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Arabic Folktales for Language Learners
Traditional Stories in Arabic and English (Free Bilingual Online Audio)
Series: Stories For Language Learners
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Learn about Arabic culture while improving your language skills! This fascinating book presents 28 traditional Arabic tales in parallel English and Arabic versions on facing pages with charming black & white illustrations. The stories include: The Blue-Eyed Yamamah: A legendary blue-eyed woman has the amazing ability...
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Learn about Arabic culture while improving your language skills!
This fascinating book presents 28 traditional Arabic tales in parallel English and Arabic versions on facing pages with charming black & white illustrations. The stories include:
- The Blue-Eyed Yamamah: A legendary blue-eyed woman has the amazing ability to predict the future and the problems that come with it!
- Layla and the Wolf: A little girl faces grave danger and learns the true importance of family.
- The Judge and the Talking Tree: A greedy man who, through the advice of a wise judge, learns to appreciate what he has and not take friendship for granted.
- This Is Life: A man learns through experience that what is good for him might not be good for his neighbour.
- And many more interesting tales from the Arabic-speaking world!
Each story is accompanied by a vocabulary list, cultural notes, and exercises to help beginning students. The stories increase in length and complexity as the book progresses, and free online audio recordings of the Arabic and English versions are available online.
Arabic Folktales for Language Learners is not only an accessible language resource for self-study, but it's also a wonderful book for anyone who wants to learn about Arabic culture through charming folktales!
Series: Stories For Language Learners
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Arabic Folktales for Language Learners
Learn about Arabic culture while improving your language skills! This fascinating book presents 28 traditional Arabic tales in parallel English and Arabic versions on facing pages with charming black & white illustrations. The stories include: The Blue-Eyed Yamamah: A legendary blue-eyed woman has the amazing ability to predict the future and the problems that come with it! Layla and the...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week -
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780804857109
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 May 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Illustration: 28 stories in Arabic and English text; 26 b&w illustrations; Free online Audio Recordings
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Sarah Risha is Senior Lecturer of Arabic at Arizona State University. She has over 20 years' experience teaching and developing coursework in the Maricopa Community College system, the Cisco Learning Institute, and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation. She is the author of Education and Curricular Perspectives in the Qur'an and Arabic for Beginners.
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