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Has anyone used this series in order to learn Modern Standard Arabic? Any reviews?

Better or worse than other series such as the Madina Series?
 
If someone was to complete either curriculum with a teacher, what kind of level would they reach?

Anything in particular you prefer about the Madinah series, brother?
 
Madina Books - Arabic Text

Madina Books - Arabic with English Key & Solutions Book 1 - (137 MB)
Madina Books - Arabic with English Key & Solutions Book 2 - (243 MB)
Madina Books - Arabic with English Key & Solutions Book 3 Part 1 - (223 MB)
Madina Books - Arabic with English Key & Solutions Book 3 Part 2 - (356 MB)

Madina Books - Key in Urdu

Madina Books - Key in Urdu 1 - (61 pages - 2.5 MB)
Madina Books - Key in Urdu 2 - (133 pages - 6.2 MB)
Madina Books - Key in Urdu 3 - (179 pages - 11.5 MB)

Madina Books - Solutions

Madina Books - Arabic Solutions 1 - (78 pages - 7.3 MB)
Madina Books - Arabic Solutions 2 - (68 pages - 5.7 MB)
Madina Books - Arabic Solutions 3 - (140 pages - 14.5 MB)

Madina Books - Glossary

Madina Books - Glossary - (120 pages - 43.6 MB)

Madina Grammar Books

Madina Grammar Notes 1
Madina Grammar Notes 2

Madina Books - Handouts

Madina Books - Arabic 1
Madina Books - Arabic 2 & 3

all the above are taken from http://www.lqtoronto.com/downloads.html
 
good enough for beginners or intermediate level, but definitely not for advanced level students.
 
Can any posters provide insight into how they managed with learning vocab? Would you allocate an hour a day to revision, for example, or would you use different strategies?

The grammar is the easy part for me but the sheer amount of vocab that I need to learn is daunting.
 
Make vocab cards. If you have time, laminate them. If not use thick paper.
Writing the plural of the word (in a different colour) on the flip side really helps.
 
barelwi said:
what are the different ways in which one can progress to advanced?
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Read Sarf, Nahw, and Balagha books taught in dars e nizam, read Quran al Karim and ahadith with the application of sarf and nahw (nahwi and sarfi ijraa'), also try to read other Arabic books, as much as you can, on aqidah, fiqh, Usul al fiqh etc., in short, you need to read, read, and read a lot.

Khanah said:
Can any posters provide insight into how they managed with learning vocab?
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you will improve vocabs over time by reading more and more; few tips though;
(i) Use mobile apps, such as almaany, to quickly look up words, save them to favorites, and review the favorites at random every day for a few minutes.
(ii) Maintain an MS Excel or Google Sheet of the new vocabs you come across while you read books, go over this list for a few minutes regularly.
(iii) Do not hesitate to write meanings on the margins of hard books
(iv) take screenshots of pdf you read for new vocabs, mark the vocabs, and review them every now and them
 
Noori said:
Read Sarf, Nahw, and Balagha books taught in dars e nizam, read Quran al Karim and ahadith with the application of sarf and nahw (nahwi and sarfi ijraa'), also try to read other Arabic books, as much as you can, on aqidah, fiqh, Usul al fiqh etc., in short, you need to read, read, and read a lot.
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With regards to advising students starting out, what should they be aiming to memorise? Eventually most things get committed to memory but what aspects must a student sit down and hard-memorise?
 
Polyglot: How I Learn Languages - by Kato Lomb (sometimes one runs into PDFs via search).

Her language learning method and principles

Another summary.

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I recently stumbled across this bit of history and was surprised to find in it an echo of my own experience.

Just going by the summary, this is very similar to how I learned to understand Arabic - quite unconsiously. I'd rate myself as passable or 3 on a 10-point scale (0 grammar, ahem).

Long ago, I had written a lengthy description of the process on another forums. Since it was unintentional, it naturally took a long time. The day I realized that I could actually understand what the najdi khatib was saying in his eid speech in the haram shareef - I was pleasantly surprised.

My first encounter with Arabic wasn't via some novel but a translation of the Qur'an.

If it helps ...
 
Ustadh Asif Mehr Ali - the gentleman behind the Madinah Series videos/lessons passed away a few days ago. A great, loving, passionate and pleasant teacher he was.
 
Unbeknown said:
Polyglot: How I Learn Languages - by Kato Lomb (sometimes one runs into PDFs via search).

Her language learning method and principles

Another summary.

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I recently stumbled across this bit of history and was surprised to find in it an echo of my own experience.

Just going by the summary, this is very similar to how I learned to understand Arabic - quite unconsiously. I'd rate myself as passable or 3 on a 10-point scale (0 grammar, ahem).

Long ago, I had written a lengthy description of the process on another forums. Since it was unintentional, it naturally took a long time. The day I realized that I could actually understand what the najdi khatib was saying in his eid speech in the haram shareef - I was pleasantly surprised.

My first encounter with Arabic wasn't via some novel but a translation of the Qur'an.

If it helps ...
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Something related: Subconscious language learning: reality or science fiction?

And what @Hanafi Sunni summarises in this post vide Mufti Qasim Attari sahib is also - I believe - a different manifestation of the same underlying mechanism for language "acquisition".

The human brain is so attuned to languages that it does surprising things even with little input.

Noam Chomsky's theory of a "universal grammar" for human speech is beginning to sound appealing to me and I think Muslim scholars, especially language teachers, should study Chomsky and other linguists as part of their curricula.
 
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