This is a modern, engaging, intermediate Arabic course offering lively dialogues, varied texts and exercises, and fascinating cultural insights. Mastering Arabic 2 is available as a paperback book (ISBN 9780230220881) or in a pack (the book with 2 CDs - ISBN 9781352001297). The CDs can be purchased separately (ISBN 9780230220874). The course is highly illustrated with photos and cartoons and includes an abundance of exercises to aid learning and encourage practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is backed up by an array of online exercises including a link to interactive flashcards, and is supported by a range of additional activity, grammar and handwriting books.

The course follows on from the best-selling Mastering Arabic 1 but is suitable for any learner with some prior knowledge of Arabic. The Mastering Arabic series is widely used in universities, schools, community colleges, adult evening classes and for self-study.

Review: Review Panel for Mastering Arabic 2: Omsalama Ahmed, Teacher in Arabic, Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Birmingham, UK Dr James Dickens, Professor in Arabic, School of Languages, University of Salford, UK Dr Otared Haidar (DPhil Oxford Univ. 2005) teaching at the Department of the Islamic World and the Middle East, University of Oxford, UK Sanaa Nounu, Lecturer in Arabic, University of the West of England, UK

Contents: Introduction.- Myself and Others.- House and Home.- Work and Routine.- Sport and Leisure.- Travel and Tourism.- Food and Cooking.- Review.- Clothes and Colours.- Education and Training.- News and Media.- Climate and the Environment.- Health and Happiness.- Arts and Cinema.- Review.- Answers to Exercises.- English-Arabic Glossary.- Grammar Index

Author Biography: JANE WIGHTWICK and MAHMOUD GAAFAR are the authors of several highly successful titles including the bestselling Mastering Arabic 1, Mastering Arabic Script, and Mastering Arabic Grammar.