São Paulo – Brazilian publishing house Disal, specialized in language teaching books, mainly English, has decided to expand its options and published two books that serve as tools for those trying to learn Arabic: Fale Árabe em 20 lições (Speak Arabic in 20 lessons), written by Jihad Mohamed Abou Ghouche, and 3.500 Palavras em Árabe (3,500 Words in Arabic), by Thierry Belhassen.
The former provides the structure necessary to communicate in Arabic, in the main verb tenses. The content is organised in 20 lessons. There are also banks of vocabulary separated by theme and answers in the back of the book. “Every five lessons, there is a general review lesson. The book also includes two audio CDs with the pronunciation of almost all the Arabic words in the book,” explained Jorge Capelo, the commercial manager at the publishing house.
The book by Belhasem, the author of a series that includes English, Italian and Spanish, is a practical pocket vocabulary of easy access, very useful when travelling on business or tourism. Words are classified in themes like: means of transport, holidays, urban life, purchasing, work and leisure,” said Capelo.
According to him, the books are already registered at the main bookstores in the country and on the Disal site and demand is good. “We noticed that there are not many publications with this focus in Brazil, despite the great community of descendants,” said the manager. The concern with the quality of the products, both with regard to content and to physical aspect, has been the basic principle guiding the activitites of Disal publishing house, according to Capelo.
Disal was established in 2003 by Francisco Canato, Renato Guazzelli and José Bantim Duarte, three professionals with great experience in the area. Headquartered in São Paulo and with branches in Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais and in the Federal District, Disal Editora has already exceeded 150 titles published.
Apart from the publishing house, the partners own Disal Distribuidora, a company that has been in operation for 40 yaers, importing and selling several international titles. In late 2008, Disal Editora expanded its editorial line by pubslihing 25 reader’s books in English, in partnership with Helbling publishing house. “Plans for the future point towards greater and greater expansion of the editorial line, always focussing on quality,” guarantees the executive.
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Fale Árabe em 20 lições
Author: Jihad Mohamed Abou Ghouche
Format: 16 x 23 cm
Pages: 208
3500 Palavras em Árabe
Author: Thierry Belhassen
Format: 10.5 x 18 cm
Pages: 128
Contact
Disal Editora
www.disaleditora.com.br
Site Disal
www.disal.com.br
*Translated by Mark Ament
