A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic with MP3 Files (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics)

There are not too may audio materials available for the study of Morrocan Arabic (which it turns out really is very different from standard or egyptian arabic...) That being said, I think that this is the best that I have encountered so far. Maybe the style of teaching is old fashioned, but it really makes it easy to retain what you learn. Too bad that there are no mp3 files to go along with the many practical dialogues in the second part pf the text

It is really boring but it is the only one I found in the market that has the correct dialect.It needs to improve on helpfull pharases and grammar.It is better than nothing and unfortunately it does not have all you need.

Excellent condition.

This book is pathetic. The worst part is that the compilation of vocabulary is random and odd. They have the student learn nonsensical phrases like 'the oil is in the pocket' in the first lessons, and actual useful vocab and phrases like the Islamic greeting and 'thank you' are buried in the dialogues in the back of the book. These dialogues are the only part of the book that have functional phrases, BUT they didn't audio tape them!As others have said, the audio is dreadful. The quality varies-- in some places it's ok, in some places you can hear planes overhead and other background noise, and in other places it's so muffled that it's worthless for helping you with the nuances of the pronunciation.I appreciate that there are pronunciation drills in the beginning that put much needed emphasis on learning the correct pronunciation of unfamiliar sounds. But the writing in this section is stilted and confusing, and the pronunciation guides are in different places that the drills. How difficult would it have been for the publisher to copy and paste so that the explanation and the drills were presented sequentially!?I only wish I could award it zero stars. Georgetown should give Moroccan Arabic the attention it deserves.

The sound quality for the mp3s are not great, actually they are downright crappy - sounds like they were recorded in the author's kitchen. But the drills are helpful if you have the patience and attention span for repetition. Its pretty much an old school way of learning the language, repeating every word you hear about 5 times and moving on to the next word. Considering there are hardly any other moroccan arabic books out there, think it is a good book to get the language into your system. If you can get through the 700+ words repeated 5 times each at the beginning of the book, then you can move on to the exercises. Looks like it builds on previous knowledge. Also, there is no arabic script in the text so if you started learning the sounds that way, you'll have to get used to having everything transiterated in this book's style. A bit daunting but manageable in short sessions as all the drills are clearly marked in the book and categorized in the mp3 library.

If you are interested in learning Moroccan Arabic this is a very helpful book. The book lays down the basics of the language and is a good starting point in how to pronounce letters and words.

If you are out to develop spoken proficiency in the Moroccan dialect of Arabic, I don't think there is any better product out there. I have been working with this book for about 2 months, and feel like I am already gaining a good grasp of the basics of the language. The exercises are generally easy to follow and facilitate learning.The downside is that the sound quality of the recordings is quite poor (though understandable), and there are some inconsistencies between the recordings and the written exercises that support them.Also, keep in mind that the book is entirely in transliteration, and as such does not help with learning to read Arabic at all.

So far, this seems like a great book. The lessons I've read so far are very clear in explaining the Moroccan language. The only negative thing I would have to say is that some of the MP3 files sound muffled, but if you're reading along in the book, you can still understand. I would recommend this book to others.

Good book. You will need to repeat the phrases loudly in the book, taking pronounciation from the mp3. This book works well if you have access to a native of the dialect with whom you can practise.

really good

great study material.

I was not impressed with this product. It was a disapointment to my expectations! Some of the vocabulary is not well transliteratedand the author; due to his lack of knowledge and expertise in the language, tended to go in favour of or at least based his book on the northern parts of Morocco whereby the dialect is totally different to the rest of Morocco.As a basic course, it may just about get you by in certain areas of Morocco, particularly Tangiers.RegardsFarid

Dieses sehr umfangreiche Lehrbuch kann ich nur wärmstens empfehlen, wenn man erweiterte Marokkanisch-Kenntnisse benötigt (zB. eine marokkanische Schwiegerfamilie in Marokko hat, oder Geschäftspartner dort, etc). Es ist in sehr leichtem Englisch verfasst mit super umfangreichen Hörbeispielen (ok es gibt ein paar Fehler, aber die gibt es in jedem Buch). Die Grammatik wird sehr detailliert erklärt und es gibt wirklich sehr umfangreiche Vokabel. Die Macher haben sich sehr viel Mühe gegeben. Ein Autor ist Uniprofessor, das sagt ja auch schon viel aus.Bemängeln könnte ich noch beim Audio, dass oft sehr schnell gesprochen wird, nicht immer, aber manchmal kann man es einfach beim 1., 2. oder 3. Mal noch nicht verstehen. Bei der Fülle der Beispiele fällt es aber wenig ins Gewicht.Beim Buch müsste ich noch bemängeln, dass es keine Kapitelübersicht gibt, und dass es auch nicht nach Themen aufgegliedert ist. Also nicht zB. Beim Arzt, Im Hotel, Einkaufen, etc.Aber es kommen in den einzelnen Lektionen (130 insgesamt) fast alle Situationen des täglichen Lebens vor, man muss das Buch eben wirklich bis zum Schluss lesen, was man auch schafft (dauert halt seine Zeit). Danach ist man aber gut gerüstet, um Alltagssituationen und kleine Smalltalks zu meistern.Für mich persönlich war das Buch ein Segen, da ich mich zum ersten Mal bei meiner marokkanischen Schwiegerfamilie verständlicher machen konnte und besser verstanden habe.Fazit: Sehr sehr empfehlenswert. Das ist ein echt gutes Lehrbuch, mit dem man was anfangen kann und nicht wie die meisten anderen nur ein Buch für den ersten Eindruck. Ist absolut sein Geld wert!!!!