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Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Preface
Introduction
Vocabulary on self-introduction: study, live and work
Grammar: Present tense intro and Nisbah adjectives
Reading: self-intro passages
Speaking: greetings and introductions in Egyptian Arabic
Culture: Arabic names and titles
Writing: self-intro paragraph
Weekend assignment 1: Tell me more about yourself
Vocabulary on family
Grammar: Nominal sentences, possessives and plural
Reading: Introducing one's family
Speaking: family in Egyptian Arabic
Culture: visiting and hospitality in Egyptian Arabic
Writing: tell me about your family
weekend assignment 2: guided writing
Vocabulary on study, school and new verbs
Grammar: Idafa construct, was/were structure and object pronouns
Reading: about friends
Speaking: ordering in a restaurant
Culture: Egyptian food
Writing: on family and friends
Weekend assignment 3: plural and present tense review
Vocabulary on weather
Grammar: phrases and sentences; comparatives; adverbs; future tense and expressing reason
Reading: weather bulletin
Speaking: understanding weather news
Culture: songs of Fairuz
Writing: describing and comparing weather
Weekend assignment 4: reviewing weather description
Vocabulary of hobbies and sports
Grammar: Masdar and verb
Reading: hobbies and leisure activities
Speaking: ask your classmates about likes and dislikes
Culture: soccer language in the Arab world
Writing: your leisure time
Weekend assignment 5: what do you do in special holidays?
Vocabulary: past tense verbs
Grammar: past tense, verb patterns and negation review
Reading: biographies and trip stories
Speaking: present your bio
Culture: High school and college in Egypt
Writing: what did you do last summer?
Weekend assignment 6: reviewing connectors of cause and result
weekend assignment 7: writing connected narrative
Vocabulary on daily activities
Grammar: telling the time and review of verb tenses
Reading: family weekend routine
Speaking: daily routine in Egyptian Arabic
Culture: Friday prayer
Writing: your daily and weekend routine
weekend assignment 8: review of daily routine
Vocabulary on describing places
Grammar: relative clauses and adjective sentences
Reading: cities around the Arab world
Speaking: describe your hometown
Culture: Arab countries and flags
Writing: describing cities
weekend assignment 9: vocabulary review
Review 1
Review 2
Sample test
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