This lively, accessible and carefully-paced text has for many years been easily the bestselling Arabic course on the market. Mastering Arabic 1 is available as a paperback book. Access to the audio is key for successful learning. The course is in full colour, with a rich array of cartoons and photos. It has an abundance of exercises to learn and practise listening, speaking, reading and writing, offers a wealth of audio and online video, and introduces the Arabic script from the very first page.

The course is aimed at beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language who want to understand, speak and read Arabic confidently. It is widely used in universities, schools, community colleges, adult evening classes and for self-study.