Samia Louis taught Arabic for more than fifteen years at the International Language Institute (ILI) in Cairo, which was an affiliate of International House. She is the author of all the books in the Kallimni ‘Arabi series (AUC Press, 2007–2009), as well as the MSA series, Lughatuna al-Fusha (AUC Press, 2010–2015).

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPlan of ModulesModule 1: Greetings and introductionsPresentation 1 Good morningThe Arabic alphabet, some lettersGreetings and introductionsIntroducing yourselfPresentation 2 Good afternoonMore letters, long vowelsGreetings and introductionsAsking about namesModule 2: Asking about peoplePresentation 1 Are you Wagdy?More lettersAsking about peopleAnswering with affirmation or negationPresentation 2 Who are you?More lettersUsing ‘who’ in a questionAsking about people 2Module 3: Who is he? Where are you from?Presentation 1 Who is he?More lettersThird-person forms in questionsPresentation 2 Where are you from?Asking about someone’s native countryShadda – feminine ending in nouns and adjectivesModule 4: Asking about nationality and asking about itemsPresentation 1 I am EgyptianAsking about nationalitySingular and plural adjectivesPresentation 2 This is my roomAsking about the contents of a roomAffirmation, negation answersModule 5: Asking about personal belongingsPresentation 1 Whose book is this?Asking about ownership of personal itemsAnswering in the affirmative or negativePresentation 2 Is this a bag?Is this your bag?Singular and plural objectsModule 6: Numbers, dates, and(home, and so on).Presentation 2 What is the day today?Asking about dates, days, and timeNumbers 20–100, cardinal numbersModule 7: What is the price? What is the color?Presentation 1 What is the price?Asking about prices of clothes, office supplies,  telephone numbersPresentation 1 What is the number?Asking about different telephone numbers and so on.Larger numbersPresentation 2 What is the color of his pen?Asking about colorsDescribing the apartmentModule 8: Asking about places and directionsPresentation 1 Where is the bag?Describing the location of itemsAsking about places in a buildingPresentation 2 Where is the pharmacy?Asking for directionsGiving directionsModule 9: Routine daily activitiesPresentation 1 A day in Bassem’s lifeTalking about daily activitiesWhat do you do every day?Presentation 2 My weekendTalking about activities on the weekendTalking about some habits and activities with negationModule 10: Asking about family. Asking about weather conditionsPresentation 1 Me and my familyTalking about family membersTalking about their jobsPresentation 2 What is the weather like today?Asking about weather conditionsAsking about temperaturesUseful Grammar TermsGlossary

Samia Louis taught Arabic for more than fifteen years at the International Language Institute (ILI) in Cairo, which was an affiliate of International House. She is the author of all the books in the Kallimni ‘Arabi series (AUC Press, 2007–2009), as well as the MSA series, Lughatuna al-Fusha (AUC Press, 2010–2015).

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPlan of ModulesModule 1: Greetings and introductionsPresentation 1 Good morningThe Arabic alphabet, some lettersGreetings and introductionsIntroducing yourselfPresentation 2 Good afternoonMore letters, long vowelsGreetings and introductionsAsking about namesModule 2: Asking about peoplePresentation 1 Are you Wagdy?More lettersAsking about peopleAnswering with affirmation or negationPresentation 2 Who are you?More lettersUsing ‘who’ in a questionAsking about people 2Module 3: Who is he? Where are you from?Presentation 1 Who is he?More lettersThird-person forms in questionsPresentation 2 Where are you from?Asking about someone’s native countryShadda – feminine ending in nouns and adjectivesModule 4: Asking about nationality and asking about itemsPresentation 1 I am EgyptianAsking about nationalitySingular and plural adjectivesPresentation 2 This is my roomAsking about the contents of a roomAffirmation, negation answersModule 5: Asking about personal belongingsPresentation 1 Whose book is this?Asking about ownership of personal itemsAnswering in the affirmative or negativePresentation 2 Is this a bag?Is this your bag?Singular and plural objectsModule 6: Numbers, dates, and(home, and so on).Presentation 2 What is the day today?Asking about dates, days, and timeNumbers 20–100, cardinal numbersModule 7: What is the price? What is the color?Presentation 1 What is the price?Asking about prices of clothes, office supplies,  telephone numbersPresentation 1 What is the number?Asking about different telephone numbers and so on.Larger numbersPresentation 2 What is the color of his pen?Asking about colorsDescribing the apartmentModule 8: Asking about places and directionsPresentation 1 Where is the bag?Describing the location of itemsAsking about places in a buildingPresentation 2 Where is the pharmacy?Asking for directionsGiving directionsModule 9: Routine daily activitiesPresentation 1 A day in Bassem’s lifeTalking about daily activitiesWhat do you do every day?Presentation 2 My weekendTalking about activities on the weekendTalking about some habits and activities with negationModule 10: Asking about family. Asking about weather conditionsPresentation 1 Me and my familyTalking about family membersTalking about their jobsPresentation 2 What is the weather like today?Asking about weather conditionsAsking about temperaturesUseful Grammar TermsGlossary

Samia Louis taught Arabic for more than fifteen years at the International Language Institute (ILI) in Cairo, which was an affiliate of International House. She is the author of all the books in the Kallimni ‘Arabi series (AUC Press, 2007–2009), as well as the MSA series, Lughatuna al-Fusha (AUC Press, 2010–2015).

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPlan of ModulesModule 1: Greetings and introductionsPresentation 1 Good morningThe Arabic alphabet, some lettersGreetings and introductionsIntroducing yourselfPresentation 2 Good afternoonMore letters, long vowelsGreetings and introductionsAsking about namesModule 2: Asking about peoplePresentation 1 Are you Wagdy?More lettersAsking about peopleAnswering with affirmation or negationPresentation 2 Who are you?More lettersUsing ‘who’ in a questionAsking about people 2Module 3: Who is he? Where are you from?Presentation 1 Who is he?More lettersThird-person forms in questionsPresentation 2 Where are you from?Asking about someone’s native countryShadda – feminine ending in nouns and adjectivesModule 4: Asking about nationality and asking about itemsPresentation 1 I am EgyptianAsking about nationalitySingular and plural adjectivesPresentation 2 This is my roomAsking about the contents of a roomAffirmation, negation answersModule 5: Asking about personal belongingsPresentation 1 Whose book is this?Asking about ownership of personal itemsAnswering in the affirmative or negativePresentation 2 Is this a bag?Is this your bag?Singular and plural objectsModule 6: Numbers, dates, and(home, and so on).Presentation 2 What is the day today?Asking about dates, days, and timeNumbers 20–100, cardinal numbersModule 7: What is the price? What is the color?Presentation 1 What is the price?Asking about prices of clothes, office supplies,  telephone numbersPresentation 1 What is the number?Asking about different telephone numbers and so on.Larger numbersPresentation 2 What is the color of his pen?Asking about colorsDescribing the apartmentModule 8: Asking about places and directionsPresentation 1 Where is the bag?Describing the location of itemsAsking about places in a buildingPresentation 2 Where is the pharmacy?Asking for directionsGiving directionsModule 9: Routine daily activitiesPresentation 1 A day in Bassem’s lifeTalking about daily activitiesWhat do you do every day?Presentation 2 My weekendTalking about activities on the weekendTalking about some habits and activities with negationModule 10: Asking about family. Asking about weather conditionsPresentation 1 Me and my familyTalking about family membersTalking about their jobsPresentation 2 What is the weather like today?Asking about weather conditionsAsking about temperaturesUseful Grammar TermsGlossary