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Useful links and Journals
| History
of CALL |
is a website which contains detailed information about how CALL
started and its progress. |
| EUROCALL |
is an association which aims to provide information
and advice on every aspect for teahcing languages in Europe and
world-wide. |
| ICT4LT |
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| The Arab World |
This site contains brief history about the Arabic language and
some information about the Arab countries. You can also learn some
basic words and phrases. |
| Noorart |
is an online store which is concerned with providing programs
that teaches children religion and the Arabic langauge. |
| Arabic
Gateway |
This site contains lots of information about matters related to
Arabic. For example, Arabic courses in the Middle East and names
of institutions, a list of Arabic books and dictionaries with their
authors and sources, some basic information about the Arabic language
and literature and its system of representation. |
| Worship
and Religion |
contains links and addresses of islamic schools, colleges, groups,
charities and organisations in the area of Greater Manchester and
the Northwest region of Lancashire. |
| University
of Missouri CALL links |
has many links which relates to CALL (e.g. articles, books, and
software). |
| Dr
Paul Brett's home page |
contains useful bibliography for using multimedia for teaching
languages. Dr Prett's thesis is titled 'The
design, implementation and evaluation of a multimedia application
for second language listening comprehension' . |
| Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL) |
is an international journal, print. |
| The Computer Assisted Language Instruction
Consortium (CALICO) |
is an organisation that serve its members in education and technology.
It produces the CALICO
journal which is foucussed on issues related to learning languages. |
| Language Learning & Technology (LLT) |
is a journal for second and foreign language educators. It is
freely accessible on the World Wide Web. |
| CALL-EJ
Online |
is a free journal available online. |
| International
Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) |
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Companies specialized in producing langauge courses on
CD-ROM's and online:
| Vektor
Multimedia |
provides services in business and education. Some
of its products are language courses that meet the needs of UK and
Europe. The courses they offer are Pardon my Language, Language
Expressions, Language Essentials, and Vektor online school. |
| Transparent
Language |
specializes in developing microsoft products for learning languages
such as translators, dictionaries and language courses. One of their
recent products is Language Now! for European languages in addition
to Arabic. |
| Linguaphone |
is a leading supplier of self-study language courses. The company
produced over 100 courses for learning languages including Arabic. |
| Alpha
Language Centre |
Based in Thailand and it is specialized in electronic products
and language courses. Among the languages available are many European
languages and Semitic languages including Arabic. |
| Unforgettable
Languages |
Based in the USA and specialized in designing language courses
through the use of Linkword Method. The courses are suitable for
5th grade and adults. There are courses available for 12 different
languages. Courses are available on CD-ROM's. |
| Pearlink
Software |
Specialized in educational programs. Some of the services it offers
is software development and projects design. |
| Rosetta Stone |
offers multimedia language courses on CD and online. It has been
estimated that 4 million students are using them for learning a
foreign langauge. |
| Pimsleur |
Developed a wide range of languages: European, Far Eastern and
Semitic. There are two Arabic courses: Eatern Arabic and Egyptian
Arabic. Both are audio courses. |
| Eurotalk Interactive |
is a leading company in production of language software. It produced
so far two multimedia courses for Arabic: Talk Now! Arabic (Eygptian
+ MSA) for beginners, World Talk for the intermediat level and Vocabulary
Builder for children. |
| SMiles Production |
is a computer software developer which has produced some interactive
langauge courses for Hebrew, Persian and Arabic. Their Arabic course
is called Arabic Made
Easy. |
| Tell
Me More Language Software |
is one of the leading language software in Europe. Its multimedia
courses are used by schools and universities and they contain video,
sound, and speech recognition. So far it developed 9 languages among
them is Arabic. |
| LearnPlus |
is based in the UK and Wales and had produced so far two online
multimedia courses: for Spanish and German. Their method focuses
on practise and feedback. You can see a review of the German course
here
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The Arabic Language
| Useful books |
| UCLA language materials
project |
An excellent source for finding
what has been written on the Arabic language. |
| Free Arabic courses
on line |
| Babel |
A basic course for teaching Standard Arabic. |
| Apprendre
l'arabe |
A basic Arabic course with explanation in
French. |
| Arabic-an
introductory course |
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| Lessons
of Qur'an |
An online free course to help in reading
the Qur'an. |
| Shariah Program |
An online free course for learning the Arabic alphabet and reading |
| Distance Learning |
| Modern
Standard Classical Arabic Courses |
This course is produced by Middle
East International Services in Washington, USA. It is an online
intensive course aimed at intermediate and advanced foreign learners.
It consists of three courses: (a) Standard Classical Arabic Course
which focuses on grammar, exercises and daily interactions. It consists
of 32 lessons. (Cost: $480). (b) Standard Classical Lexical Course,
which gives a comprehensive application of what has been learned
in the first course. It consists of 12 lessons. (Cost: $180). (c)
Advanced Standard Classical Arabic Reader. It contains 36 texts
with sound tracks and exercises. (Cost: $240). |
| Arab Academy |
This website offers courses for beginners and intermediate levels
teaching Modern Standard Arabic. It also offers a beginner course
for teaching the Egyptian dialect. |
| Arabic
2000.Com |
This site offers an online course of Modern Standard Arabic for
beginners and intermediate levels. Subscription costs $34.95. |
Arabic Multimedia Courses on CD-ROM's
| The
Arabic Tutor (vs 2.1x) |
This course is produced by Al-Quds Compu-Tech in the
USA and Arabic 2000.Com.
