Advanced Media Arabic: Second Edition - Tapa dura

It would be a useful addition to library and language-center collections at any institution that offers Arabic. . . .The design of the book, with its web resources and answer key, make it quite practical for self-study and, thus, it would be a useful resource for students. . . .The book will also be a valuable resource for language instructors . . . they will find much in it that will benefit them in their teaching.

At the advanced levels of learning Arabic, a common course option is "Media Arabic." In this class, students continue to practice and acquire more language skills by reading (primarily) and listening to various Arabic media. This book fulfills the need for a textbook and the core materials for such a course. The very successful first edition has been updated in a variety of ways, including: 
  - new texts and audio for each module, including radio as well as TV materials; 
  - a new module on "The Language of Revolutions" and another on "Language and Culture" (modules 8 and 10); 
  - new and more extensive exercises; 
  - new audio and vocabulary lists; and 
  - updated, color design for the interior
   There are 13 modules, covering key areas in Arabic media (i.e., diplomacy, elections, etc.), all instructions in Arabic (as is appropriate for advanced learners). The book includes appendices with an answer key, transcribed listening passages, free audio (to be posted to GUP website) to accompany the book.