A classroom (not self-study) text for intermediate students, providing an introduction to the language of news items, printed or broadcast. In Arabic, news items have a limited stylistic and syntactic range, making them useful for oral/aural work at the intermediate level. Furthermore, students of Arabic frequently seek access to the Arab media, which often cover stories not reported fully in western media. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.