DESCRIPTION

NOTE: This book does not come with a CD. Companion audio files can be downloaded from the ArabicForAll website.

Arabic at Your Hands Series is developed for educational entities, including schools, institutes and universities. It begins from the basic level and continues with the students until they master Arabic language, which enables them to join university and continue their Arabic studies in various majors.

Goals of the Series:

The series aims to empower the learner with the three language competencies:

1. Linguistic competence
2. Communication competence
3. Cultural competence.

Audience of the series:

The series is intended for adult learners, whether they are regular students in educational institutions or non-regular students teaching themselves by themselves, and whether the series is taught in an intensive program, for which many hours are allocated, or in a non-intensive program devoted to a few hours.
On the other hand, the series addresses the learner who has not previously learned Arabic. Thus, it starts from zero and proceeds with the student forward. In order to master the Arabic language, in a way that makes him able to communicate with speakers of it verbally and in writing, and enables him to enroll in universities that take Arabic as the language of instruction.

Language of the Series:

The Series depends on fluent Arabic language and does not use any of the colloquial Arabic dialects, as it does not use intermediate language.

Level’s Units, Books And Lessons:
The second level consists of two parts (books), each of which includes 8 units (total of 16 units). Each unit consists of 13 lessons, constituting a total of 208 basic lessons in this level.

The lessons of each unit are organized as follows:

Lessons	Pages
Dialogue (1), exercises and vocabularies	2 pages
Sounds and exercises	1 page
Grammatical notes (1)	1 page
Speaking and listening (1)	1 page
Comprehension text and vocabularies (1)	2 pages
Grammatical notes (2)	2 pages
Dialogue (2), exercises and vocabularies	2 page
Grammatical notes (3)	1 page
Speaking and listening (2)	1 page
Comprehension text and vocabularies (2)	2 pages
Grammatical notes (4)	2 pages
Expression	2 pages
Dictation and handwriting	1 page
Total pages per unit	20 pages

Total number of pages: 258

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm (W x H)

Tests and Evaluations:
The second level (book 1 and 2) comprises two types of tests:

1. Short tests: 8 tests after each two units
2. Extended tests for determining level:
   
   • Level test at the beginning of this level to determine the student level and measure his ability to begin the second level.
   • Midlevel test (at the end of the first book in this level)
   • Final comprehensive test (at the end of the second book in this level)
     
     

At the end of the second level, there are lists of vocabulary used in each unit and another list of all the vocabularies of the level arranged alphabetically. It also includes comprehension texts and downloadable audio content (8 hours) for all text and some exercises used in this level.