Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business

by Mohssen Esseesy

Overview

Successful communication in business requires more than the mastery of another language.Mohssen Esseesy’s Al-Munjiz helps learners cultivate strategies for increasing language proficiency while building strong cultural awareness. It merges language instruction with lessons on how to design an appropriate résumé, respond to a job advertisement, analyze energy and fuel markets, and otherwise navigate Arab business contexts. Through this thoughtful exposure to Arab professional life and culture, Esseesy crafts a well-rounded content-based textbook that promotes crucial critical thinking and problem solving skills for business competency.

With chapter-modules that can be taught in any sequence, Al-Munjiz develops core competencies for advanced Arabic learners through six key business topics: Islamic banking, geography, employment, fuel and energy, e-commerce, and tourism. The textbook features authentic materials, case studies, business sources, and provides video interviews with prominent Arab business experts that enrich the comprehension of targeted topics (available on the publisher website). Al-Munjiz includes diverse types of exercises and activities, making the textbook ideal for linking the classroom with commerce for school, college and university, government, and private and professional language group instruction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626166820
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	04/01/2020
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mohssen Esseesy is a professor of Arabic and international affairs and Director of the Arabic program in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University. He has published extensively on Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics and is the author of Grammaticalization of Arabic Prepositions and Subordinators: A Corpus-Based Study.

Table of Contents

Unit One: Business Geography

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1Textpost readingResearch Important (specialized) expressionsReading 2 Text Post-readingResearchReading 3 Text Important expressionsCase study Pre-case studyListening Recorded interviews with two researchers on the topic of a unified Arab currency First video Second video Challenge Hints to studentsAdditional resources for research

Unit Two: Employment

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1 Text Important expressionsReading 2 Important expressionsWriting your personal resume Sample personal resume (prepared according to chronological order) Some important (action) verbs for writing resumesResearch Writing job cover letters Important expressions Sample job cover letterResearch Job interviews: How to prepare for them? ResearchReading 3 Unfamiliar vocabulary Important concepts Text Post-readingListening Unfamiliar vocabularyCase Study Prelude to the study: Al-Rabihy family-owned company A brief history of the company Challenge Additional resources for research

Unit Three: Fuel and Energy

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1 Text Important expressions Post-readingReading 2 Important expressions Text Post-readingReading 3 TextListening Important expressionsCase study Challenges and recommendations Additional resources for research

Unit Four: Islamic Banks

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1 Text Important expressions Post-readingReading 2 Important expressions Text Types of Islamic financing Post-readingReading 3 Text Important expressions Post-readingReading 4 Important expressions Post-readingListening Important expressionsCase study Prelude to the study Challenge Additional resources for research

Unit Five: Electronic Trade

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1 Text Important expressionsReading 2 New vocabulary and its meaning Post-readingListening Important expressions Important expressions in the video Case study Prelude to the study Challenge Additional resources for research

Unit Six: Tourism Sector in the Arab Economy

Goals of the study moduleRecalling informationReading 1 Text Important expressions Post-readingListening Important expressions Post-listeningReading 2 Text Post-readingReading 3ListeningCase study Prelude to the study Challenge Additional resources for research

What People are Saying About This

Professor of Arabic MahmoudAl-Batal

Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business Arabic represents a major contribution to the Arabic field and a valuable source for teachers and learners of Arabic worldwide. The approach utilized in Al-Munjiz reflects skillful integration of both theory and practice. The book is anchored in theories of content-based learning and language for specific purposes and is based on years of masterful practice and experience in the classroom that have been fully utilized in the design of the book and its various components. The integration of all language skills within business-based themes, the case studies that address multi-dimensional analysis of business topics, the video interviews with prominent business figures in the Arab world, and the wide variety of activities included in the book will set the new standard for business Arabic for many years to come.

Mai Zaki

Finally, a textbook for advanced business Arabic that makes sense. Al-Munjiz is a well-organised book which provides authentic material for enhancing learners’ knowledge of business Arabic. With contemporary topics such as Islamic banking and e-commerce, a modern approach which allows learners to be both analytical and creative, a variety of activities designed to address all language skills, and a handy glossary, this book is a great addition to any business Arabic class.

Professor of Arabic Mahmoud Al-Batal

Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business Arabic represents a major contribution to the Arabic field and a valuable source for teachers and learners of Arabic worldwide. The approach utilized in Al-Munjiz reflects skillful integration of both theory and practice. The book is anchored in theories of content-based learning and language for specific purposes and is based on years of masterful practice and experience in the classroom that have been fully utilized in the design of the book and its various components. The integration of all language skills within business-based themes, the case studies that address multi-dimensional analysis of business topics, the video interviews with prominent business figures in the Arab world, and the wide variety of activities included in the book will set the new standard for business Arabic for many years to come.

Editorial Reviews

Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business Arabic represents a major contribution to the Arabic field and a valuable source for teachers and learners of Arabic worldwide. The approach utilized in Al-Munjiz reflects skillful integration of both theory and practice. The book is anchored in theories of content-based learning and language for specific purposes and is based on years of masterful practice and experience in the classroom that have been fully utilized in the design of the book and its various components. The integration of all language skills within business-based themes, the case studies that address multi-dimensional analysis of business topics, the video interviews with prominent business figures in the Arab world, and the wide variety of activities included in the book will set the new standard for business Arabic for many years to come.

Professor of Arabic Mahmoud Al-Batal

Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business Arabic represents a major contribution to the Arabic field and a valuable source for teachers and learners of Arabic worldwide. The approach utilized in Al-Munjiz reflects skillful integration of both theory and practice. The book is anchored in theories of content-based learning and language for specific purposes and is based on years of masterful practice and experience in the classroom that have been fully utilized in the design of the book and its various components. The integration of all language skills within business-based themes, the case studies that address multi-dimensional analysis of business topics, the video interviews with prominent business figures in the Arab world, and the wide variety of activities included in the book will set the new standard for business Arabic for many years to come.

Professor of Arabic MahmoudAl-Batal

Finally, a textbook for advanced business Arabic that makes sense. Al-Munjiz is a well-organised book which provides authentic material for enhancing learners’ knowledge of business Arabic. With contemporary topics such as Islamic banking and e-commerce, a modern approach which allows learners to be both analytical and creative, a variety of activities designed to address all language skills, and a handy glossary, this book is a great addition to any business Arabic class.

Mai Zaki