Books by Kristen Brustad

Develops skills in standard Arabic while providing additional material in both colloquial and classical Arabic. Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level instruction, this edition includes audio tracks for vocabulary sections, and, a DVD containing substantially more material that exposes the learner to Egyptian Arabic.

The first volume in the bestselling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, Alif Baa helps students learn the sounds of Arabic, write its letters, and begin speaking Arabic. The accompanying companion website offers fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.

Useful to students and teachers, this title includes self-correcting exercises for begining Arabic.

The third volume in the bestselling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, Al-Kitaab Part Two with Website focuses on strengthening reading and writing skills while continuing to grow conversation skills. The accompanying companion website offers fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.

The second volume in the bestselling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, Al-Kitaab Part One with Website helps students develop skills in formal and colloquial Arabic across the four skill areas. The accompanying companion website offers fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.

This answer key is to be used with Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Third Edition. Please note that this answer key is only useful to students and teachers who are NOT using the companion website, which includes self-correcting exercises.

A comparative study of the syntax of Arabic dialects, based on natural language data recorded in Morocco, Egypt, Syria, and Kuwait. It provides a nuanced description of spoken Arabic syntax, widens the theoretical base of Arabic linguistics, and gives both scholars and students of Arabic tools for greater cross-dialect comprehension.

An answer key that has to be used with "Alif Baa: Introduction to Letters and Sounds, Third Edition".

Suitable for Arabic language learners, his textbook introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. It introduces a range of Arabic from colloquial to standard in authentic contexts. It also provides the essential first 20-25 contact hours of the Al-Kitaab program.

An answer key that accompanies both DVD and textbook exercises.

An answer key that includes: text of the audio sentences included in the vocabulary section of each lesson; text of the basic 'story' of Maha and Khaled in each lesson; and, answers to most vocabulary, grammar and review drills included in each lesson.