It works with any Microsoft Window operating system, and it is for
complete beginners. It teaches Modern Standard Arabic. It introduces
learners to the the alphabet and it gives practice of how to join
the letters. It also gives practice for reading texts either word
by word or in phrases. (Cost: £26.55) |
| Arabic
Deluxe. Arabic, The Read and Write way, Arabic on the go |
Alpha
Language Centre which is based in Thailand produced these
courses. The first one is suitable for casual learners as well as
serious students. (Cost: $28.99). The second course teaches the
alphabet and vocabulary. (Cost: $18.99). The third course covers
common words and expressions and over 20 topics. (Cost: $14.98). |
| Fun with Arabic |
By Naglaa Ghali. This course introduces
the alphabet in addition to some basic phrases and grammar. (Cost:
$22.95). |
| Arabic Sounds and Pictures |
This course is produced by Aramedia and designed to suit children
and adults. It is an interactive course, full of animation, quizzes,
sounds and pictures. (Cost: $29.95). |
| My Arabic Teacher (Mualimi) |
This is a comprehensive interactive multimedia Standard Arabic
language course for all level. It is developed by Pearlink
Software. It is suitable for non-natives speakers as well as
native speakers of Arabic. It contains elementary and intermediate
levels and It teaches reading, writing, grammar and conversation.
In addition to Arabic, the course contains other subjects such as
geography, math, culture and history. It contains lots of quizzes
and games. (Cost: $395). |
| Arabic
Level I/ Arabic Level II |
Developed by Rosetta
Stone . Level I contains 92 lessons and it covers listening
comprehension, reading and speaking. It also focusses on teaching
grammar and vocabulary in a natural way without drills or lists.(Cost:
$195). Level II contains 118 lessons and it has over 4500 real-life
images and QuickTime movies and phrases. Every lesson is accompanied
by exercises and tests. (Cost: $225). |
| Learn
Arabic Now! V9.0 Deluxe |
This course is developed by Transparent
Language. It teaches Modern Standard Arabic. Learners
can record their speech and replay it to compare it with that of
the native speaker. It contains some survival phrases and many interactive
activities. |
| Arabic
in Action |
Developed by Linguaphone
for teaching Modern Standard Arabic. It contains lots of features
such as record, playback and compare facility, grammar, word and
root search, convesation practice and interactive games. Ideal for
intermediate and advance levels. (Cost: £14.97). |
| Talk
Now - Arabic |
This course is developed by the leading company Eurotalk
Interactive . It is an interactive course designed for beginners
and includes games, quizzes and covers general topics such as shopping,
time, color..etc. It also includes the facility of comparing pronunciation
with a native speaker. There are two versions, one for Egyptian
Arabic and another for Modern Standard Arabic. |
| World
Talk |
This is an intermediate course developed by Eurotalk
Interactive . It contains interactive quizzes and designed as
a continuation of Talk Now! Arabic. It focuses on sentence building
and pronunciation practise. |
| Arabic Made Easy |
is an interactive course developed by SMiles
Production. The course covers two dialects: the Egyptian dialect
and the Iraqi dialect. It covers the alphabet, reading, writing,
grammar, and conversation. (Cost: $45.99). It is for beginner, intermediate
to advanced. |
| Tell Me More
Arabic Complete |
is a course developed by Tell
Me More Language Software. It is an interactive course aimed
at four levels: complete beginner, beginner, intermediate, Advanced.
It teaches MSA in addition to introduction to some Arabic dialects
such as Egyptian, Yemeni, Algerian, and Morccon. It uses speech
recognition technology. It also covers grammar and culture and contains
many oral and written activities. (Cost: $239.95). There are also
separate packages for beginners and intermediate/advanced. |
| Alifon Ba'on |
is designed by Almeadia Interactive Limited. This multimedia course
of Modern Standard Arabic suits learners of 8 years and above. |
| Alif Ba Ta and
Yaseen |
is a program for teaching children from age 4 to 8. It is produced
by Mecah
Enterprises |
| Tareq |
is a multimedia course which incorporates 3-D animation and audio-visual
technology. |
| Learn Arabic
Level I |
This course is produced by Aramedia.
It contains 8 lessons covering the alphabet and some interactive
exercises and information of basic grammar. There are also 4 higher
levels available. Each level costs $79.95. |
Studying Arabic Abroad
| Commercial
Language Training |
It is based in the UK and offers courses on-line,
abroad or locally in the Peak District. They offer intensive or
weekly courses in over 20 languages including Arabic. The courses
deal with business, finance and technology. |
| Pacific Arabic Resources |
A site which is useful for learners of Arabic as it offers courses in San Francisco and Fez, Morocco. It is also useful for other services such as translation. |
| Language Study Abroad Opportunities: Arabic |
A site which contains a list of a big number of institutions for teaching Arabic all over the world, e.g. Morocco, Eygpt, Yemen, Lebanon, UAE, the Red Sea, Jordan, America, and many other countries. |
Universities which offer Arabic courses in the UK and worldwide:
Islamic Schools in the UK
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March 8, 2005 7:07 AM
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