ARABIC COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS

Al-Mumtaaz  
Government survival-level self-study. $55.00 per set of first printing, $110.00 per set for second printing.

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
(800) 553-6847or  (703) 605-6000
http://www.ntis.gov/nac/lang.htm
Virtual Conversations
Virtual Conversations™ programs for Arabic allow users to gather information through direct dialogue with a native Arabic speakers. Each character presents the user with a problem that can be resolved through inference from the information obtained. Each simulation includes a video Instructor who helps the user pronounce the questions and phrases necessary to conduct the interview.

Interactive Drama
webmaster@idrama.com
TalkNow!
Beginning survival program, tourist-type topics, record, playback & compare pronunciation, on-screen help, picture dictionary, tests & feedback, $49.95.

Software World
P. O. Box 429
Mount Pleasant, SC 29465-0429
1-888-EDUWORLD
sofworld@sofworld.com
Al Mawred Arabic Encyclopedia   
Multimedia encyclopedia on CD-ROM.15,000 entries, sounds, pictures, movies, Win $29.00, Mac $35.00.

Future Publishers, Inc.      
155A Moffet Park Drive      
Suite 103      
Sunnyvale, CA  94089  
Al Aragouze ("The Puppeteer")  
Listening comprehension, self-study, 2-hr feature film with aides, notes, questions, synopses, on lazer disks.

HRB Systems, Inc. <800 international drive      
Linthicum, MD 21090       
800-598-7890 (x4444)  
Allf ba' ta' & Yaseen
Ages 8-adult, beginners' program to read and write, fun + games which progress through levels of difficulty, 90 words are explained with animations, calligraphy, printed Arabic are presented for comparison with handwritten form, listen/ record/compare, CD-ROM, $60.00.

The Arabic Tutor 
Ages 12-adult, CD-ROM for beginners: alphabet, explanations, pronunciation, animation, reading, sentence formation, elementary grammar, record/playback, $49.00. 

Arabic Multimedia Flashcards
Ages 2 - 10. Introductory program to introduce beginning vocabulary in Arabic (Egyptian Dialect) to young children' several hundred words divided into the topics of: Colors, Plurals, Places, Actions, Positions, Professions, and 3 miscellaneous topics. After the vocabulary is learned, there are 3 games: "Find the Card", "Match the Pairs", and "Beat the Clock" - each with 3 levels of difficulty - to test your knowledge. Earn enough points and print out a bronze, silver or gold medal certificate. Finally, record your voice in your own mini-movie to practice pronunciation. For teachers, print out a list of all the students' names and scores. The progress of each user is saved separately. $35.00.

Learn Arabic
Ages 12 - Adult. Learn the Arabic language from English, French, German or Portuguese.   Program is divided into 5 parts: 1) Introduction to Arabic and the origin of the language. 2) Learn the alphabet in 4 lessons. 3) Words and scenes - useful words, the numbers and days of the week, months of the year and common scenes. 4) Reading practice. 5) Play and learn - Arrange the alphabet, letter vs. letter, match pictures with the correct letter, letter vs. picture, spelling practices, picture vs. picture, identify the picture and trace the letters. Dictations and pronunciation exercises aid listening and speaking with enjoyable games to reinforce learning. $75.00.

World of Reading, Ltd. 
P.O. Box 13092 
Atlanta, GA  3024-0092 
800-729-3703
polyglot@wor.com 

EZ Language (25-language edition)
Vocabulary/pronunciation tutor for beginners with over 800 words and phrases in 16 different thematic lists, record/playback/compare, $69.95.

EZ Language (17-language edition)
Vocabulary/pronunciation tutor. 25,000 Words & 2,250 Phrases reord/playback/compare; on-line multimedia dictionary, $45.00.

IMSI
1939 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA 94901-5506
Telephone: (415) 454-7101Fax: (415) 257-3565
Sales: 1-800-833-8082
Rosetta Stone - Arabic  -1
1 CD-ROM with 8 units divided into 92 chapters.$281.00.

Review by Chorus

Fairfield Language Technologies  
122 South Main Street  
Harrisonburg, VA  22801    
800-788-0822   
ArabicNow 7.0
For beginners or intermediate learners, speaking, reading, listening, pronunciation. Videos, word puzzles, grammar tools, vocabulary games. $49.95.

Transparent Language
22 Proctor Hill Road
Hollis, NH 03049

 

ARABIC WEB-BASED PROGRAMS

Middle East Georgraphy
This exercise gives practice in reading the Arabic script, using familiar country names, in the
process teaching Arabic countries. Macintosh.
Sun/Moon Letters
This exercise gives practice reading Arabic script, and particularly distinguishing sun letters from moon letters. After specifying "sun" or "moon" you will hear a recording of
each word pronounced by a native Arabic speaker. Macintosh.
EMSA Vocabulary 1-44 Tutor
All the vocab of EMSA in one stack without sound. Macintosh.
Text Aid
The basic texts of EMSA with numerous study aides. Designed to help with the vowelling
and pronounciation of written Arabic text  Audio examples included. Macintosh.
New Phonology & Script
Phonology and script exercises keyed to McCarus/Rammuny, A Programmed Course in Modern Literary Arabic Phonology. Macintosh.
Arabic Grammar Exercises
The grammar exercises 1-44 from the EMSA text. Macintosh.
IMSA
Grammar exercises 1-10 from Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic. Macintosh.
Quranic Text Tutor
Five suras of the Qur'an and 6 basic suras to help learn the Call to Prayer, including both chanting and straight sound. Includes text with recited and chanted sound clips. Macintosh.