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| Ionyth Newbie United States Joined 5528 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English Studies: Arabic (classical), Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 1 of 5 22 February 2010 at 11:47pm | IP Logged |
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MY GOAL: To be able to speak and read/write basic Arabic within a year of study
Am I being too ambitious? Perhaps. But, I rather try my best and give my full effort to learn the language in a year than to study it on and off and give it four. I think this journal will help keep me focused on fulfilling that target. I am truly motivated to learn, and I am doing this for very practical reasons, so I definitely am not "flirting" with the language here, in spite of the "taste" part of the title. :P Many have mentioned that studying MSA first and then transitioning to a dialect is the preferred route, but I really would like to continue studying MT's Egyptian course. I have gotten a better grasp of the language as a whole just from the first disc. Plan of attack for now: 1. Michel Thomas Arabic (foundation, advanced, and vocabulary) 2. Pimsleur Egyptian (I am able study this for free from my library, so it'd be a wasted opportunity if I didn't give it some time) 3. Mastering Arabic course 4. Nicholas Awde's Arabic Alphabet book 5. Assimil Arabic (horrible pronunciation, but excellent guide to grammar) 6. Linguaphone Arabic 7. Alif Baa and Al Kitaab 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6476 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 2 of 5 22 February 2010 at 11:50pm | IP Logged |
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Good luck!
I don't think starting out with Egyptian Arabic is half bad, because it has a whole lot less grammar; you can start having conversations much faster. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kinan Diglot Senior Member Syrian Arab Republic Joined 5572 days ago 234 posts - 279 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Russian, Spanish | Message 3 of 5 22 February 2010 at 11:55pm | IP Logged |
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good luck and if you have any question then ask.
Reading and writing Arabic in one year is an achievment itself so speaking it would be a hard thing to accomplish in such period. Good luck once again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ionyth Newbie United States Joined 5528 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English Studies: Arabic (classical), Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 4 of 5 26 February 2010 at 12:38am | IP Logged |
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25 Feb 2010 -
- Reviewed disc 1 of MT Arabic foundation - Learned quite a few new words from Your First 100 Words in Arabic - Learned most of the letters of the alphabet Honestly, I did not do a lot today. But I'm looking forward to working seriously tomorrow. I also have a basketball game every Friday evening with many Arabic-speakers, so I am able to practice a bit with them. :D Edited by Ionyth on 26 February 2010 at 12:39am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ionyth Newbie United States Joined 5528 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English Studies: Arabic (classical), Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 5 of 5 08 March 2010 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
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Gah, sorry for the long delay. My school work is killing me, and other things are piling up. To save time for serious study, I'll be updating my log weekly instead of trying to do it daily.
However, I was able to do some work this week: - Finished Awde's book. I think I have a pretty good grasp of the alphabet now. A few grammar concepts doesn't make sense to me, but I will progress on and see how I feel about them after a week or so. - Reached Disc 3 of MT Arabic. - Created flash cards for the alphabet, to help me remember them better (they look so similar to each other!) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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