sabaah il-xeer ya-masr (part 1) offers beginners of Arabic an easy way to understand, speak, and communicate in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. It assumes having no Egyptian Colloquial background. It offers all bases and essential pieces of information needed for an effective interaction in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. The book only requires that learners have a good command of Arabic script.
What is unique about the book is that it focuses on real and basic situations from everyday life; situations that one may encounter while walking in the street, buying things from the market, staying at a hotel, etc.
It includes: self introduction, welcoming, getting acquainted with someone, asking about addresses, telephone numbers, street directions, dealing with money and shopping, etc.
Moreover, it includes:
First : The above-mentioned dialogues and situations.
Second : Grammar rules
Third : Vocabulary
Fourth : Drills
Thus, it combines between the practical side of learning a language , and the theoretical side as well.
The practical approach is addressed through the introduction of various everyday situation s, the list of vocabulary at the end of each lesson together with the glossary at the end of the book which enables students to memorize more words and guarantee an accurate pronunciation with the help of an easy guide system of transliteration, in addition to the drills that help students have more practice on every situation, personalize it, and speak more and subsequently have more confidence to interact with the Egyptian community outside the class.
The theoretical part deals with grammar rules and points, which in turn enhance the practical side, as it helps students form correct grammatical sentences through introducing and clarifying all speech items, how they occur in sentences, how a verb is conjugated, such things which pave the way before students to be understood by the Arabic-speaking communities.
The book is written by Dr. Manal Hassan, R.S.A. Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language