Jane Wightwick - Read and Speak Arabic for Beginners

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Welcome to Read & Speak Arabic. This program will introduce you to the Arabic language in easy-to-follow steps. The focus is on enjoyment and understanding, on reading words rather than writing them yourself. Through activities and games youll learn how to read and speak basic Arabic in less time than you thought possible.

Youll find these exciting features in your program:

So now you can take your first steps in Arabic with confidence, enjoyment and a real sense of progress.

Whenever you see the audio symbol, youll find listening and speaking activities on the audio. The symbol shows the track number.

Track 1 is an introduction to the sounds of Arabic. Listen to this before you start and come back to it at later stages if you need to.

Key Words

Look at the script for each key word and try to visualize it, connecting its image to the pronunciation you hear on the audio track.

(1) Capital letters in the pronunciation, e.g. faa T ima, indicate emphatic sounds (refer to and audio track 1).

Remember that Arabic reads right to left and most short vowels (a, i, u) are not written as part of the main script. They can be included as marks above and below the letters but you wont normally see them. Refer to the alphabet table on if you want to work out the individual letters in a word, but try to let this happen gradually as you progress.

Dont expect to take it all in at once. If you find yourself using strategies at first such as recognizing words by their initial letters or shapes, think of this as a positive start and not as cheating.

Join the script to the pronunciation, as in the example.

Now say the Arabic out loud and write the English next to each. Remember to start on the right.

Language Focus

Most Arabic letters join to the next letter in a word and change their shape to a greater or lesser extent when they join. Six letters do not join, the most common of which is alif. The table on shows how the individual letters change.

As a general principle the left-hand side (or tail) of a letter is removed before the following letter is joined.

Look at how these words you have met are formed (read