Levantine Arabic Learning Resources: Books for Listening Practice

Books for Listening Practice

Syrian Arabic Voices: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Levantine Colloquial Arabic
Syrian Arabic Voices is designed to provide intermediate and advanced students of Arabic with an opportunity to hear and study authentic Levantine Arabic as it is spoken by native speakers today. Unlike the scripted materials read by voice actors used in many coursebooks, Syrian Arabic Voices offers dozens of audio essays spoken naturally and off-the-cuff by individuals from around Syria. Each of the six native speakers has contributed audio essays that have then been transcribed (as voweled Arabic text) and translated for study.

Mido: In Levantine Arabic
Ideal for young-at-heart adult intermediate and advanced learners of Levantine Arabic, this book contains 10 chapters of similar length (around 1,000 words each), along with illustrations, English translations, footnotes, and photographs. Mido and his family invite you to join them on their everyday adventures in Beirut as you listen and read along, learning about life for modern Lebanese while improving your Arabic. Free audio tracks to help you develop listening skills and accurate pronunciation are downloadable from the publisher's website, as well as a free printable PDF Arabic-English Glossary of all the vocabulary found in the book.

Guide to Deewan Arabic Podcast (Season 1): Levantine Arabic
Among the first of its kind, Deewan podcast provides educational yet engaging content where in each episode, one of its teachers hosts a student learning Arabic and they discuss cultural topics including various aspects of life like veganism, racism, parenting, and several other topics that are of interest to its students. The podcast provides content that caters to Arabic learners of all levels; beginner, intermediate, and advanced, covering any student’s essential linguistic needs in an engaging and practical way.
Accompanying each of its podcast seasons, is this book, which is anintegral part of its language teaching process. This podcast book contains a glossary of terms from each episode and written exercises relevant to each episode’s audio content. Through the book, Deewan seek to make learning Arabic an engaging experience through providing immersive cultural content.

In addition to the above books, all books listed on our Reading Practice page can also be used for listening practice since each of them comes with audio files that is available for FREE download on the publisher's website.