The Top 1,000 Words for Understanding Media Arabic | 
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What is the Arabic term for "suicide bombing"? What phrase would be used to describe "peacekeeping forces" in the Arab media? Or "economic sanctions"? In light of recent developments in the Middle East, it is essential that scholars, journalists, government workers, military personnel, businesspeople, and diplomats familiarize themselves quickly with Arabic-English translations for many of these key words and phrases. Media Arabic - the language of printed or broadcast news items - emphasizes contemporary terms like multiculturalism or globalization that are not covered by most Arabic dictionaries. This concise and accessible volume provides easy-to-learn lists of the most relevant vocabulary, providing key terms for translating from and into Arabic. Organized by topic, these word lists furnish the reader with an invaluable knowledge of key vocabulary to comprehend, translate, write, and speak Arabic. Topics include: General (reports, statements, sources, common media idioms) Politics Elections Military Economics Trade & Industry Law & Order Disaster & Aid With access to the most contemporary media vocabulary, guesswork disappears and students and professionals can begin to discuss and understand the most recent developments in the Arab news media.
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Customer Reviews:
• Media Arabic 07 February, 2008
I was excited to receive this book, however as other reviews have said, it is difficult to use as a reference. The words in the book are very useful, relevant, and translated accurately, but are not in a particular alphabetical order that I can tell. I suppose I will use it as a vocabulary list, and just memorize them in order, but I was hoping to use it as a quick reference while reading the news.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AEW8ZA3W8S1N1
• Extremely Unorganized. 14 March, 2008
This book was disappointing. It is extremely unorganized and difficult to use - in fact, I never use it. There is absolutely no organizational method applied to it. It's just a random combination of media words. If it were at least organized alphabetically, you could look up words.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AYZPKTKEBFZJS
• Best Book I Could Have Bought. 23 January, 2008
If you are at the intermediate level in arabic and are starting to watch the news this book will help you a lot. I found that I knew about 1/3 of the words in the book when I bought it, but it is still more helpful than a lot of other books. It gives you words that are used often in today's news like "suicide attack", "disaster", "flood", "pollution", etc. I wouldn't get this book if you are a beginner and aren't a master at reading and pronouncing the words correctly, but once you've got the basics down pick this book up.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1PC3OYSU5708G
• Understand What You Are Buying 19 November, 2008
This is a useful resource IF you understand the stated purpose.
The book is a collection of glossaries of common media vocab items, collated by subject area. The way to use a book like this is to sit down and attempt to crash memorise as many terms within a chapter, for example economics. Drill and test yourself. Now open an Arabic newspaper to the economics section and have a go at reading an article or two. You might be pleasantly surprised.
While it would have been perhaps additionally useful to provide an alphabetic list (perhaps as an appendix) the book is NOT meant as a tool to discern the meaning of terms with which you are unfamiliar. If you buy this book and think it is an alphabetical listing to aide you in reading the papers, then you are suffering under a misapprehension. Any review on that basis is NOT fair to the intended purpose and explained means of delivery of the author (as clearly stated in the forward). Kendall tells you why the vocab isn't grouped alphabetically - because to do so has been shown to hinder retention.
If you are one of the readers or reviewers who made the error above, I would recommend that you purchase an incredibly useful tool that is very commonly available - indeed you may have seen them in your local bookshop. We call these texts "dictionaries". There are many available in small and large sizes, in modern editions, updated regularly. You might like to try one.
Forgive the sarcasm, but I really think it is unfair to the author to judge an orange on the assumption it is an apple, or chalk on the misapprehension it is cheese.
Ma sallamah.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1A3MLMMRTLHJT
• Not A Reference Book, And Not Much Else. 15 February, 2008
Anyone who has spent significant time studying Arabic on their own will know that 90% of the learning materials out there are, for various reasons, not useful. Unfortunately this book ranks among the least useful of them. Its only justifiable use is for the rote memorization of terms. I bought this book as a reference for translating news articles, and foolishly assumed it would be arranged into some sort of logical order. While the forward claims that a thematic order has been imposed within the subjects of the chapters, and asserts that alphabetization "has a negative impact on the learning of vocabulary lists."
Any decent dictionary or comprehensive vocabulary builder could replace this book in terms of content and usefulness, while offering far more to the user besides. I would not recommend purchasing this book, and will not attempt to sell it for the same reason.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2ZU8G7H3P92CO
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