Language World
Arabic

Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / Me / 2000 / XP / NT / 98
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 800 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 22 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System requirements
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

This item can only be shipped within the USA.

Platform: Mac OS, Windows Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 98 / 95
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 3500 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 92 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency.

The Rosetta Stone Level I program offers a comprehensive course of study for beginning learners, leading to intermediate proficiency. The program contains over 3,500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons and more than 250 hours of mastery instruction in listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. There are reviews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System Requirements:
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.

Functional and fun, Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course offers full pronunciation guides, grammar summaries, dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary charts, and irregular verb tables. It is ideal for a thorough study of Arabic, from comprehension to speaking, from writing skills to understanding the culture.

In the USA

In the USA

In this book for second-year students of Arabic, Munther A. Younes builds on his successful textbook Elementary Arabic: An Integrated Approach to encourage further development of communicative skills and a deeper understanding of Arab culture and history. Younes integrates the colloquial Levantine dialect with Modern Standard Arabic to reflect native speakers` actual use of the language.

In the USA

This book is designed to teach the beginner a basic vocabulary of 100 Arabic words--covering 8 everyday topics: around the home/ clothes/ around town (including transportation)/ countryside/ essentials/ opposities/ animals/ parts of the body.

In the USA

This book presents a comprehensive foundation course for beginning students of written and spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), providing an essential grounding for successful communication with speakers of the many colloquial varieties. This long-established and successful text has been completely revised with the needs of English-speaking learners especially in mind, and will prove invaluable to students and teachers alike.

• Step-by-step guide to understanding written and spoken texts
• Develops conversational ability as well as reading and writing skills
• Arabic-English Glossary containing 2600 entries
• Fresh texts and dialogues containing up-to-date data on the Middle East and North Africa
• Includes Arab folklore, customs, proverbs, and short essays on contemporary topics
• Grammatical terms also given in Arabic enabling students to attend language courses in Arab countries
• Provides a wide variety of exercises and drills to reinforce grammar points, vocabulary learning and communicative strategies
• Includes a key to the exercises
• Accompanying cassettes also available.

In the USA

In the USA

In the USA

This package contains sixteen lessons that will get you started speaking today! Simply listen, follow the instructions, and then respond out loud, just as you would in an actual conversation. Complete one lesson each day, in consecutive order. When you've finished this program, you'll be thrilled to realize you can hold a real conversation in Arabic!

In the USA

Learners are practically taken by the hand and instructed on the Arabic script. Opening the door to the fundamentals of reading and writing, this book includes 100 line drawings, self-testing activities and exercises, and examples taken from signs, menus, and other real-life situations.

In the USA

Fundamentals of reading and writing basic Arabic script.

In the USA

This convenient pocket dictionary--an abridged and updated edition of the acclaimed Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage--is designed for both the English speaker learning Arabic and the Arabic speaker learning English. It records the different levels of usage found in newspapers, radio, television, and films, providing major Arabic dialectal equivalents for familiar, colloquial, and slang words. Ideal for the student or traveler, the dictionary includes:

• Nearly 40,000 entries providing English headwords with multiple meanings and their nearest Arabic equivalent
• For Arabic speakers: phonetic equivalents for headwords, phrases illustrating unexpected and alien idioms, and explanations of headwords denoting concepts new to the Arab world
• For English speakers: vowels and diacritics included in the Arabic text, irregular plurals of nouns, and simple verb conjugations in the imperfect tense
• Meticulously transcribed Arabic characters for easy reading

In the USA

Colloquial Arabic of Egypt is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to the written and spoken Arabic of Egypt.

In the USA

Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Levantine Arabic.

In the USA

This textbook is intended to teach Modern Standard Arabic at the university level to speakers of English. The text presents Modern Standard Arabic functionally, but also instructs the student by way of an engaging storyline that presents Arabic culture in a contemporary setting. Designed for use in the classroom, the text would also work very well for the self-learner. Alosh uses state of the art language acquisition theory.

In the USA

With Pimsleur Language Programs you don't just study a language, you learn it -- the same way you mastered English! And because the technique relies on interactive spoken language training, the Pimsleur Language Programs are totally audio -- no book is needed!

The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency.

No other language program or school is as quick, convenient, and effective as the Pimsleur Language Programs.

The Comprehensive Program is the ultimate in spoken language learning. For those who want to become proficient in the language of their choice, the Comprehensive programs go beyond the Basic Programs to offer spoken-language fluency. Using the same simple method of interactive self-practice with native speakers, these comprehensive programs provide a complete language learning course. 30 lessons on 16 CDs.

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