The Arabic Series a Virtual Conversations® language program

Product Description
This is a role-playing, educational experience designed to help you speak and understand Arabic. Four Virtual Conversations® programs allow you to gather information through direct dialogues with native Arabic speakers. Assume the role of "Interrogator" and engage in hours of face-to-face dialogue with native Arabs as they reveal their intriguing stories. An intelligent prompting system will guide you through a perfect interview. A video Instructor who will help you pronounce the Arabic questions and phrases necessary to conduct the interview. EPW involves an enemy prisoner of war captured near the Kuwait border. He has information about troops, weapons, and attack plans. He speaks in Iraqi dialect. The user may interrogate the EPW in either Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Iraqi dialect. The objective is to determine the veracity of his story and to recommend the appropriate action. The pilot scenario concerns a pilot in the Iraqi air force who has decided to defect. He is an officer and has valuable military information. The user may interrogate him in either Iraqi dialect or MSA; his responses are a natural mix of dialect and MSA. The objective is to determine if the pilot is a legitimate defector and evaluate his potential intelligence value. A civilian student at Baghdad University was arrested for political reasons. When released, he embarked on a harrowing escape across Iraq. He wishes to emigrate to the USA and is requesting political asylum. The user speaks MSA to conduct the interview. The objective is to learn his story, assess its veracity, and make recommendations about his request for asylum. The Kurdish refugee and his family are in a camp organized by U.S. Special Operations Forces. The refugee appears to be an educated man with the potential to help manage the camp. He responds to and speaks MSA. The objective is to determine whether he is trustworthy to assist in the organization and management of the camp.