This looks like a great book!
Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy: Using mnemonics to remember a huge list of Arabic vocabulary (300+ Words) (Volume 1) [Paperback]
D J Western (Author)
Book Description
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
Vocabulary is key to understanding a language, yet memorizing vocabulary is one of the hardest tasks anyone can do. This book gives the reader an easy method of memorizing key Arabic vocabulary using mnemonics. By associating Arabic terms to clever phrases and unique allusions, any reader from beginning to advanced will almost instantly improve their vocabulary. And with over 300 words to work with, that vocabulary will soon be immense!
http://www.amazon.com/Arabic-Vocabulary-Made-Easy-vocabulary/dp/0615454526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301380949&sr=8-1and a newly released sequel:
Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy (Volume 2) [Paperback]
D. J. Western (Author)
Book Description
Publication Date: April 3, 2011
Memorizing vocabulary is never easy. But with great mnemonics to help you’ll be increasing your vocabulary in minutes. Based on the highly successful first volume of Arabic Vocabulary Made Easy, Professor D.J. Western now introduces 300 new words with a focus on Business, Military, and Media Arabic. Studying these terms will not only help you with understanding media Arabic, it will also help anyone who is studying for military language testing or other proficiency examinations to pass their tests with flying colors. Additionally, the words contained in this second volume will help the Arabic student to obtain higher levels of spoken proficiency. Whatever your level, this book will help you improve to a new level and will help you to get there in record time. Each page contains key mnemonics listed as clever catch phrases, word associations, and other helpful examples to make Arabic vocabulary easy to digest. And with terrific pictures along with each of the mnemonics, remembering the vocabulary term is a piece of cake. Give it a try. Before you know it your vocabulary will increase in record time!
http://www.amazon.com/Arabic-Vocabulary-Made-Easy-2/dp/1461053757/ref=pd_sim_b_1