tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6682 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian
| Message 153 of 231 18 July 2009 at 10:30am | IP Logged |
m.alberto1 wrote:
tricoteuse wrote:
What do you think about Alif Baa? |
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I am really enjoying the use of Alif-Baa. With the DVDs, it is very interactive and uses important skills of listening, writing, reading.
At 30 minutes per day, it is taking a while to get through because each page involves doing drills and writing activities, and it is worth doing so that I can have practice writing the letters in their various forms, as well as letters as they join with other letters in words.
I certainly would recommend it. I am of the opinion that it is better than Awde's book because Alif-Baa contains drills and exercises for writing practice and an interactive DVD to keep you engaged, and allows one to listen to the sound of the letters on their own and as they occur in words. Awde's book however, can be read much quicker, and gives an overview of the letters and the alphabet as a whole.
I therefore recommend both Awde and Alif-Baa.
PS. J'ai visité votre site. Puis, j'ai trouvé le titre <<L'Arabe et moi>>. Interessant, bien sur, specialement où vous dites: <<J'aime la langue arabe en soi, c'est une langue très intéressant grammaticalement. Je n'aime pas, par contre, le son de la langue, ni vraiment la culture arabe. Si j'avais été un homme, j'aurais déjà été capable de parler la langue, mais malheureusement, je n'en suis pas un...>> |
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I have never tried Alif Baa myself (I used this rather user non-friendly book with poor audio and a crappy introductory class via the Internet) but all Arabic methods seem to get quite a lot of criticism. Doesn't Alif Baa lack vowel marks or something like that?
What are you personal opinions about Arabic? :)
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 154 of 231 20 July 2009 at 2:39pm | IP Logged |
20/07/09
FRENCH: 1hr
*Listening-Reading (Incubation Period: 2400m goal): 87m
SAINT-EXUPÉRY ANTOINE DE - LE PETIT PRINCE: 21m51s;13m16s-19m;0-13m23 (Ch8-10)
L1 = teaching language (English)
L2 = target language (French)
1) Read paragraph in L1;
2) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L2;
3) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L1;
TAGALOG: 30m
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 3" p66-101
ARABIC: 30m
Alif Baa with DVDs: Unit One p40-43
Edited by m.alberto1 on 22 July 2009 at 6:09pm
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 155 of 231 22 July 2009 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
tricoteuse wrote:
I have never tried Alif Baa myself (I used this rather user non-friendly book with poor audio and a crappy introductory class via the Internet) but all Arabic methods seem to get quite a lot of criticism. Doesn't Alif Baa lack vowel marks or something like that?
What are you personal opinions about Arabic? :) |
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Alif Baa does include vowel marks, and it has practice sessions for each vowel mark, and other marks. It is very comprehensive I think.
Arabic in general is very interesting. I enjoy using a different alphabet, and it's been the tricky part, and it's worth it. The main reason I want to learn it is for my job and also I want to know more about the culture and the people. Once I finish Alif Baa, I feel I'll move alot faster with my arabic learning. =)
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 156 of 231 22 July 2009 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
22/07/09
FRENCH: 1hr
*Listening-Reading (Incubation Period: 2400m goal): 103m
SAINT-EXUPÉRY ANTOINE DE - LE PETIT PRINCE: 21m51s;19m; 13m23-18m25; 0-10m49 (Ch10-14)
L1 = teaching language (English)
L2 = target language (French)
1) Read paragraph in L1;
2) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L2;
3) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L1;
TAGALOG: 30m
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 3" p102-132
ARABIC: 30m
Alif Baa with DVDs: Unit One p44-45
Edited by m.alberto1 on 22 July 2009 at 6:12pm
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 157 of 231 27 July 2009 at 3:07pm | IP Logged |
26/07/09
TAGALOG: 30m
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 3" p133-171
Edited by m.alberto1 on 27 July 2009 at 6:13pm
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 158 of 231 27 July 2009 at 6:15pm | IP Logged |
27/07/09
TAGALOG: 30m
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 3" p172-191 COMPLETE!
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 4" p1-29
Edited by m.alberto1 on 27 July 2009 at 6:16pm
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 159 of 231 28 July 2009 at 3:35pm | IP Logged |
29/07/09
FRENCH: 30m
*Listening-Reading (Incubation Period: 2400m goal): 111m
SAINT-EXUPÉRY ANTOINE DE - LE PETIT PRINCE: 21m51s;19m; 18m25; 10m49-18m47 (Ch14-17)
L1 = teaching language (English)
L2 = target language (French)
1) Read paragraph in L1;
2) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L2;
3) Listen to the paragraph in L2 while reading it in L1;
TAGALOG: 30m
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 4" p30-62
ARABIC: 30m
Alif Baa with DVDs: Unit 3 p46-48
Edited by m.alberto1 on 29 July 2009 at 7:00pm
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 160 of 231 31 July 2009 at 10:15am | IP Logged |
31/07/09
ARABIC: 1hour15m
Alif Baa with DVDs: Unit 3/4 p49-53
OBSERVATIONS
I upped my arabic time so that I could have it dramatically catch up, and so I could finish as much of Alif Baa for this month.
Edited by m.alberto1 on 31 July 2009 at 6:49pm
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