Lebanese Arabic Phrasebook Vol. 1
Author
Hiba Najem
Author Bio
I am Hiba Najem, I have been teaching Lebanese Arabic online since 2011, and have fixed my method according to my students’ needs and feedback. The social aspect of online teaching has helped me in developing my teaching into a very effective style.
Description
A very practical way to learn Lebanese
This is a Lebanese Arabic phrasebook, in a sense that it is designed to both:
1- Give you all you need to know to get by speaking Lebanese when travelling to Lebanon
2- Offer you a very practical and easy way of learning the dialect
Method found to be very efficient by students
The method and phrases used in this book have been developing since 2011 through my teachings of the Lebanese dialect through video lessons on youtube, as well as private lessons on skype.
They have been tweaked and are constantly evolving through the feedback of the students, focusing on what they find to be useful and efficient.
Every phrase is linked to a video so you could perfect the pronunciation.
The most important aspect of learning a new language is to hear it being spoken by natives. Especially since Lebanese is considered as “spoken Arabic”.
That is why the advantage of this book is that EVERY word and sentence used, is linked to the video in which it was taught, so you can hear it, and try to master the pronunciation.
Translation and Transliteration
Each English phrase is translated to Lebanese using the Arabic alphabet for those who are Arabic literate, and then in its turn transliterated to the Latin alphabet for those who aren’t.
Exercises and Puzzles
In order to help you master the material, there are exercises and puzzle at the end of the book, such as crosswords and word search.
Book excerpt
Sample Chapter (“Preface”):
Some of you might have purchased this book because you already know me through my Lebanese Arabic teaching videos on Youtube. This book could be considered as an accompanying workbook for the Youtube channel “hiibanajem”, as well as an independent Lebanese Arabic phrasebook for new students. The channel consists of a number of videos in which I teach the Lebanese Arabic dialect. It has been around since January 2011, and at the time of writing this book, there are around 50 videos available for everyone to watch.
The purpose of this book is not only to organize all the material taught on the channel throughout the many lessons and to provide a written reference for the students who already have watched the videos, but also to offer new students a more structured access to the material where they could learn the dialect and use the videos as additional guides to deepen their understanding. The last section of this book will consist of language puzzles such as crosswords, word search and fill-in-the-blanks that will help you master the material.
Author Website
http://lebanesearabicc.blogspot.com
