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An introduction to modern Arabic: Supplementary material

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
One or another man speaking English introduces the various exercises drawn (probably) from the 1957 edition of Introduction to Modern Arabic, by Farhat J. Ziadeh and R. Bayley Winder (Princeton: Princeton University Press),which can be found in Regenstein Library. A native consultant (male) supplies the Arabic.
Collection Technical Notes: 
These masters were dubbed (probably) in the (new) Language Lab in autumn 1962 apparently from phonograph records, which are not in the DMA collection. Note: It is not clear why these materials are called supplements as opposed to the exercises in the textbook itself. (Unreviewed) WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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Intermediate modern standard Arabic (Univ. of Michigan)

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Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speakers (male and female) voice Lessons 1-18, 20-21, and 23-25 from Modern Standard Arabic: Intermediate Level, by Peter Abboud, et al. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies, 1971). (Note: Lesson 10 on the first tape has been superseded by a 1973 revised version.) The lessons are supplemented with musical passages and recitations.This text may be found in Regenstein Library.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are dubs made at the LLA from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) loan copies. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Unnamed

The M.E.C.A.S. grammar of modern literary Arabic (1968)

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker (male) voices Exercises 20-35 of the textbook, The M.E.C.A.S. Grammar of Modern Literary Arabic (Beirut, Lebanon: Khayats, 1965). [The initials stand for "Middle East Centre for Arab Studies".] A copy of the text can be found in Regenstein Library.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the studio recordings made at the Language Laboratory in 1968. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
al-Wahhab, Abbas

Selections from An Arabic reader

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker reads selections taken from Yellin and Billig's An Arabic Reader--probably from the 1963 reprint of the third edition, published by the Johnson Reprint Corp. (New York).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are dubs made in 1967 from '"private" recordings lent to the Language Lab. The ultimate source of this series and the date of production are unknown. WAVE files are converted to MP3s.
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Elementary Arabic: A series planned by Frederic Du Pre Thornton; Selections from Thornton’s Arabic series: Volume III

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker voices texts drawn from the third volume of Elementary Arabic: a series planned by Frederic Du Pre Thornton, originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1911.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are apparently dubs made in 1967 from tapes lent to the Language Lab. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Unnamed

Advanced Arabic readers: Volume 2 (1962)

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker (male) does a fluent reading of the Introduction and Selections 1-6 of Volume 2 of the Reader.
Collection Technical Notes: 
The original recordings were made at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1962. These copies were sent from Berkeley at some unknown date. Note: Most of the tapes were recorded in full-track configuration while two of them were done in half-track. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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A reader in modern literary Arabic (c. 1964)

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Subject Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
English
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
An unidentified native speaker (male) does a fluent reading of the 34 texts from Farhat J. Ziadeh's A Reader in Modern Literary Arabic (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Masters are the tapes on seven-inch reels sent from the publisher c. 1970 and wound off onto hubs in 1982. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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Recitation of the Qur’an

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Primary Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Al-Husari chants the entire Qur’an. At the beginning of each disc another man introduces the recording and gives the titles of the suras about to be chanted. The recordings were issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Cultural Properties in 1960.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph records originally consisted of a set of 44 discs, of which Nos. 1, 36 and 37 are missing. The (41) records lent to the LLA by the Library in 1970 were returned to Regenstein on 11 June 2015. (Note: Regenstein's complete set of Qur'an discs Is NOT identical to the set lent to the LLA.) Regenstein Discs 1, 2, 36 and 37 have been digitized to replace the missing (or damaged) discs in the DMA collection. (Unreviewed) WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
al-Husari, Shaikh Mahmoud

Souret tah (and) Souret el essra [Suras #20 and #17 from the Qur’an]

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Standard Arabic
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Side A: Sura 20: “Al Ta-ha” (Ta Ha) (male speaker); Side B: Sura 17: “Al Isra’ “: The Night Journey (male speaker)
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Contributor: 
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Readings in Arabic poetry F.M. (with pauses for repetition)

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Primary Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Languages: 
Standard Arabic
Locations: 
Saudi Arabia
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Anonymous native speaker (male) interprets four poems: 1) “Law kunti fi Madrid”, by Nizar Qabbani; 2) “Turidin”, by Nagib Surur; 3) “Al-Masih w-al-lusus”, by Nagib Surur and 4) “Wajh bayn hitha’yn”, by Muhammad al-Maghut. The speaker reads each poem twice: the first time fluently, then with pauses for student repetition.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is a salvage copy made on 2/5/85 from the original studio recording of 11/4/75. WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Anonymous