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Title: A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Richard S. Harrell, Mohammed Abu-Talib, William S. Carroll ISBN: 0-87840-387-6 Publisher: Georgetown University Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: best there is, but lacking...
Comment: i don't think you'll be striking up many conversations with moroccans unless you are a truly devoted student AND you have an excellent imagination... what do i mean by this? well, you will have to imagine how all of the words in the book are pronounced since it does not come with audio (tapes, CDs, anything please!) and ordering the audio material means writing to washington, d.c. and sending a check, etc. to me the book is completely useless without these valuable materials since the pronunciation of any form of arabic is virtually impossible without examples...
despite this, the information is all there... i don't think the author's transliteration system is any worse or better than any other system... in fact, i found it pretty straightforward... i think the format of the book could be updated however, to make it a little more user-friendly and didactic and provide more everyday situations, like how to greet people and ask for things in a store or restaurant.... as well as the famous phrase missing in every language book in the universe: "where's the bathroom?" (!!!)
the grammar explanations are clear if you are a linguistics student, but otherwise you will be quite lost since verbs, for instance, are never presented in easy-to-understand formats like tables and charts... vocabulary words are rarely grouped into any sort of categories either, making them more difficult to memorize (for instance, in the same vocabulary list you will find gold, silver, French, today, with you, factory, hunting, her brother and arithmetic) so you ask yourself, "what is the topic of this lesson?" and "when will i use words like hunting and factory?"
so you won't find typical foreign language book helpers like a chapter with labeled fruits and vegetables, or a drawing of a living room with the names of the different pieces of furniture shown... that kind of "spoon-feeding" is entirely lacking... but having said all this, it is probably the most thorough book written on moroccan arabic and will give you a good knowledge of the language if you study diligently
Rating: 4
Summary: The best I have found
Comment: This book is very useful. Although it uses linguistic signs for pronunciation instead of Arabic signs it is still accessible. Being a teacher, I was really able to evaluate the ods used in this book. I have found the exercices easy to follow. The level of difficulty is progressive allowing you to master what you have learned previously before learning more. Being French Canadian, I would have preferred to have a Moroccan-French book. But this is the best one I have found in North America.
Rating: 3
Summary: my husband's family got more fun out of it than i did!
Comment: the format used of drills for pronunciation is boring and the subject matters of the exercises are not relevant to today's Morocco. Outdated language is used much to the hilarity of my husband's family who are educated Moroccans. Examples of sentences taught are " I gave the rifles to the judge" and "she hit the dog". It's useful for the basics and the grammer but the choice of vocabulary taught means that whilst I know how to construct a sentence, I don't have the vocab! It has inspired me to learn Moroccan and then write a book for English speakers.
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Title: A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic: Moroccan-English by Richard S. Harrell, Harvey Sobelman ISBN: 0878400079 Publisher: Georgetown University Press Pub. Date: January, 1983 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook (2nd Ed) by Dan Bacon ISBN: 0864425864 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Morocco (Morocco, 6th Ed) by Bradley Mayhew, Jan Dodd ISBN: 1740593618 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It by Nicholas Awde, Putros Samano ISBN: 0818404302 Publisher: Lyle Stuart Hardcover Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course by Eckehard Schulz, Günther Krahl, Wolfgang Reuschel ISBN: 0521774659 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 10 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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