learn to speak and understand everyday Colloquial Levantine Spoken Arabic quickly but whilst also giving yourself a strong foundation in the Arabic script, structure and grammar this is the book for you. Having a strong foundation in Colloquial Spoken Arabic, including the written script, will provide an excellent base for you to later focus on Modern Standard Arabic, and in particular Media Arabic. It will enable you to actually communicate effectively in Arabic across a range of situations.
The book is based on learning the Arabic script; the best foundation for learning any type of Arabic, but is focused on ensuring you start conversing quickly and confidently. It provides clear exercises to get you talking quickly and structured explanation of the most commonly used colloquial verbs, phrases and vocabulary. It also offers a gradual introduction to Arabic grammar, with easy-to-follow explanations.

Speaking Arabic: A Course in Conversational Eastern Arabic (Palestinian)
The Speaking Arabic series of books and recordings (4 books, 5 CDs) is designed to help English speakers acquire a working knowledge of colloquial Palestinian Arabic. The course is intended for students who, rather than contenting themselves with a superficial acquaintance with the language, strive to attain fluency and a high-level of comprehension. The fifty lessons that comprise the course combine an extensive review of the grammatical structure, morphology and syntax of colloquial Arabic – all explained in clear and accessible language – with a wide-ranging vocabulary of some 2,500 words. Students who follow this course of study will find it to be both practical and user-friendly, and that it will prove to be their passport to the Arabic-speaking world.

Arabic Express: Speak Lebanese (A Complete Course)
This book does the pioneering work of presenting, contextually, a comprehensive grammar of spoken Arabic, the Arabic used in everyday oral communication among the Lebanese. This book is the first to present spoken Arabic and its grammar, with the great facilitation of the Roman script, in a comprehensive, systematic and coherent manner. All units contain listening-speaking activities for language practice, pronunciation and language modelling purposes. Lebanese is an advantageous Levantine dialect to learn in the English-speaking world, because it is one of those better understood in the Arabic speaking world, thanks to Lebanese films, songs and dubbed foreign series' diffusion. The book's learner-friendly style shapes its versatility, making it ideal for use by independent learners, in high school, and in a university classroom.

Colloquial Palestinian Arabic: An Introduction to the Spoken Dialect
Colloquial Palestinian Arabic is designed to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in learning the spoken dialect of Palestine and the surrounding region. By focusing on the Palestinian dialect, students will find that they are able to acquire the necessary skills to effectively communicate in Arabic not only in Palestine but throughout the Middle East and around the world. Designed specifically for non-native speakers, this unique book provides an essential foundation in spoken Arabic by focusing on the structure, pronunciation, vocabulary, culture, grammar, and daily use of the language. With this exciting new program students will broaden their horizons, acquire new skills, and gain invaluable insight that will further prepare them to become global citizens.

Hakini Arabi: Palestinian and Jordanian Colloquial Arabic for Beginners
Hakini Arabi is designed to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in learning the spoken dialects of Palestine, Jordan and the surrounding region. By focusing on the three overreaching groups of dialectical variations -- Jordanian, Palestinian Urban, and Palestinian/Jordanian Rural -- of the Palestinian and Jordanian dialects, students will find that they are able to acquire the necessary skills to effectively communicate with Arabs not only in Palestine and Jordan but throughout the Middle East. Through implementation of recent second language acquisition theory and combining traditional teaching methodologies with more recent ones, the book aspires to develop the learners’ linguistic, communicative, and intercultural competences.

Lebanese 101: The Easy Way to Learn Lebanese Arabic: The Ultimate Guide to Become a Lebanese
Are you having trouble communicating with your Arab friends? Have you wasted a lot of time learning the Modern Standard Arabic and got nowhere? Well, this book can solve all of these problems! Fusha or MSA is not actually spoken between Arabs, since Fusha is a written language and not a spoken one in the Arab world. Lebanese is spoken worldwide and almost every Arab can understand the Lebanese dialect. This book will give you the first steps for achieving the beginner level in Lebanese Arabic. It includes grammar, comprehension, vocabulary and tests. It is also written in Latin letters, so that you can understand how to pronounce the words and letters correctly.