--- product_id: 10264883 title: "Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course" price: "€ 86.13" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/10264883-standard-arabic-an-elementary-intermediate-course store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course **Price:** € 86.13 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course - **How much does it cost?** € 86.13 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/10264883-standard-arabic-an-elementary-intermediate-course) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course [Schulz, Eckehard, Krahl, Günther, Reuschel, Wolfgang] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course Review: A serious book for learning Arabic - First of all, this book is not for learners who just want to learn enough Arabic to get by on the streets of Cairo, it is a very serious and compact textbook for people who want to acquire a sound grounding in MSA (especially for acquiring practicla knowledge in reading journalistic and expository Arabic) and those who work with a teacher. It is more compact than the Alif Baa and contains much more info than Teach Yourself Arabic for a reasonable price. Some reviewers complained about the extensive use of linguistic jargons in this book, but if one could not even overcome the difficulties with grammatical terminolgies in English, how can he learn Arabic, a notoriously hard language, well? In fact, once one understand what those terminologies mean, it makes the explanations crystal clear. However, I do have a complaint: the texts are completely unvocalized, even the glossaries in each lesson and appendices are not fully vocalized, and the recording of the book cannot make up for it, since it reads the text only. Suggestions for people who intend to use this book for self-study: 1: You cannot soly rely on this book alone, you need a few more books with more recordings, conversational books and easier books. 2: You should do the excercises SELECTIVELY, otherwise it is more than likely they are going to overwhelm you. 3: You should not expect to absorb 100% of information in each lesson, but requently go back to previous lessons to review, since each lesson contains so much information that adamantly try to learn everything and learn every word appeared is just not practical. With some endeavours with this book, you will be amazed how much Arabic you have learned from it. Review: Good grammar book - The vocabulary lists in here seem rather arbitrary and don't seem to fit in to anything in particular. I tend to learn the vocabulary in the order in which I find it, but I found that I had better result by giving the vocabulary less attention. This book really shines in grammar. Al-Kitaab is all over the place, Rosetta Stone teaches me how to say that various things of various colors are on airplanes, but this really gets into grammar. Most grammar books just through grammar at you because, you know, they're grammars, but this is intended to be a whole course, so it gives much more context. This book was a WONDERFUL addition to my Arabic class' assigned Al-Kitaab and had me mastering grammar long before anyone else. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,107,728 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,076 in Grammar Reference (Books) #2,543 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (80) | | Dimensions | 6.69 x 1.48 x 9.61 inches | | Edition | Revised | | ISBN-10 | 0521774659 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0521774659 | | Item Weight | 2.75 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 654 pages | | Publication date | August 15, 2000 | | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | ## Images ![Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61yNeeTsskL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A serious book for learning Arabic *by H***7 on March 20, 2009* First of all, this book is not for learners who just want to learn enough Arabic to get by on the streets of Cairo, it is a very serious and compact textbook for people who want to acquire a sound grounding in MSA (especially for acquiring practicla knowledge in reading journalistic and expository Arabic) and those who work with a teacher. It is more compact than the Alif Baa and contains much more info than Teach Yourself Arabic for a reasonable price. Some reviewers complained about the extensive use of linguistic jargons in this book, but if one could not even overcome the difficulties with grammatical terminolgies in English, how can he learn Arabic, a notoriously hard language, well? In fact, once one understand what those terminologies mean, it makes the explanations crystal clear. However, I do have a complaint: the texts are completely unvocalized, even the glossaries in each lesson and appendices are not fully vocalized, and the recording of the book cannot make up for it, since it reads the text only. Suggestions for people who intend to use this book for self-study: 1: You cannot soly rely on this book alone, you need a few more books with more recordings, conversational books and easier books. 2: You should do the excercises SELECTIVELY, otherwise it is more than likely they are going to overwhelm you. 3: You should not expect to absorb 100% of information in each lesson, but requently go back to previous lessons to review, since each lesson contains so much information that adamantly try to learn everything and learn every word appeared is just not practical. With some endeavours with this book, you will be amazed how much Arabic you have learned from it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good grammar book *by C***S on February 15, 2012* The vocabulary lists in here seem rather arbitrary and don't seem to fit in to anything in particular. I tend to learn the vocabulary in the order in which I find it, but I found that I had better result by giving the vocabulary less attention. This book really shines in grammar. Al-Kitaab is all over the place, Rosetta Stone teaches me how to say that various things of various colors are on airplanes, but this really gets into grammar. Most grammar books just through grammar at you because, you know, they're grammars, but this is intended to be a whole course, so it gives much more context. This book was a WONDERFUL addition to my Arabic class' assigned Al-Kitaab and had me mastering grammar long before anyone else. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ not always easy to use, but thorough and comprehensive *by P***H on July 9, 2009* This book is heavy in more ways than one. From the decidedly mixed bag of reactions to it from other reviewers, I have to believe that how people feel about it is greatly determined by what kind of linguistic background they have and what exposure to Arabic (if any) they had before taking this on. For some, there is no question that it would be a quantum leap both in terms of the highly technical coverage of Arabic grammar, and in the demands it makes on learners, especially with the huge amount of vocabulary to be memorized that comes with each lesson. Having come to this work from other Arabic textbooks with which I was considerably less than satisfied ) the extremely rigorous treatment of the grammar makes it very valuable to have, as it clears up a number of points that have not been made clear in other books. Consider, for instance, the question of whether the pattern of stress is altered if case endings are pronounced (the answer to that is yes, by the way). The size of the vocabulary lists is less daunting if you already know some. So although this is probably too dry and academic to work out well as a classroom text, and I certainly wouldn't suggest it be the first book for a beginning learner, it does have a great deal to offer serious learners as a backup and reference. And it is definitely worth the effort to master the linguistic terminology that is needed to understand the grammatical explanations. ## Frequently Bought Together - Standard Arabic: An Elementary-Intermediate Course - The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic: Jordan & Palestine (4th Edition, 2020) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/10264883-standard-arabic-an-elementary-intermediate-course](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/10264883-standard-arabic-an-elementary-intermediate-course) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*