Basic Pimsleur Arabic CDs: This conversational program contains 4 hours of interactive audio-only instruction, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

You're not just learning "Phrases" with the Pimsleur Method, you're acquiring essential, conversational Arabic! You'll be thrilled to discover you can hold a real conversation in Arabic when you have finished these eight, 30-minute lessons!

When you finish these lessons you'll be so delighted with your fast-growing, spoken language skills, you'll want to continue with the Comprehensive Level I Pimsleur Language program, which contains an additional 20 units and an introduction to Reading. 5 Compact Disks: 0-7435-5074-9.

This set also includes the Foreign Service Institute Modern Written Arabic. This course gives a thorough grounding in Modern Written Arabic, focusing on newspapers, editorials, essays, books, and periodicals, and is designed to give the user access to the official language of journalism, government, and literature.

 The student is expected to have learned the Arabic writing system and pronunciation; in addition, familiarity with the principles of syllabification and stress, pausal and non-pausal forms, and the transcription system utilized in the notes and vocabulary are also required.

 This edition includes a PDF version of the textbook and an audio MP3 files.

If you're interested in learning Arabic through a combination of audio and text, consider the Talk More Arabic Software.