This three-part course in Modern Standard Arabic for non-native speakers approaches the language through a series of themed topics daily life in the Arab world, politics and governance, literature and the arts, science and medicine, astronomy concentrates principally on listening and speaking skills. In each section, vocabulary is built up as various linguistic structures and strategies are introduced and practiced in a clear introduction to Arabic grammar. A CD accompanies Volume 1, and in addition to a full glossary of vocabulary items at the end of each volume (with meanings in both...