Jusuur 1 presents a wellrounded curriculum that encourages active communication in Arabic from day one and is suitable for engaging students at a variety of levels including high school community college and fouryear colleges.Students learn the letters and sounds of Arabic with the accompanying Jusuur 1 Arabic Alphabet Workbook while they simultaneously use Jusuur 1 to work through thematically organized lessons on such topics as greetings hospitality free time and family. Jusuur 1 invites students to make the linguistic social and cultural connections key to language acquisition through carefully scaffolded vocabulary and grammar activities cultural explanations and frequent opportunities for reflection. A series of companion videos filmed in Jordan offers a unique introduction to common everyday interactions in the Arab world.