Author: Eckehard Schuiz is a Professor of Arabic Studies at the Oriental Institute, University of Leipzig. He is an experienced teacher and interpreter of Arabic and the author of several textbooks in the field. Book: The book "Standard Arabic (An Elementary Intermediate Course)" presents a comprehensive foundation course for beginning students of written and spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), providing an essential grounding for successful communication with speakers of the many colloquial varieties. This long-established and successful text has been completely revised with the needs of English-speaking learners, especially in mind, and will prove invaluable to students and teachers alike. Topics: The Alphabet, Auxilliary Signs, Pronouns, Adverbs, The Article, Gender, Sun and Moon Letters, Equational Sentence, Prepositions, Adjective