Recommended Textbooks, Reference Books & Workbooks
In no particular order, here is a list of vocabulary learning publications that we strongly recommend for Arabic language learners who wish to expand their wordpower beyond what you learned in class. The following books deal particularly with vocabulary acquisition and memorisation:
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Theme-Based Vocabulary Learning Textbooks
Theme-Based Vocabulary Learning Textbooks
- Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Vocabulary (McGraw-Hill), by M. Gaafar & J. Wightwick (2012)
Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Vocabulary: With 145 Exercises (NTC Foreign Language)
Buy Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Vocabulary: With 145 Exercises (NTC Foreign Language) Bilingual by Mahmoud Gaafar, Jane Wightwick (ISBN: 9780071756396) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Using mnemonics to remember a huge list of Arabic vocabulary (300+ Words) Vol. 1, by D. J. Western (2011)
Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Using mnemonics to remember a huge list of Arabic vocabulary (300+ Words): Volume 1
Buy Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Using mnemonics to remember a huge list of Arabic vocabulary (300+ Words): Volume 1 by D J Western (ISBN: 9780615454528) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Using mnemonics to remember a huge list of Arabic (Vol. 2), by D. J. Western (2011)
Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Volume 2
Buy Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Volume 2 by D. J. Western (ISBN: 9781461053750) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Harrap’s Pocket Arabic Vocabulary, by Harrap (2010)
Harrap’s Pocket Arabic Vocabulary (Harrap’s Language Guides)
Buy Harrap’s Pocket Arabic Vocabulary (Harrap’s Language Guides) Bilingual by Harrap (ISBN: 9780071636155) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Build Your Arabic Vocabulary, by H. Shirwani (2006)
Build Your Arabic Vocabulary
Buy Build Your Arabic Vocabulary 2nd ed. by Haroon Shirwani (ISBN: 9780071742931) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- The Concise Arabic-English Lexicon of Verbs in Context, by A. Taher, H. Abdou and D. Abo El Seoud (2010)
The Concise Arabic-English Lexicon of Verbs in Context
This classic learning aid, popular with teachers and students alike, has now been fully revised and substantially expanded for a complete new edition. With a fully vocalized Arabic text in clear, legible type, this invaluable lexicon now contains more than 3,500 Arabic verbs from 1,450 verb roots…
- Chambers Arabic Vocabulary, by Chambers (2009)
Chambers Arabic Vocabulary (Chambers Arabic Study Aids)
Buy Chambers Arabic Vocabulary (Chambers Arabic Study Aids) by Chambers (ed.) (ISBN: 9780550105196) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Arabic Vocabulary: Reference Guide/Pamphlet, by Inc. BarCharts (2007)
Arabic Vocabulary: Reference Guide (Quickstudy: Academic)
Buy Arabic Vocabulary: Reference Guide (Quickstudy: Academic) Lam Crds B by Inc. BarCharts (ISBN: 9781423204169) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Your First 100 Words Arabic w/Audio CD, by J. Wightwick (2006)
Your First 100 Words Arabic w/Audio CD (Your First 100 Words In!Series)
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- Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day, by K. Kershul (2004)
Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day
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Theme-Based Lexicons
Theme-Based Lexicons
- Teach Yourself: Essential Arabic Vocabulary: A Handbook of core Terms,by M. Diouri (2015)
Teach Yourself: Essential Arabic Vocabulary: A Handbook of Core Terms
This book is a comprehensive guide to the most essential vocabulary in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It’s an ideal study companion for those in formal school or university education (GCSE and A-level, undergraduates and postgraduates) as well as self-learners. Featuring 20 theme-based units, this…
- The Arabic/English Thematic Lexicon, (Routledge) by D. Newman (2007)
Arabic-English Thematic Lexicon
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- GCSE Arabic Essential Vocabulary List: An Arabic-English Vocabulary List Arranged by topics, by Z. Khayat and L. Al-Waraa (2004)
GCSE Arabic Essential Vocabulary List: An Arabic-English Vocabulary List Arranged by Topics and Required for the GCSE Examination
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) Arabic Essential Vocabulary List is a supplementary tool to aid students intending to take the GCSE Arabic language examination. All the words are listed by topic, thus covering the main areas required in the four skills (reading, writing, lis…
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Specialised Vocabulary Lexicons
Specialised Vocabulary Lexicons
- Media Arabic: Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies, by E. Kendall (2012)
Media Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies)
Gives you up-to-date expressions, jargon and new coinages for modern concepts in media Arabic. What is the Arabic term for the UN? What phrase would be used to describe ‘rogue state’ in the Arab media? Or ‘the Arab Spring’? This short, accessible vocabulary gives you ready-made lists of key terms…
- Intelligence Arabic: Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies, by M. Evans (forthcoming 2015)
Security Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies)
Buy Security Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies) Pap/MP3 Bl by Mark Evans, Elisabeth Kendall (ISBN: 9780748646616) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Internet Arabic: Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies, by M. Diouri (2012)
Internet Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies)
Buy Internet Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies) Pap/MP3 Bl by Mourad Diouri (ISBN: 9780748644919) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Business Arabic: An Essential Vocabulary, by J. Mace (2008)
