Required Textbooks

These are the books used in the first two years of the Arabic program. They will be available to order through the bookstore.

Elementary Standard Arabic I (ARAB 201):

• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi, Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Georgetown University Press, Third Edition.
• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 3rd edition. (Lessons 1-4)

Elementary Standard Arabic II (ARAB 202):

• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 3rd edition. (Lessons 5-10)

Intermediate Stand Arabic I (ARAB 403):

• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 3rd edition. (Lessons 11-13)
• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya: A Textbook for Intermediate Arabic, Part II. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 3rd edition. (Lessons 1-3)

Intermediate Stand Arabic II (ARAB 404):

• Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya: A Textbook for Intermediate Arabic, Part II. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 3rd edition. (Lessons 4-10)