Gateway to Arabic Book 1 Starter Book

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