Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 3 hours and 37 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Living Language
Audible.com Release Date: September 4, 2008
Language: English
ASIN: B002ER251O
Best Sellers Rank: #158 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Language Instruction > Other Languages
***PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, CONTEXT***My native language is French and I am advanced English speaker. I started learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) about 10 months ago, from level zero. as a hobby. No specific need to learn it. I love learning languages and Arabic is so rich in history and culture.WEEK 0 to 1 : AUDIO LESSON : Michel Thomas Arabic Lesson 1 : Good ice-breaker BUT annoying teaching lesson that simulates a real-life classroom with 2 other students that are painfully slow to catch-on and why would you want to share your session with a bunch of dense students? That is why you buy a cd and don't go to a classroom, argggh!MONTH 1 to 7 : AUDIO LESSON : Pimsleur (MSA) phase 1. Fun, easy, very basic course. A gentle, relaxed way to get introduced to the language. It's like the 'cruise ship' of language courses.***ACTUAL REVIEW***MONTH 7 to 10 (NOW) : AUDIO LESSON : STARTING OUT IN ARABIC***PROS: Jam-packed with material, vocabulary, phrases, conversations --extremely comprehensive for a beginner course. Well articulated, squeaky clean audio. Covers a very wide range of everyday topics. Great value for your money.CONS: Cheesy, phony narration. Can feel quite overwhelming for a beginner. So jam-packed with information that one will probably need more then 50 listenings in order to catch-up with everything --repetition is an awesome learning tool but it can get quite boring.COURSE SYLLABUS : Well constructed modules : Basic vocabulary, Places, Numbers, People, Food, ect. I love the 4 conversations at the end of the course. They simulate a typical exchange that can be heard in a restaurant (mataam), at the supermarket (bakala), when visiting someone's house (beit), etc...
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