Media Arabic

Alaa Elgibali is professor of Arabic and linguistics and director of the Arabic language programs at the University of Maryland. Nevenka Korica Sullivan currently teaches Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. She is co-author of Umm al-Dunya: Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (AUC Press, 2013).

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionActivity InstructionsUnit One:Meetings and Conferences1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Two:Demonstrations1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingRevision of Units One and TwoUnit Three:Elections1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Four:Conflicts and Terrorism1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingRevision of Units Three and Four 129Unit Five:Trials1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingUnit Six:Business and Finance1. Pre-reading2. Reading for main ideas3. Understanding text organization4. Reading for detail5. Vocabulary building6. Skimming7. Critical readingRevision of Units Five and SixGlossary