Pimsleur Title: Learn to Speak and Understand Modern Standard Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs(3 Comprehensive)

The Pimsleur(R) Method is scientifically proven to be your fastest route to near-native fluency. Modern Standard Arabic Level 3 includes another 15 hours of spoken language practice and one additional hour of reading instruction, and is designed to be used after completion of Levels 1 & 2. The beginning lessons offer you the chance to expand your vocabulary and increase your fluency to an even higher level. You'll gain experience participating in many informal and some formal discussions on practical, social, and semiprofessional topics. You'll skillfully form longer, more complex sentences, and most importantly, you'll find yourself being understood, even by native speakers unused to dealing with foreigners. You'll be able to join in conversations effortlessly, confident of being understood. In the next 10 lessons your skills will show ever-increasing mastery of the language. Speaking with grace and complete naturalness, you'll enjoy fluid conversations on many new subjects. Delving deeper into cultural norms and situations, you'll find yourself responding effortlessly, and able to choose from a wide accumulation of vocabulary and structures. In the final 10 lessons, you're nearing fluency with agile responses, and a natural-sounding, near-native accent. You're able to utilize the language in subtle ways, and speak using past, present, and future tenses. Self-confidence soars as you experience the language and culture; no longer as a foreigner, but with a deepening insight into an expanding new world. Reading Lessons are included at the end of Unit 30. These lessons, which total about one hour, give you practice reading Arabic and provide you with insight into Arab culture with proverbs, common expressions, and a broad look at things you'll see when visiting an Arabic-speaking country. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format. Modern Standard Arabic Language - Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), also known as Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech. - MSA is spoken by an estimated 300 million people world-wide. - It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. - Modern Standard Arabic is the official language of all Arab countries, and is the only form of Arabic taught in schools at all levels. Because of this, MSA is the lingua franca of all educated Arabic-speakers, regardless of nationality or spoken native dialect. - It is used in the news, schools, official documents, and courts of law. - MSA bears great resemblance to Classical Arabic; the language of ancient poetry and the Quran. - The Modern Standard Arabic alphabet contains 28 basic letters and is read from right to left. - Modern Standard Arabic is the official language of all Arab countries, and is the only form of Arabic taught in schools at all levels. Because of this, MSA is the lingua franca of all educated Arabic-speakers, regardless of nationality or spoken native dialect. - It is used in the news, schools, official documents, and courts of law. - MSA bears great resemblance to Classical Arabic; the language of ancient poetry and the Quran. - The Modern Standard Arabic alphabet contains 28 basic letters and is read from right to left.

About the Author :
Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.