Arabic Software & Technology at Stanford

Language Lab Resource Materials (at Meyer Library)

Students can request to listen to lessons on tape by going to the first floor of Meyer Library. Students must first determine the library reference number of the audio tapes that accompany the lessons in their workbook by look them up in the binders adjacent to the front desk.

Stanford students can also make legal personal copies of these tapes. Just take several blank cassettes with you to the second floor where you can manually copy them, or drop them off at the second-floor counter to have the library staff do it for you.
NOTE: (1) You should determine beforehand if you will need to use 60 or 90-minute tapes. (2) Library tape-copy requests may take a few days to be filled. On the otherhand, the second floor has a special speed-recorder for manual student copying. (Approximate time for duplicating a 90-minute tape, both sides is 3-5 minutes.)

• A Course in Colloquial Arabic * ZCS ARA 8
  2 Audiotapes featuring Lebanese Arabic.
  
  
• Access to Arabic ZCS ARA 13
  2 Audiotapes featuring Bahraini (Gulf) Arabic.
  
  
• Al-Kitaab: A Textbook for Beg. Arabic, Part One. * ZCS ARA 16
  10 Audiotapes featuring Formal Written Arabic ('fusha').
  
  
• Alif Baa: Intro. to Arabic Letters & Sounds * ZCS ARA 17
  (4 tapes) Introduction to Arabic script and sounds.
  To accompany Al-Kitaab : A Textbook for
  Beg. Arabic, Part One.
  
  
• Arabic Pick of the Month ZCS ARA 12
  1 audiotape featuring broadcasts of formal Arabic by
  the BBC. Useful for Advanced Arabic students.
  
  
• Beginning Cairo Arabic * (13 tapes) ZCS ARA902
  
  
• Colloquial Arabic of Egypt * (1 tape) ZCS ARA 10
  
  
• Elementary Modern Standard Arabic (EMSA) ZCS ARA 7
  24 audiotapes featuring Formal Written Arabic ('fusha').
  
  
• First Level Arabic * (4 tapes) ZCS ARA 9
  Introduction to Arabic script and sounds. Particularly
  helpful for beginners when used in conjuction with
  Ahlan wa Sahlan CD-ROM.
  
  
• Pronunciation * (1 tape) ZCSARA 3
  A continuation of the above introduction to
  Arabic script and sounds.
  
  
• Formal Spoken Arabic * (7 tapes) ZCS ARA 11
  Audiotapes and textbook use a combination of
  'fusha' and Levantine Arabic.
  
  
• Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic * (7 tapes) ZCS ARA900
  Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic at the
  intermediate level. A sequel to Elementary Modern
  Standard Arabic (EMSA) above.
  
  
• Introduction to Egyptian Arabic * (12 tapes) ZCS ARA901
  
  
• Spoken Arabic * (1 audiotape of Lebanese Arabic) ZCS ARA 5
  
  
• Spoken Iraqi * (1 audiotape of Iraqi Arabic) ZCS ARA 1
  
  
• Spoken Saudi Arabic * (1 audiotape of Saudi Arabic) ZCS ARA 6
  
  
• Spoken Yemeni Arabic * (1 audiotape of Yemeni Arabic) ZCS ARA 2
  
  
• Tales from Kalila wa Dimna * ZCS ARA 14
  2 audiotapes featuring folk tales from the famous collection.
  Useful for Intermediate and Advance level Arabic.
  
  

• Access To Arabic: Speak Arabic ZVC 9033
  One video featuring Gulf (i.e., Saudi, Bahraini) Arabic.
  
  
• Al-Kitaab: A Textbook for Beg. Arabic, Part One. * ZCS 9056
  One videotape featuring formal Arabic ('fusha') to
  accompany the textbook.
  
  
• Alif Baa: Intro. to Arabic Letters & Sounds * ZCS 9057
  Introduction to Arabic script and sounds.
  To accompany Al-Kitaab: A Textbook for
  Beg. Arabic, Part One.
  
  

• Ahlan wa Sahlan CD-ROM. Macintosh
  Combines sound and picture to introduce Arabic
  writing and phonolgy. Very useful for beginners.
  
  
• Al-Arabiyya CD-ROM (on Mac) ZMS 359
  Combines sound and picture to introduce the Arabic
  script and sound system. Very useful for beginners.
  
  
• NISUS Arabic Wordprocessing ZMS 52
  A must for ALL Arabic students!
  
  
• The Holy Quran on CD ZMS 594



• The Rosetta Stone ZMS 606



• Arabic Language Kit (Arabic e-mail for the MacIntosh)
  (See Renate Albrecht, Head, Language Lab, Meyer 2nd floor.)