where would be the best place to buy CD etc to learn this lanague or course in the UK any help please glagys
Posted by Audrey Hepburn (Member # 11579) on :
Hi Gladys. I found an excellent range on Amazon.com. Mine was Pimsular egyptian Arabic conversation. Really good, apart from I left one of the CDs on the train recently with my walkman - not so clever! Good luck
Posted by DawnBev (Member # 11276) on :
Linguaphone and Waterstones bookstores do a beginners course = 4 CDs and a book, for around £25.
Posted by Jamsie Cottar (Member # 9824) on :
pimsleur collogial egyptian arabic is the best and quickest on the market, without a doubt. It is the one used by the CIA and FBI. Its available on CD's and you can find it usually on ebay.co.uk
Posted by glagys (Member # 11119) on :
hi all and thanks for all the help but a little bit more please i am reaally interested in the pimsleur egyptian arabic but am struggling to find it anyone put a link up for me to click on or cut & paste cheers phil
Posted by biker_babe (Member # 11108) on :
I'm not to great with modern technology so can't paste the link, but if you go to ebay, and just type in pimsleur arabic, in the search box, it brings up a good selection, including beginners Egyptian Arabic. Its about £10 before p&p. Posted by mysticheart (Member # 6838) on :
I am planning on ordering it myself but for now i've purchased a book from a local barnes and noble that is to teach me how to read and write it, the writing is ok but my mind doesnt seem to be retaining how to read it. I am however picking up the phonetic of it well, lol not exactly what my goal was. So my next step is to order the egyptian arabic to learn to speak it.
Posted by sheba76 (Member # 12165) on :
it's the best and affordable
Posted by mysticheart (Member # 6838) on :
http://www.pimsleuraudio.com/pimsleur_products.php?cPath=149&cPath2=397&cPath3=308 This is where i have ordered my egyptian arabic course through, should be here in a few days but i did the online demo and it is going to work very well. They have 3 different courses you can order, i did the full one for all 30 lessons
Posted by mysticheart (Member # 6838) on :
update on the pimsleur course it is definitely worth the money. I recieved it early this week and am learning very quickly and more than i expected in each lesson. I am repeating each lesson 2 times just to be sure i understand it before i move on to the next but each lesson refreshes what you have learned before. Very good.
Posted by Samarra_Anissa (Member # 12077) on :
I have a number of books, CDs, software programs, it really depends how you will communicate in Egypt and at what level you want to communicate.
Its $49 (sale price) and its really an awesome program.
For regular patrons of the local public library, you need to check out the netlibrary.com option. Here is a screen print of how I access the pimsleur Egyptian-Arabic CDs:
Just go to your public library website, put in your name and barcode from your library card and create a netlibrary account.
My public library has 122 different language CD programs. Its a 3 week loan and you don't have to go through any return process because it will just not open after 3 weeks. Then you'd have to check it out (borrow) again for another 3 weeks.
Posted by Princess_Leia (Member # 12077) on :
Another great reason to use the Egyptian-Arabic program from the first hyperlink above:
Great practice, plus matching the Egy-Arabi transliterationi with English.
http://www.questiontools.com/ doesn't have a matching option, but I think if I can find a javascript applet then I can create a few webpages to practice matching the transliteration with english.
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