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Media Arabic : a coursebook for reading Arabic news = لغة وسائل الإعلام العربية / Alaa Elgibali, Nevenka Korica.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Arabic, English Publisher: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2007]Copyright date: c2007Description: viii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9774161084 (pbk.)
  • 9789774161087 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • لغة وسائل الإعلام العربية
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 492.78242 ELG 22
Summary: "In light of the rapidly growing number of people studying Arabic - in academia, governments, NGOs, and business - Media Arabic is a unique and timely learning tool for anyone looking to access news information from the Arab world first hand. Media Arabic introduces the language of newspapers, magazines, and Internet news sites to intermediate- and advanced-level students of Modern Standard Arabic. Using this coursebook, students will be able to master core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page news, recognize various methods of coverage, distinguish fact from opinion, detect bias, and read critically in Arabic." "The book enables students to read extended texts with greater accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning, linguistic form, and discourse markers. Activities include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on vocabulary use in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning, critical reading, and analyzing content."--Jacket.
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"In light of the rapidly growing number of people studying Arabic - in academia, governments, NGOs, and business - Media Arabic is a unique and timely learning tool for anyone looking to access news information from the Arab world first hand. Media Arabic introduces the language of newspapers, magazines, and Internet news sites to intermediate- and advanced-level students of Modern Standard Arabic. Using this coursebook, students will be able to master core vocabulary and structures typical of front-page news, recognize various methods of coverage, distinguish fact from opinion, detect bias, and read critically in Arabic." "The book enables students to read extended texts with greater accuracy and speed by focusing on the relationships among meaning, linguistic form, and discourse markers. Activities include pre-reading discussions as well as extensive practice on vocabulary use in context, organizing information, skimming, scanning, critical reading, and analyzing content."--Jacket.

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