Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2173: Living and Communicating in the Arab World

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Liddicoat, M., Lennane R., and Abdul Rahim, I. 2008. Syrian Colloquial Arabic, a Functional Course (third edition). Online Resource

Lutfi Hussein. 1993. Levantine Arabic for Non-Natives: A Proficiency-Oriented Approach . New Haven: Yale University Press.

Mitchell, T.F. 1956.  An Introduction to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mitchell, T.F. 1962.  Colloquial Arabic: the Living Language of Egypt . London: The English Universities Press.

Pipes, D. 1983 An Arabist’s Guide to Egyptian Colloquial .

Younes, M, Weatherspoon, M., and Saliba Foster, M. 2013. Arabiyyat al-Naas: An Introductory Course in Arabic.  Vol. 1 Oxford: Routledge.

Supporting Materials:

Wehr, Hans 1979. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz.