Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business - Paperback

by Mohssen Esseesy (Author)

Successful communication in business requires more than the mastery of another language.Mohssen Esseesy's Al-Munjiz helps learners cultivate strategies for increasing language proficiency while building strong cultural awareness. It merges language instruction with lessons on how to design an appropriate résumé, respond to a job advertisement, analyze energy and fuel markets, and otherwise navigate Arab business contexts. Through this thoughtful exposure to Arab professional life and culture, Esseesy crafts a well-rounded content-based textbook that promotes crucial critical thinking and problem solving skills for business competency.

With chapter-modules that can be taught in any sequence, Al-Munjiz develops core competencies for advanced Arabic learners through six key business topics: Islamic banking, geography, employment, fuel and energy, e-commerce, and tourism. The textbook features authentic materials, case studies, business sources, and provides video interviews with prominent Arab business experts that enrich the comprehension of targeted topics (available on the publisher website). Al-Munjiz includes diverse types of exercises and activities, making the textbook ideal for linking the classroom with commerce for school, college and university, government, and private and professional language group instruction.

Front Jacket

Foreign Language Study/Arabic

Finally, a textbook for advanced business Arabic that makes sense. Al-Munjiz is a well-organized book that provides authentic material for enhancing learners' knowledge of business Arabic. With contemporary topics such as Islamic banking and e-commerce, a modern approach that allows learners to be both analytical and creative, a variety of activities designed to address all language skills, and a handy glossary, this book is a great addition to any business Arabic class.-Mai Zaki, associate professor, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

In the Arabic-speaking world, success in business communication requires more than a mastery of the language. Mohssen Esseesy's Al-Munjiz provides learners with strategies for increasing language proficiency while building strong cultural awareness. It merges language instruction with practical lessons on how to design an appropriate résumé, respond to a job advertisement, analyze energy and fuel markets, and otherwise navigate Arab business contexts. Through this thoughtful exposure to Arab professional life and culture, Esseesy crafts a well-rounded, content-based textbook that promotes crucial critical thinking and problem solving skills for business competency.

With chapter-modules that can be taught in any sequence, Al-Munjiz develops core competencies for advanced Arabic learners through six key business topics: Islamic banking, geography, employment, fuel and energy, e-commerce, and tourism. The textbook features authentic materials, case studies, exercises, and business sources. Video interviews with prominent Arab business experts to enrich the comprehension of targeted topics are available on the publisher's website. Al-Munjiz links the classroom with business and is ideal for school, college and university, government, and private and professional language group instruction.

Mohssen Esseesy is a professor of Arabic and international affairs and director of the Arabic program in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University. He has published extensively on Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics and is the author of Grammaticalization of Arabic Prepositions and Subordinators: A Corpus-Based Study.

Back Jacket

Foreign Language Study/Arabic

"Finally, a textbook for advanced business Arabic that makes sense. Al-Munjiz is a well-organized book that provides authentic material for enhancing learners' knowledge of business Arabic. With contemporary topics such as Islamic banking and e-commerce, a modern approach that allows learners to be both analytical and creative, a variety of activities designed to address all language skills, and a handy glossary, this book is a great addition to any business Arabic class."-Mai Zaki, associate professor, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

In the Arabic-speaking world, success in business communication requires more than a mastery of the language. Mohssen Esseesy's Al-Munjiz provides learners with strategies for increasing language proficiency while building strong cultural awareness. It merges language instruction with practical lessons on how to design an appropriate résumé, respond to a job advertisement, analyze energy and fuel markets, and otherwise navigate Arab business contexts. Through this thoughtful exposure to Arab professional life and culture, Esseesy crafts a well-rounded, content-based textbook that promotes crucial critical thinking and problem solving skills for business competency.

With chapter-modules that can be taught in any sequence, Al-Munjiz develops core competencies for advanced Arabic learners through six key business topics: Islamic banking, geography, employment, fuel and energy, e-commerce, and tourism. The textbook features authentic materials, case studies, exercises, and business sources. Video interviews with prominent Arab business experts to enrich the comprehension of targeted topics are available on the publisher's website. Al-Munjiz links the classroom with business and is ideal for school, college and university, government, and private and professional language group instruction.

Mohssen Esseesy is a professor of Arabic and international affairs and director of the Arabic program in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University. He has published extensively on Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics and is the author of Grammaticalization of Arabic Prepositions and Subordinators: A Corpus-Based Study.

Author Biography

Mohssen Esseesy is a professor of Arabic and international affairs and Director of the Arabic program in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University. He has published extensively on Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics and is the author of Grammaticalization of Arabic Prepositions and Subordinators: A Corpus-Based Study.