Tunisian Arabic in 30 Lessons: A Course in Tunsi: The Spoken Language in Tunisia
Synopsis "Tunisian Arabic in 30 Lessons: A Course in Tunsi: The Spoken Language in Tunisia"
This is an enjoyable, easy to read and practical handbook to learn Tunisian Arabic, the spoken language of Tunisia. Tunisian Arabic, like Egyptian, Moroccan and Syrian, for instance, is a colloquial spoken form of Modern Standard Arabic. However, unlike MSA, it is a real and natural language that is spoken in real life, by real people in real life situations. Standard Arabic is not in reality a spoken language: it is not spoken naturally by native speakers of Arabic anywhere in the world. It is mainly rather a formal written form used to read the news, in formal seminaries, or read in books and newspapers. Hence, you will never find an Arabic speaker say to a friend: 'kaifa Haaluka?" (MSA: how are you?), but rather: "shnuwa aHwaalik?" in Tunisia, "kiif Haalak?" in gulf countries, "izzayak?" in Egypt, etc...This textbook is intended to help visitors to Tunisia explore and enjoy Tunisian culture in an authentic way, by familiarizing with one facet of its identity: its spoken vernacular!It is also helpful to people who wish to communicate in Tunisian Arabic with Tunisians worldwide, but also with speakers of related Arabic dialects in general, like Egyptian, Libyan, Syrian and Gulf dialects.Finally, this is a funny and instructive book for readers who enjoy discovering exotic foreign languages...and who are always keen to learn new exotic foreign languages!A supplementary resource to the textbook is a collection of video lessons that can used be used in parallel to the textbook or as independent resources. After an urging demand from users of the paperback textbook, this series of videos will help learners grasp the linguistic materiel included in the textbook and enhance the learners' communicative skills. The video lessons aim to facilitate the learning process and provide audiovisual options that consolidate the textbook content: expand vocabulary and grammar, enforce listening and speaking skills.The video lessons are emailed to learners who purchased the textbook on request. To order video lessons, please email author on tunisianarabic24@gmail.com http: //tunisianarabic24.blogspot.com/http: //www.facebook.com/tunisianarabic1Here there will be constant updates, events and news, such as book signing ceremonies in Tunisia and a forum for reader's comments, feedback and discussions. Complementary learning material, mainly audiolingual, will be posted in these internet pages too!After reading this book and with some practice, with other readers of "TA in 30 Lessons", (that would ideally take place in Tunisia!) you will be able, to really speak and genuinely communicate in Tunisian Arabic!