Business Arabic: An Essential Vocabulary
Provides learners with relevant key terms for translating both from and into Arabic. Suitable for students, business people, and those working in the Middle East who have come to Arabic as non-specialists after leaving college, this book provides a core vocabulary of over 1300 business Arabic ter…
- Intelligence Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies) (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies Eup) (2017) by Julie C. Manning & Elisabeth Kendall
Intelligence Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies) (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies Eup)
Buy Intelligence Arabic (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies) (Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies Eup) Bilingual by Julie C. Manning, Elisabeth Kendall (ISBN: 9781474401463) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Reference Material for Kinaesthetic Study
Reference Material for Kinaesthetic Study
Vocabulary Flashcards, Charts & Posters (for kineasthetic and self-directed learning)
- Arabic in a Flash Kit Volume 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards), by F. Mansouri (2014)
Arabic in a Flash Kit Volume 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards)
Arabic in a Flash: Volume 1 is an excellent Arabic language learning resource for beginning-intermediate students of Arabic. These user-friendly Arabic flash cards continue to develop the language skills of beginning Arabic students and others interested in learning Arabic. Volume 1 h…
- Arabic in a Flash: v. 2 (Tuttle Flash Cards), by F. Mansouri (2006)
Arabic in a Flash: v. 2 (Tuttle Flash Cards)
Buy Arabic in a Flash: v. 2 (Tuttle Flash Cards) Bilingual by Dr Fethi Mansouri (ISBN: 0676251837285) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
- Arabic Berlitz Vocabulary Study Cards, by Berlitz (2011)
Arabic Berlitz Vocabulary Study Cards
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Flashcards: School and Classroom Vocabulary Set 2 (Gateway to Arabic)
This pack of 64 double-sided flashcards focuses on vocabulary relating to the school environment, and includes the school items taught in Book Two of the ‘Gateway to Arabic’ series, among others. The cards should prove beneficial not only to self-taught students, but would also serve as a valuabl…
Gateway to Arabic Flashcards Set Four: Food and Drink Vocabulary
Buy Gateway to Arabic Flashcards Set Four: Food and Drink Vocabulary by Imran Hamza Alawiye (ISBN: 9780956688231) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Gateway to Arabic Flashcards Set Three: Fruit and Vegetable Vocabulary
Buy Gateway to Arabic Flashcards Set Three: Fruit and Vegetable Vocabulary by Imran Hamza Alawiye (ISBN: 9780956688224) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Gateway to Arabic Verb Conjugation Flashcards: Set One: Form One Verbs
This pack of flashcards contains 50 double-sided cards in full colour, each measuring 210 by 148 mm. The pack has been designed to help students of Arabic master the intricacies of conjugating all the major groups of Form I triliteral verbs, including: * Sound pure verbs * Doubled root letter ver…
- Arabic Vocabulary (Speedy Study Guides: Academic), by Speedy Publishing LLC (2014)
Arabic Vocabulary (Speedy Study Guides: Academic)
When you are looking at learning Arabic vocabulary, you are looking at the foundation stones of the language itself. Not only will you be learning the words for objects, places and things, you will simply be working on picking up a thorough command of the words that are used in every day parlance…
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Audio-Based Vocabulary Courses
Audio-Based Vocabulary Courses
- Arabic Vocabulary Builder+ (Learn Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method) (Michael Thomas Method), by J. Wightwick and M. Gaafar (2013)
Arabic Vocabulary Builder+ (Learn Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method) (Michael Thomas Method)
Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time – without books, drills, memorising, or homework. In this five-hour intermediate level audio course Michel Thomas Method teacher Jane Wightwick introduce over 1,000 new words, verbs and everyday phrases through essential language…
- Berlitz Language: Rapid Arabic Vol. 1, by Berlitz Rapid (2008)
Berlitz Language: Rapid Arabic Vol. 1 (Berlitz Rapid)
Berlitz and earworms have joined forces to launch a revolutionary new language learning audio programme. It involves a unique musical method that plants more than 200 essential Arabic words and phrases into your long-term memory via rhythmic repetitions, so you learn the language just by listening!
- Berlitz Language: Rapid Arabic Vol. 2, by Berlitz (2011)
Berlitz Language: Rapid Arabic Vol. 2 (Berlitz Rapid)
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- Arabic Vocabulary (Flash Forward), by Living Language (2009)
Arabic Vocabulary (Flash Forward)
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- Vocabulearn® Arabic/ English Level 1, by Penton Overseas (2005)
Vocabulearn® Arabic/ English Level 1
Vocabulearn® Arabic/ English Level 1: Inc. Penton Overseas: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
- VocabuLearn Arabic/English: Level 2, by Penton Overseas (2005)
VocabuLearn Arabic/English: Level 2
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- Vocabulary Builder Arabic: Language fun for all the family, by EuroTalk Limited (2000)
Vocabulary Builder Arabic: Language fun for all the family – All Ages (PC/Mac)
Buy Vocabulary Builder Arabic: Language fun for all the family – All Ages (PC/Mac) at Amazon UK. Free delivery on eligible orders.
- Modern Standard Arabic Vocab Clinic, by American University Press (2005)
Modern Standard Arabic Vocab Clinic
Buy Modern Standard Arabic Vocab Clinic Cdr by AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CARIO PRESS (CREATOR) (ISBN: 9789774249082) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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