Read and Speak Arabic: The Easiest Way to Learn to Communicate Right Away (Read and Speak Languages for Beginners)

Book is an excellent introductory book. I have not finished reading the book but my friends who have really liked it and it has made big difference in their Arabic language skill.

Great book to help you learn

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I really enjoyed using this book,it is very clear and easy to work through. The small games make it fun if you have a friend to engage with,and as we know if something is fun then you pick it up quicker.However i feel that knowing a small amount of Arabic was a blessing. It would also benefit if the reference section had been placed at the front to help people understand the alphabet and how things are written. The picture answer on page 8......the top two are the wrong way round. All in all a very useful and enjoyable book, many thanks.

beautiful book.

The book in itself is ideal for self learning beginners. But alas mine arrived without the CD. The venders have refunded my money, advised me to retain the book if I wish. I'd have instead welcomed a replacement book with CD. The idea is to learn the language!

It will help me with pronouncation and formation of the language, and its fun. The CD helps dyslexics overcome the idea of learning a language

Has been a really useful introduction to Arabic. The exercises in the book and the CD are really helpful. I'm in Oman and the arabic they speak here is occasionally different from the book, but I believe that is true all the way round the arab world. Only limitation is the amount of time I'm actually giving it.

It was exactly what I expect .

I got this book because I wanted to start studying Arabic. It has been a good start because it helps you to say things without really trying to teach you anything complicated. It also teaches you practical vocabulary for common situations. Thus far, I am about half-way through and can already say a good amount in Arabic. The audio CD provides good guidance. However, if one is very interested in proper pronunciation, the man, a native Arabic speaker, has a perfect accent while Jane Wightwick has quite an obvious English accent in Arabic (as far as I know, her intonation is correct, which is the most important thing at this point). However, from the standpoint of an English-speaker, a lot of the sounds in Arabic are quite comparable to those of English and are only subtly different, but those subtle differences play a large role in foreign accents. The two of them split the task of pronouncing the Arabic words, so some audio has the English accent and some doesn't. The games and activities are helpful. This book is a good beginning but does not provide any detailed grammar information. The grammar is very basic, but the point of the book is to help the student start "communicating right away", which it achieves quite well. The book focuses on nouns and adjectives, not really touching on verbs at all (verbs are quite complicated in Arabic and it would not make sense to include them in a beginner's book). Vocabulary is presented in short lists, which is the most effective way to approach vocabulary. As far as reading goes, I would recommend first buying a guide to Arabic handwriting instead of relying on this book to start reading Arabic. I am glad to have found this product.

Enjoying the exercises

I found this method to be just the right level of challenge for a beginner. The vocabulary words presented are useful and the pace is easy, but quick enough to keep one's focus and the voices of the presenters are warm and friendly. This set comprising a book and accompanying CD has given me the motivation and the confidence to continue studying Arabic. It's a great way to have a peek into the language, with no emphasis on Islam, as there sometimes is with other methods.

I asked for Egyptian Arabic book, got the worldwide arabic. Hard for me to understand cause the language arabic doesn’t sound at all like Egyptian Arabic. Therefore I gave it 4 stars.