Gateway to Arabic, Book 1

Gateway to Arabic, Book 1

• 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

The key theme running through this book is the weather and seasons and the student will learn to talk about the temperature and climate in various parts of the world at different times of the year. As usual, passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he/she has acquired.