Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
“Languages”, Sir Arthur Cotton writes, “are usually learnt as if it took a long time to learn the grammar &c., but that to speak with a good pronunciation and expression, and freely, and to catch the words from a speaker by the ear were easily and quickly acquired, but this is exactly contrary to fact.” Cotton’s “Vocal system” differs from the traditional grammatical method of learning languages in that it emphasises the development of correct pronunciation and the gradual acquisition of correct...
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Episodes (13)
00 – Directions for Using the Books of the ‘Vocal’ System
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
01 – The Alphabet
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
02 – Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
03 – The Article
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
04 – The Cardinal Numbers
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
05 – Ordinal Numbers
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
06 – The Names of the Months
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
07 – The Days of the Week
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
08 – The Four Seasons
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
09 – Sounds
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
10 – First Thirty Words
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
11 – First Set
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton
12 – Second Set
Arabic Primer by Sir Arthur Cotton