Do you want to develop, enhance and refine your Arabic media language, translation and analytical skills? Then this is the book for you. It gives you a broad range of exercises on reading comprehension, speaking, writing and listening, based on a wide variety of media texts and audio materials. You can also equip yourself with journalistic skills such as giving presentations and writing media articles.


Focusing on the style of Arabic media language, you are guided through a series of topics:




Diplomacy
Elections
Violence and Anarchy
War and Military Action
Economy
Law and Order
Trade and Industry
Reports on Language and Culture
Natural Disasters
Revolutions
`War on Terrorism'
Arabic Radio and TV Extracts





Each module includes a section for discussion and debate as well as an explanation of Media Arabic issues.


The book includes:




Authentic texts and listening materials gathered from a wide range of Arabic media
60 minutes of audio material available as a free download
Vocabulary list
Key to exercises


New to this edition:




Brand new texts and listening materials
New module on reports on Language and Culture
New module on Revolutions
New drills throughout
Now includes radio as well as TV