Mastering Arabic 2

mastering arabic 2 jane wightwick

& mahmoud gaafar

the complete second level cou rse

Mastering Arabic 2 Jane Wightwick

&

Mahmoud Gaafar

Review Panel Dr Otared Haidar (DPhil Oxford Univ. 2005), teaching at the

Department of the Islamic World and the Middle East, University of Oxford, UK Dr James Dickins, Profess or of Arabic, School of Languages,

University of Salford, UK Ali Almakhlafi, Teacher of Arabic, Institute of Communication Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany Sanaa Nounu, Lecturer in Arabic, UWE Language Programme,

University of the West of England, UK; Head of Languages Department, Andal u sia Academy Bristol, UK Omsa\ama Ahmed, Teacher in Arabic, Joseph Chamberlain

Sixth Form College, Birmingham UK ,

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Contents

Acknowledgements

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Introduction

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Language units

Uj;:"Ylj wi Talking a bout yo ursel f � d- �I Asking others �� �I JI;" Ta lkin g a b out natio nality �I d- �I Greetings wWI Unit

1 Myself and others

Conversation My family

UJ�I ��I

�I U..,illl u.c. FI

;;�, o.;,'�,11 d,

Talking about childho o d

The Arab World", A look at Egypt Voca bulary in Unit 1

6

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11 12 14

18

House and home

Talking a bout rooms

�IJ ).l-ll

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20 20

Desc rib ing your home dl";""O�.J

22

UJ�I

25

Conversation

�I Adjectives and plura ls �1.J:l...i....::J1 REVIEW: The plural

For rent iv

5

16

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Unit 2

4

10

Describing cha racter

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2

8

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REVIEW: Pronouns

2

,J�)ll

26 30 32

Contents

v

Arab

World...

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Suudi

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Unit 3 Work and routine

F'

U-'

Talking about work ��,

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in the life oj

�j:..J1 Jl.u:. ":il

about hOllsework

Talking about your CV (resume)

�I

�I.:JI :!-" ,j£. ,

Conversation uJ�1

�I ,

46 78

Present verbs

�U;"

Sittliltlons vacant

Arab

World... A look at Syria

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52

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Vocabulary in Unit 3

54

Sport and

Talking about preferences

,

FI �I,j£. ,j£.

about sport

FI

REVIEW: Verbal nouns & participles "'.J

JJ�a:J I" � UJIJ

about going

uJ�1

The Arab World...

62

tJjiJl �.:, ,j£. (Jy:J1 ,j£.

about free

Conversation

67

A look at

�L.JI

JY'" Conversation uJL"-,,,H ,

70

Morocco

Unit 5 Travel and tourism a...:.. 4.." ..Jlj

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Around town �..wl

of transportatlO!1 in the Arab

58

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74 74 78

vi

Contents REVIEW: Past verbs

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Sohair's blog

82 _ t

84

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Describing the past Letter of complaint

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The Arab World... A look at Tunisia �y

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Vocabulary in Unit Unit 6

5

86 87 88 90

Food

92 92

Talking about At the greengrocer Conversation

Conversation