An Intermediate Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 2 Samia Louis with Iman A‎.‎ Soliman The complete series of innovative new coursebooks in Egyptian colloquial Arabic Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor and course developer‎,‎ Samia Louis has used a functional approach to create a bright‎,‎ innovative coursebook for the study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic—the spoken dialect most frequently studied and most widely understood in the Arab world‎.‎ Designed according to the ACTFL guidelines for teaching Arabic as a foreign language‎,‎ Kallimni ‘Arabi trains students through ten highly structured lessons in the crucial skills‎,‎ with particular emphasis on listening and speaking‎.‎ The accompanying audio CD carries recordings of the dialogues and exercises in each chapter‎,‎ made by Egyptian native speakers‎.‎ From the basics of communicating ‎(‎asking directions‎,‎ the language of shopping‎)‎ to more advanced conversations ‎(‎future plans‎,‎ hobbies‎,‎ and free time‎)‎‎,‎ Kallimni ‘Arabi is structured so that students learn Egyptian Arabic using real‎-life situations and expressions‎.‎ The key topics covered gradually lead students to understand‎,‎ use‎,‎ and speak Arabic‎,‎ rather than simply memorize fixed phrases‎.‎ Kallimni ‘Arabi is aimed at students with some ability to read and write Arabic‎,‎ who have had the equivalent of 30 hours of a beginner Colloquial Arabic class or 40 hours of a Modern Standard Arabic program‎.‎