Gateway To Arabic Book 1

With its wealth of practice materials; Gateway to Arabic Book One teaches the skills necessary for reading and writing the language.

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: fatha; kasra and damma

The recognition and formulation of letters in their joined forms

Nunation (al-tanween)

The three long vowels (al-madd)

Al-sukun

Al-shadda

The sun and moon letters (al-huruf al-shamsiyyah wa'l-qamariyyah); and their associated rules

Al-alif al-maqsura

Al-hamza