Mastering Arabic 1

With audio and video free-to-access audio and video online, this lively, accessible and carefully-paced text is easily the bestselling Arabic course on the market. Mastering Arabic 1 is in full colour, with a rich array of cartoons and photos. It has an abundance of exercises to learn and practise listening, speaking, reading and writing, introducing the Arabic script from the very first page. The course is aimed at beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language who want to understand, speak and read Arabic confidently. It is widely used in universities, schools, community colleges, adult evening classes and for self-study. New to this Edition:- An attractive full colour page design and a wealth of illustrations and photos- Online audio and video on our free-to-access website with associated exercises in the book- New conversational sections which encourage you to get speaking right from the start

'One of the best and most modern course books for Arabic. We like the fact that it offers pictures, simple explanations and exercises.' - Emanuela Ponti, University of Glasgow

Authors Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar share many years' experience in a combination of teaching, educational publishing and communication in the Arab world.