Table of Contents

Introduction. The Sounds of Arabic. The Arabic Alphabet. 1. Hello and welcome! 2. My family 3. Would you like some tea? 4. Does it have air conditioning? 5. Anything else? 6. What does he look like? 7. That's better 8. Review 9. My life 10. I like fishing 11. Straight on 12. Did you enjoy yourself in France? 13. A long time ago 14. The Nile restaurant 15. Review. Structure Summary. Arabic script supplement. Key to exercises English-Arabic glossary. Arabic-English glossary.

About the Author

Jane Wightwick is a Cambridge graduate in Arabic studies. She was formerly EFL editor then Publisher at Macmillan Education, where she worked on two self-study series: Breakthrough Languages and Macmillan Masters.

Mahmoud Gaafar is a native speaker of Egyptian Arabic. In 1986 he moved to the UK and founded g-and-w advertising, specializing in press and print for the Arab world. Subsequently, JW set up a publishing division of g-and-w. They publish their own materials and offer publishing services in a range of languages.