GATEWAY TO ARABIC : Book 1

GATEWAY TO ARABIC is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary acquisition and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensure that the materials are easy to learn from and to teach.

This Book covers:

• Recognition of Arabic letters in their isolate form
• Formulation of letters in their written isolate form, with clear arrows to indicate the correct writing direction
• The three short vowels: fat-ha, kasra, and damma
• Letter recognition and formulation in their joined forms
• Nunation (At-tanween)
• The three long vowels: Al-Madd
• Al-sukun
• Al-Shadda
• The sun and moon letters (Al-Huruf Ash-Shamsiyyah wal Qamariyyah) and their associated rules
• Al-Alif Al-Maqsura
• Al-Hamza