Arabic (Eastern)

Arabic (Eastern) Features

Additional Arabic (Eastern) Information

With Pimsleur Language Programs you don't just study a language, you learn it -- the same way you mastered English! And because the technique relies on interactive spoken language training, the Pimsleur Language Programs are totally audio -- no book is needed!

The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency.

No other language program or school is as quick, convenient, and effective as the Pimsleur Language Programs.

The Comprehensive Program is the ultimate in spoken language learning. For those who want to become proficient in the language of their choice, the Comprehensive programs go beyond the Basic Programs to offer spoken-language fluency. Using the same simple method of interactive self-practice with native speakers, these comprehensive programs provide a complete language learning course. The Comprehensive Program is available in a wide variety of languages and runs through three levels (thirty lessons each) in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. At the end of a full Comprehensive Program listeners will be conducting complete conversations and be well on their way to mastering the language. The Comprehensive Programs are all available on cassettes and are also on CD in the six languages in which we offer the Basic Program on CD.

What Customers Say About Arabic (Eastern):

Eastern Arabic III is fun and challenging, like all Pimsleur courses. I just wish 1) there was equivalent-level material for other dialects (Egyptian, Sudanese), and 2) I knew what to do after finishing level III. Visit Syria, I guess :)

I have just completed the Comprehensive Eastern Arabic III and I am truly amazed by its results.Thanks to such a method one manages with practically no effort to speak and read arabic at an intermediate level. My only objection: this is not a method to complete within 30 days as by the Pimsleur advertisements. Having previously purchased Comprehensive Arabic I & II (through another online site however) I was looking forward to the III one.I was anything but disappointed. In the III series, we are being repeated knowledge acquired through the I & II while introduced to a new vocabulary of approximately 500 words. It was sometimes taking me up to 3 days to comprehend a lesson and move on to the following one. Still, this was worth the effort.

I enjoy the repetition of Pimsleur. It helps you recall what you've learned and remember the new words/phrases.

I like the program but this particular set. I also had difficulty because it seemed as if the speakers weren't repeating themselves as often as they do in the other language CDs by Pimsleur.I do highly recommend any Pimsleur program and own two different languages by them, and I am definitely adding more.

I also managed to use this one, but with significantly more struggling. I have used other Pimsleur programs with great success.

The female voice is also nasal, high-pitched, and frankly it was grating on my nerves by the end. One of the main problems is that the speakers, after carefully pronouncing a word out for you, will say it at regular speed and it sounds quite different.

The male voice says the exact same word differently than the female voice, which is frustrating. The Eastern Arabic, if practiced, will make you sound a lot like someone from Syria, which will probably go over better than sounding like an American that is trying to speak Arabic.

not so much.

The Pimsleur method has been working very well for me so far. It really makes learning foreign languages easy.