IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Smart Sparrow Companion Website access will not be available after 12/31/20.
Multimedia textbook bundles (textbook + Smart Sparrow website access card) will not be available after 5/31/20 and will be replaced by the standalone textbook, available now, which has always included the homework exercises featured on the Companion Websites. The answer key is available to purchase separately.
Instructors should alert students and campus bookstores to buy the textbook (Hardcover ISBN 9781589017375, Paperback ISBN 9781589017368) and not the multimedia textbook bundles beginning with the Fall 2020 term.
Access to the Smart Sparrow Companion Website is available free of charge until 12/31/20.
Audio and video are available to stream free of charge at AlKitaabTextbook.com. (DVDs that once featured the audio and video are now obsolete and no longer included in the books.)Al-Kitaab Part One, Third Edition is the second book in the bestselling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program. Together with its Companion Website, Part One uses an integrated approach to develop skills in formal and colloquial Arabic, including reading, listening, speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge. This comprehensive program is designed for students in the early stages of learning Arabic.
FEATURES- Three varieties of Arabic--Egyptian, Levantine, and formal Arabic--presented using color-coded words and phrases- Over 400 vocabulary words in three forms of Arabic, side by side- Grammar explanations and activation drills, including discussions about colloquial and formal similarities and differences- Authentic texts that develop reading comprehension skills - Video dialogues and stories from everyday life in Egyptian, formal Arabic, and Levantine to reinforce vocabulary in culturally rich contexts, available on AlKitaabTextbook.com- Presents the story of Maha and Khalid in formal Arabic and Egyptian, and Nasreen and Tariq in Levantine- Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries, reference charts, and a grammar index
About the Author: Kristen Brustad was an associate professor of Arabic at the University of Texas at Austin until her retirement in 2019.
Mahmoud Al-Batal is a professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut.
Abbas Al-Tonsi is a former senior lecturer at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
