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Title: Arabic (East) Phase 2, Units 1-30
Subtitle: Learn to Speak and Understand Eastern Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs
Author: Pimsleur
Narrator: Pimsleur
Format: Original Recording
Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-01-10
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Language Instruction, Other Languages
Publisher's Summary:
Can learning another language be as easy as speaking your own? Yes - with Pimsleur its that easy. Learn on your own time, at your own pace, and wherever you choose. Phase 2 includes 15 hours of spoken language practice and one additional hour of reading instruction, and is designed to be used after completing Phase 1.
In the first 10 lessons of Phase 2, you begin to use the past tense. Structures become more complex and informal speech is introduced. Conversations become fuller, and learners are able to discuss business and social activities, manage shopping situations, and express their interests. As you progress, vocabulary is expanded and fluency increases.
The next 10 lessons of Phase 2 allow you to further combine and build upon known elements, and produce longer and more complex sentences. You learn to bargain with shopkeepers, deal with business situation, get and give medical information, and discuss the weather.
In the final 10 lessons of Phase 2, youve doubled your vocabulary and have several hundred structures to draw upon. Youll gain experience asking for assistance, finding a location that is some distance away, and using relative structures faster, slower, etc. Sports and leisure activities are explored, as well as shopping, changing money, and future travel plans. By the end of Phase 2, youre speaking at a mid-intermediate level with near-native pronunciation, and you are comfortable meeting most social demands and limited job requirements.
Reading Lessons are included at the end of Unit 30. These lessons, approximately 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 youll see when visiting an Arabic-speaking country. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format.
Critic Reviews:
"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." (AudioFile magazine)
Members Reviews:
A frustrating jump from Phase 1
Although I thought the East Arabic Phase 1 took a little more time and repetition than advertised, I liked it and got a lot out of it. I am, however, quite disappointed in Phase 2. There are different speakers in this phase, and to me, the man is incredibly difficult to understand. I felt very confident finishing phase 1, but there is a big jump in phase 2 with regard to increased speed of speaking and decreased enunciation. Perhaps this is more consistent with natural conversation of native speakers, but as a learner it is nearly impossible to hear important subtleties.
The speech is so fast and poorly enunciated that I can not hear the difference in word endings for masculine vs feminine, etc., and I can not hear the difference between small words - la? le? al? il? bi? bil? I have listened to the lessons multiple times, and I have slowed the speed of speaking down to 0.75 (the slowest possible), and I still can not hear important distinctions. The pauses given for listeners' responses is so fast that I'm nearly always still talking when the speaker gives the answer.