Product Description

An exceptionally clear and accessible reference and workbook for anyone who wants to learn Arabic

Easy Arabic Grammar is both a handy grammar reference and a primer/workbook for beginning to intermediate-level students of Arabic. Clear structural explanations and practice activities make it a perfect companion for formal language classes as well as any self-teaching course.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33974 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-14
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author

Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar are experienced developers of foreign language learning books and recordings. They are also authors of several successful Arabic instruction titles.

Customer Reviews

Simple with short vocab lists - Motivating
Wonderful textbook companion. Gets you down and dirty with the basic grammer. Recommended. It made things simple and with the short vocabulary lists I find this book to be motivating. I agree that vocabulary is important, but a vocab list of more than 10-15 words per chapter gets intimidating. Learn the script with The Arabic Alphabet, How to Read It & Write It. Then do the first couple chapters in this book and then start onto a "real" arabic textbook.

Not bad for an introduction
If you have no background this book can be useful, but it isn't one I would recommend buying. One problem is that they don't introduce the whole topic (e.g. the grammar of prepositions) at once. There are a few mistakes in the book (not in the grammar). It is useful to do the practice exercises. Haywood & Nahmad's book, 'A New Arabic Grammar', is a better book though the language and vocabulary used are an older style.

Small book but high impact
I had spent a long time working on my Arabic by the time this book came out and even though much of it was review the format was excellent and it made a perfect quick reference. I wish this book existed when I first started because it would have saved me a great deal of frustration. It is definitely not a text book and this book will only take so far before you need to pick up something heftier such as "Al-kitaab fii Ta'allum Al-'Arabiyya" but it is great place to start after you have know how to read and write. To pick up reading and writing I strongly suggest "The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It".