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‘Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three): An Advanced Course in Arabic seamlessly integrates Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Educated Spoken Arabic (ESA) to enhance learners’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This new edition has been rewritten to include new material on Arab culture, figures, poetry, and literature.Features include:12 theme-based units covering topics such as Arab history; the Arabic language; religion; Arab food; famous Arab women and men; religion; Palestine; economics; Arabic poetry and more.A thorough coverage of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in every unit, with clear grammar explanations, drills and exercisesInteresting audio interviews reflecting educated speech among Arabs from a wide range of Arabic speaking countries, to build up strong and practical communication skills and provide students with the ability to function linguistically anywhere in the Arab WorldAttention to issues highly relevant to modern Arab society and culture to encourage active engagement with the courseA rich variety of reading passages covering the culture of the whole of the Arab World from contemporary sources as well as excerpts from the classic works of famous authors such as Neguib Mahfouz and Khalid al Khamisi.Developed by an international team of three experienced and dynamic teachers based in Lebanon, the UK, and the USAudio for students and a video script for instructors can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/younes The course will take students from the Advanced Mid to the Superior level on the ACTFL proficiency scales and from level B2 to C2 on the Common European Framework Reference for Languages.This volume is the final installment of a pioneering three-part series of Arabic textbooks which together provide a complete three-year or four-year undergraduate language program.

‘Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three): An Advanced Course in Arabic seamlessly integrates Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Educated Spoken Arabic (ESA) to enhance learners’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This new edition has been rewritten to include new material on Arab culture, figures, poetry, and literature.Features include:12 theme-based units covering topics such as Arab history; the Arabic language; religion; Arab food; famous Arab women and men; religion; Palestine; economics; Arabic poetry and more.A thorough coverage of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in every unit, with clear grammar explanations, drills and exercisesInteresting audio interviews reflecting educated speech among Arabs from a wide range of Arabic speaking countries, to build up strong and practical communication skills and provide students with the ability to function linguistically anywhere in the Arab WorldAttention to issues highly relevant to modern Arab society and culture to encourage active engagement with the courseA rich variety of reading passages covering the culture of the whole of the Arab World from contemporary sources as well as excerpts from the classic works of famous authors such as Neguib Mahfouz and Khalid al Khamisi.Developed by an international team of three experienced and dynamic teachers based in Lebanon, the UK, and the USAudio for students and a video script for instructors can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/younes The course will take students from the Advanced Mid to the Superior level on the ACTFL proficiency scales and from level B2 to C2 on the Common European Framework Reference for Languages.This volume is the final installment of a pioneering three-part series of Arabic textbooks which together provide a complete three-year or four-year undergraduate language program.

‘Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three): An Advanced Course in Arabic builds further on the groundbreaking approach used in Part One and Part Two of the series. It integrates Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and spoken Levantine in a way specially tailored to the needs of advanced students. Levantine Arabic strongly features in spoken discussions of MSA materials, reflecting authentic practice by native speakers. However, the overall ratio of MSA – the form employed for reading, writing and formal speaking in the Arab world – to Levantine has been increased, supporting students’ mounting need for MSA as they progress further in their education.

This textbook is designed to take learners from the Advanced Low to the Advanced High level according to the ACTFL criteria, and from level B2 to C1 on the CEFR proficiency scales.

Features include:

18 theme-based units covering topics such as Arab minorities; education; religion; love and marriage; the Arab woman; economics; politics; military matters; and the environment thorough coverage of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with clear grammar explanations and lessons structured to provide opportunities for further practice humorous, realistic dialogues reflecting educated speech among Arabs, to build up strong and practical communication skills attention to issues highly relevant to modern Arab society, encouraging active engagement with the course and further exploration of the themes a rich variety of reading passages from contemporary sources such as Al Jazeera as well as excerpts from the classic works One Thousand and One Nights and Kalila wa Dimna an extensive range of stimulating exercises and activities, including crossword puzzles, root-and-pattern identification exercises, passage completions, and free compositions free companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/younes) with the audio tracks, and texts of the listening passages and answer key.

Developed by a dynamic author team and tested over a number of years at Cornell University, ‘Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part Three) is an essential resource for advanced-level students of Arabic. While primarily designed for classroom use, the accessibility of the course also renders it highly suitable for independent study.

This volume is the final installment of a pioneering three-part series of Arabic textbooks which together provide a complete three-year undergraduate language program.

Munther Younes and Yomna H. Chami both teach Arabic at Cornell University, USA.