Hi all! Just wanted to throw in my two-cents on our new textbook for the semester. I’m already enjoying the layout and lessons much more than the first book, mostly because we’re getting vocabulary in the context of a full sentence. I have only worked part of the way through Unit 1, but the exercises in writing and phrase-construction are helping me reatin words better than I had in the first book. Also, the “story” sections in these chapters are much easier to follow than the “dialogues” of the first book: Maha, for example, speaks much more slowly, which really helps me pick out the words and sounds. Probably because I’m an English nerd, I’m really looking forward to getting into grammar!
Did ya know? In the first book, you can find a transcript of the dialogues printed in the back. I had no idea they were there, and I wish I would have known last semester! Would have made studying much easier. 
February 2, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Thanks for the tip about the transcripts of the dialogues at the end of the book!! I saw it, but did not tell anybody! I guess I assumed that you knew
Hey, I do agree though about the current book this Spring! Much better than the Introductory one!! Wow! it seems like this semester, all of you will be FLUENT in Arabic!
Have a great semester you all,
Zeina