Why ACE My Language

The ACE My language series of books was first released in 2005. Since then we've sold thousands of copies to linguists all over the world. This family of books is designed using a massive corpus of text; aided by statistics and computational linguistics, challenging texts covering every topic, thus enabling linguists to prepare for standard language exams (e.g. the Defense Language Proficiency Test--DLPT5). 
Ace your exam independently, at your pace, and without the help of an instructor. All you have to do is listen to (and read) all the texts included, work on the questions, and you will be on your way to acing your exam. Available languages: Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, and Chinese. Order your copy today.

Ace My Language - ARABIC

Ace My Language - ARABIC

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ACE My Language -- Arabic Edition is the only published book to prepare military, government and college language students for their DLPT5 in Modern Standard Arabic. The DLPT is a crucial test that measures the language knowledge of people who want to work in the US government with a focus on the Arabic-speaking Middle East. The book prepares students for the test and for their jobs. Guaranteed to increase your score on the exam. Includes 406 articles from authentic Arabic sources and a CD with the 406 articles recorded. This book is used at West Point, The Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute and other military language schools around the country. All copies are in a brand new condition.

The ultimate resource you or your students will need to prepare for your job requirements as a translator, analyst or simply to prepare for standard Arabic language tests that examine your listening and reading skills. It is also a great resource for Arabic students in an academic environment or those studying Arabic independently to pass Arabic standard tests as administered by government agencies or academic institutions. Immerse yourself in Arabic like never before to get the results you want and improve your score.

The book and CD will provide you with:

  • Over 400 challenging passages, questions, and audio files by a native speaker of Arabic simulating the actual DLPT format for real practice testing experience.
  • Live material from various open media sources covering all DLPT content objectives including economics, politics, science, technology, geography, culture, social, military, and security.
  • Comprehensive exposure to critical terminology and vocabulary, both familiar and unfamiliar, in various contexts, to increase your overall vocabulary and to improve your ability to infer and deduce meaning.
  • Material of varying levels of complexity, including Arabic and foreign names of people and places, to challenge your listening and reading comprehension.
  • Your first Arab friend, Abu Farid, chiming in on every page with fun cultural commentary including jokes, quotes, and sayings.

Testimonials

The comprehensive Arabic language tutorial package developed by Jabra F. Ghneim has proven to be an invaluable tool for students of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). His work, which involves a vast amount of critical listening and reading question and answer exercises, has proven to be vital to the student that is required to grasp a wide range of global language knowledge. Mr. Ghneim has developed a masterful project that keenly recognizes the necessities for basic and expert understanding of MSA. The material is interwoven from subject to subject which enables the student to quickly transcend all subject matter barriers of learning a foreign language.

Jason E., Arabic Linguist, US Navy

Jabra Ghneim is an excellent language instructor. His excellent command of both Arabic and English coupled with highly effective teaching methods ensures improved results. Under his instruction I was able to raise my scores to their highest levels in 15 years. I would highly recommend his materials and intend to make them a part of my test preparation routine.

Loren B., Arabic Linguist, US Navy

I'm impressed with it (the book) and I do recommend it - based soley on having perused the reading portion (I haven't checked out the listening portion yet but the reading portion alone is great for what the book is intended to do). It is not a "learn Arabic" book. It's an improvement tool for folks who already have some Arabic. It is very well focused specifically on improving DLPT performance. I think the folks who could most benefit from this are those at the 1+ to 2 level who are serious about spending some time and effort getting to 3. This book will help them focus their effort and get the most DLPT improvement out of the time they invest. Casting a wide net in newspapers and internet and reading widely is another approach. But in this book Mr. Ghneim has already cast that wide net for you and collected the material in an easy to use format - plus taken the extra step of constructing DLPT-like questions about the material. He is clearly familiar not only with the kinds of materials that go into a DLPT, but also with the kinds of questions that are constructed around those materials. 

Devin H. USAF