American Accent Training - Ann Cook
This unusual book and Compact Discs program has special value for foreign-born students and business people who are working, traveling, or going to school in the United States or Canada. Its purpose is to eliminate the speaker's often difficult-to-comprehend accent through training in the rhythms and sound-flow of English as it is spoken in North America. In the process, students will also dramatically improve their English listening comprehension. Durable and convenient Compact Discs replace the cassette tapes that came in this program's first edition. Supplementary materials include colored markers that facilitate speech exercises contained in the book. There is also a hand mirror so students can watch their own lip movements and get them right in the process of learning American speech patterns.
Arabic-English Dictionary - Hans Wehr
The Hans Wehr Arabic-English dictionary is simply the best...and totally indispensable. I don't know how you cold get by learning Arabic without it! I studied Arabic for several years, and got more use out of this dictionary than out of any other reference source BY FAR. If you don't believe me, I wish I could show you a picture of my dictionary now -- it's been used so much it's in pieces (obviously, I need to go out and buy a new one!). The most difficult thing (which can get frustrating, but like a puzzle, once you unlock the secret, everything starts clicking into place) is you've got to know the root of a word in order to find it in here. But that's the challenge -- and beauty -- of Arabic, possibly the world's richest, most poetic, amazing language; once you know the root a whole world of rich variations on the basic root meaning (i.e. DRS=study; mudarris=teacher, or one who MAKES you study!) starts to open up. No matter what level of Arabic you're at, you need this dictionary!
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