Arabic (Eastern)

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Summary: I thought Arabic was difficult
Review: For some reason it has been a desire of mine to learn Arabic. It has been a daunting task, especially when looking at books that attempt to describe how you should say certain words.

My desire to learn the language was rekindled by an upcoming trip to Egypt so I tried these tapes. I found that they are wonderful and make Arabic easy and managable. I look forward to using my abilities, and actually be able to understand what is going on around me in Egypt. The only problem is that I don't know which tape set to buy next to learn more without repeating what I have learned.

Rating:
Summary: I thought Arabic was difficult
Review: For some reason it has been a desire of mine to learn Arabic. It has been a daunting task, especially when looking at books that attempt to describe how you should say certain words.

My desire to learn the language was rekindled by an upcoming trip to Egypt so I tried these tapes. I found that they are wonderful and make Arabic easy and managable. I look forward to using my abilities, and actually be able to understand what is going on around me in Egypt. The only problem is that I don't know which tape set to buy next to learn more without repeating what I have learned.

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Summary: Very helpful approach!
Review: One of the male speakers has an extremely confusing manner of pronouncing the "t" as a "k" in feminine verb forms. I played the tapes over and over repeating these errors many times before figuring this out. Now I'm trying to unlearn this stupidity. There is no book (transcription) along with the tape - so you are totally on your own, with no way to verify if you are hearing what you think you might be hearing. The aggravation I received from this course was 10 times worse than the amount I paid. Don't waste your money or especially your time on this course - unless you're a comic and want Egyptians to laugh at your idiotic pronunciation.

Rating:
Summary: Could have been good but...
Review: One of the male speakers has an extremely confusing manner of pronouncing the "t" as a "k" in feminine verb forms. I played the tapes over and over repeating these errors many times before figuring this out. Now I'm trying to unlearn this stupidity. There is no book (transcription) along with the tape - so you are totally on your own, with no way to verify if you are hearing what you think you might be hearing. The aggravation I received from this course was 10 times worse than the amount I paid. Don't waste your money or especially your time on this course - unless you're a comic and want Egyptians to laugh at your idiotic pronunciation.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent starting point
Review: Tapes provided a great starter kit for learning. I'm ready for more. The only improvement I would make to this starter series is to increase the number of examples used for possessive nouns.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent starting point
Review: What an excellent starting point! Unlike most tapes, this set was slow enough to keep up with and breaks down the pronunciation of a word into manageable pieces. The repetition is helpful to remember the vocabulary. I used it in the car going to work everyday and finished all the tapes in one month. My only regret is that there isn't another expanded set available.