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| jebel Newbie United States Joined 5674 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 6 14 May 2009 at 5:49am | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone,
I would like to learn spoken levantine arabic. I have native speakers with whom I can practice and am looking for some resources to learn with in between practice sessions. Through reading through previous posts, the pimsleur and michel thomas programs seem to be the most highly recommended for beginners. Does anyone have any recommendations/ thoughts on the above programs, any other programs, or any comments in general? I am looking forward to learning, thank you. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5576 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 2 of 6 22 April 2010 at 3:18am | IP Logged |
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Eastern Arabic by Frank Rice.
Good book, I bought it for a friend. There are a few review on Amazon, Google Books has an extended preview, and Barnes and Nobles has the Cheapest new copies. Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 22 April 2010 at 3:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AHeath Newbie United States Joined 5351 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Studies: Arabic (Written), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 3 of 6 23 April 2010 at 5:54am | IP Logged |
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I say definitely go with Pimsleur. The resources for this dialect are few, and I think the method used in the Pimsleur program is very effective. I'm currently waiting for my library to get volume III.
Also, this has been very useful for me: http://phone.dliflc.edu/ It is a collection of phone conversations in various Levantine dialects. Even though I don't understand most of what is being said at this point, I am getting better at distinguishing between words and have picked up some phrases. These links contain spoken Levantine videos and are also useful for listening. http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/arabic/levantine/index.htm l http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/culturetalk/arab_levant/ http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_jordan/joInd ex.html Edit: I didn't notice the date of the original post. I'll leave the reply in case someone else finds the links useful. Edited by AHeath on 23 April 2010 at 6:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6369 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 6 23 April 2010 at 6:11am | IP Logged |
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FSI comes to mind...
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| Cetacea Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie United States booh.com Joined 5325 days ago 80 posts - 163 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Arabic (Yemeni), Arabic (Written) Studies: French | Message 5 of 6 28 April 2010 at 4:53pm | IP Logged |
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FSI has made their course material available online, you can download the Levantine Arabic files here: http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Arabic%20Le vantine
Good luck. Edited by Cetacea on 28 April 2010 at 4:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ckmukisa Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5508 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 6 04 May 2010 at 5:12am | IP Logged |
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GLOSS http://gloss.dliflc.edu/ has 55 lessons on Levantine. I find it an excellent resource for MSA and hope to
start dabbling in their Levantine, Gulf Arabic and Egyptian lessons soon. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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