How to Write in Arabic

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A one-stop shop for developing your Arabic writing skills, packed with practical exercises and drills How to Write in Arabic teaches intermediate and advanced learners how to use the Arabic linguistic features that are key to achieving written fluency. Each unit contains carefully selected exercises where students practise their vocabulary and grammar in a wide range of registers and contexts - such as writing a CV, a short story, a love letter, an essay and many more. In addition to brand-new drills and vocabularies, this second edition also features three new units. The unit on Arabic expressions and vocabulary provides learners with a variety of phrases in context. The unit on media writing focuses on themes such as diplomacy, conflicts and social media. And the unit on writing errors helps learners spot and correct common mistakes, especially in punctuation and tense. Key Features ¿ Designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Arabic who are looking to develop and refine their writing skills ¿ Gives students theoretical and practical guidelines on how to make their writing flow by using connectors and cohesive devices ¿ Helps students to expand their vocabulary with new words, phrases and idioms ¿ Challenges learners with a variety of practical writing exercises in different registers, such as correspondence, academic articles, creative writing and reporting for media Contents ¿ Unit 1: Connectors ¿ Unit 2: Letter Writing ¿ Unit 3: Stylistic Expressions and Vocabulary ¿ Unit 4: Free Writing ¿ Unit 5: Creative Writing ¿ Unit 6: Arabic Expressions and Vocabulary in Context ¿ Unit 7: Arabic Media Writing ¿ Unit 8: My Writing Errors El Mustapha Lahlali is Professor at the University of Leeds and the author of numerous textbooks - including Advanced Media Arabic (2nd edition, 2017), Essential Skills in Arabic (with Radia Kesseiri, 2018) and Advanced English-Arabic Translation (with Wafa Abu Hatab, 2014), all published by Edinburgh University Press.