Arabic Textbooks for Scheduled Courses
Course materials are not included in the course fee and can be purchased from the SOAS bookshop bookshop@soas.ac.uk
This information is correct at the time of compiling. SOAS reserves the right to make amendments where necessary. April 2012.
See the range of Arabic language courses and activities at SOAS Language Centre.
| Language | Level | Course Materials |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Standard Arabic | Summer/ Easter Intensive Beginners | 'Mastering Arabic' by Wightwick and Gaafar. Published by Macmillan. Book and CD. Plus SOAS Language Centre workbook 'Abjad Hawaz ' for further practice. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Beginners Term 1 | 'Mastering Arabic' by Wightwick and Gaafar. Published by Macmillan. Book and CD. Plus SOAS Language Centre workbook ' Start Arabic- Abjad Hawaz '. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Beginners Term 2 | 'Mastering Arabic' by Wightwick and Gaafar. Published by Macmillan. Book and 1 CD. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Beginners Term 3 Lower Intermediate Terms 1, 2 and 3 Intermediate Terms 1, 2 and 3 | 'Al-Kitaab Part 1' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + DVDs |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Summer/Easter Intensive Lower Intermediate | 'Al-Kitaab fi Tallum Al Arabeyiah Part 1' chapters 1 to 8, plus authentic supporting materials provided by teaching staff. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Advanced | 'Standard Arabic - An elementary-intermediate course'. Schulz, Krahl & Reuschel, CUP. Textbook only. Cassettes may be copied with the publisher's permission. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Proficiency | Authentic materials provided |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Accelerated Stage 1 Term 1 | 'Mastering Arabic' by Wightwick and Gaafar. Published by Macmillan. Book and CD. Plus SOAS Language Centre workbook ' Start Arabic- Abjad Hawaz '. |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Accelerated Stage 1 Term 2 and 3 | 'Mastering Arabic' by Wightwick and Gaafar. Published by Macmillan. Book and 1 CD. 'Al-Kitaab Part 1 ' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + 3 DVDs |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Accelerated Stage 2 Term 1 | 'Al-Kitaab Part 1' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + 3 DVDs |
| Modern Standard Arabic | Accelerated Stage 2 Term 2 and 3 | 'Standard Arabic - An elementary-intermediate course' Schulz, Krahl & Reuschel, CUP. Textbook only. Cassettes may be copied with the publisher permission. |
| Language | Level | Course Materials |
|---|---|---|
| Business Arabic | Intermediate | 'Business Arabic' (Intermediate Level) by Raji Rammuny - authentic texts and audio visual materials. SOAS Language Centre authentic business Arabic materials and exercise pack provided by teachers. |
| Colloquial Egyptian Arabic | Beginners, Advanced and Proficiency. Summer/ Easter Intensive Courses | To be confirmed |
| Colloquial Egyptian Arabic | Beginners, Lower Intermediate, Upper Intermediate | To be confirmed |
| Colloquial Egyptian Arabic | Advanced and Proficiency | To be confirmed |
| Communicative Arabic | Advanced | Kristen Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab fii Ta’llum al-‘Arabiyyah,Text book for Arabic part 2 and 3. Third edition. Georgetown University Press. Louis, S. & Soliman, I Kallimni 'Arabic: Beginners to Advanced Series in Spoken Egyptian Arabic', American University of Cairo (2007). McLaughlin, L. 'Colloquial Arabic (Levantine)', London/New York, Routledge (1988). Ashtiany, J. 'Media Arabic', Edinburgh University Press (2003). |
| Gulf Arabic | Beginners | 'Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia' Routledge 2006. Plus SOAS Language Centre Gulf Arabic materials, provided by the Centre |
| Levantine Arabic | Beginners | 'Syrian Colloquial Arabic' from: http://syrianarabic.com/contents.html The first three chapters are free to download. The full book can be purchased from that site in digital PDF format (with accompanying mp3 audio files) at a cost of US$35. |
| Levantine Arabic | Lower Intermediate | 'Syrian Colloquial Arabic' from: http://syrianarabic.com/contents.html |
| Maghrebi Arabic | Beginners | Abdeallah Chekayrati 'An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and Culture', Georgetown University Press (2010) , available in SOAS bookshop. Plus SOAS Language Centre Materials provided by your course teacher. |
| Qur'anic Arabic | all | 'Access to Qur'anic Arabic' by Abdul Wahid Hamid. Published by MELS. Textbook, workbook, selections book and 4 CDs. Plus materials provided by the Language Centre |
| Arabic for Native Speakers | Stage 1 | 'Al-Kitaab Part 1' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + 3 DVDs. |
| Arabic for Native Speakers | Stage 2 | 'Al-Kitaab Part 1' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + 3 DVDs. |
| Arabic for Native Speakers | Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6 | 'Al-Kitaab Part 1' by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi. Third edition. Published by Georgetown University Press. Textbook + 3 DVDs. |
| Arabic for Native Speakers | Stages 7, 8 and 9 | Authentic materials provided |
