The Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic

by Nariman Naili Al-Warraki, Ahmed Taher Hassanein

Overview

Most Arabic textbooks concentrate on morphology and syntax, but while these provide the indispensable structural base, students still find there is a wide gap between their theoretical knowledge and their practical ability to write connected prose. This unique textbook concentrates on the connectors (those articles, phrases, or idioms which join words, phrases, clauses, or sentences) in a functional setting with the aim of developing and improving the writing skills of intermediate and advanced students of Arabic as a foreign language. Each lesson of _The Connectors_ begins with a presentation of the structures, followed by a sample text and sample sentences, before moving on to a graded series of exercises. The book contains twenty-seven lessons, including five review lessons, and a sample test at the end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789774243547
Publisher:	American University in Cairo Press, The
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Series:	World Xegypt Series
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	Arabic

About the Author

Nariman Naili Al-Warraki is senior Arabic language instructor and former director of the Arabic Language Unit of the Arabic Language Institute at the American Universityin Cairo. Ahmed Taher Hassanein is professor of Arabic studies and chairman of the Arabic Department (languages and Translation) at Misr Universityfor Science and Technology, and is the author of numerous books on rhetorics, literary criticism, education, linguistics, and stylistics.