How to read Arabic and teach yourself or your child Arabic alphabets

 

Let’s learn the Arabic alphabet in small chunks. Three alphabets per day. Yes, you heard it clear, just three alphabets a day.

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د	ج	ب
da	ja	ba

 

Write these alphabets on an A5 size paper or carton paper. Flash in front of student or child, say out load the alphabet. Slowly: from right to left. Ba, Ja, da

The alphabet above is not in sequence. This is for to take a visual photogenic image of the alphabets.

Next, group these alphabets and start flashing it in front of the student and say out load again; this time a fast motion of moving the flash cards. from right to left. Ba, Ja, da

Now not in sequence: da, ja, ba

Then: ja, ba, da.

Now give your learner the cards for him to hold and really observe the alphabets.

The next day; repeat these alphabets again, once the learner mastered the alphabets, you can move on to the next letter. Not in the alphabetic sequence.

 

ل	ض	س
la	Dha	sa

 

Practice the same method above

The second day practice alphabets: sa, Dha, la. Once the learner say the correct alphabets. Start revising the first day lesson such as.

 

د	ج	ب
da	ja	ba
ل	ض	س
la	Dha	sa

 

Again, the alphabets are flash out not in sequence.

In couple of weeks, you can master Arabic alphabets. Once you know the 28 alphabets, you start to introduce strokes on the alphabets.

 

دَ	جَ	بَ
da	ja	ba

 

A stroke on the alphabet is read as “A” that said; ba, ja and da

Practice more alphabets

 

دَ	جَ	بَ
da	ja	ba
لَ	ضَ	سَ
la	Dha	sa

 

Now the next step is to read the 28 alphabets with strokes, this time in sequence:

  

تَ	بَ	أَ
ta	ba	Aa
حَ	جَ	ثَ
ha	ja	tsa

 

Next step

تَ أَ بَ	بَ أَ بَ	أَ بَ تَ
Ta Aa ba	Ba Aa ba	Aa ba ta
بَ أَ تَ	أَ أَ بَ	بَ بَ تَ
Ba Aa ta	Aa Aa ba	Ba ba ta

 Here is a link to the recommended Arabic alphabet book for you

Having an Arabic resource is crucial for you to know Arabic, it just some skills related to discovering a new foreign language and learning Arabic is just a process.

 

Do you have recommendation of learning the Arabic alphabet book?

There are lots of this type of book in the market, but this book is good for you

How can I learn and master the Arabic alphabet to the same level I can read English? (I speak it natively). I want to go word by word but am currently only going letter by letter, any help is appreciated.

 Reply:

This book consists of youtube.com links to learn basic Arabic alphabets and writing techniques. The book is designed for students to master reading and writing skills during their first step in taking this Arabic course, once they master basic Arabic alphabets the book will teach merging of letters and later on new Arabic words and sentence. The QR codes links to video Arabic alphabets. Explained clearly. There is no transliteration of Arabic alphabets. by the time students reach the middle of this book, they can read and write thus, to develop their skill set, we have enhanced the course with new Arabic words and sentence taken step by step to teach Arabic.  This is in series 1 of this Arabic book. However, in series 2, still in the pipeline, we will increase writing skills and sentence and speaking Arabic skills.

It is best if student know the alphabets, then read and at the same time write the alphabets.

□    Use a pencil to trace and erase off mistakes and rewrite again. Teachers should check students writing and sign on the page and instruct students to write properly.

□    Encourage students to memorize new words

□   There is no space in between alphabets unless it is a word. A space separates word. We recommend the book for your learning discoveries. 

 

I can speak Arabic to a good extent, but I can't read or write it. How long would it take for me to learn the alphabet and thus read and write it?

Reply: 

"It depends on your commitment to learn reading and if possible, writing the alphabets. We have college students taking the post graduate course. They start learning alphabets from zero, they speak English and had never learn Arabic in their life time but, within 72 hours of lesson, they manage to read and write Arabic and there more interesting stories of student who is successful in learning the Arabic language course". really recommend this book: learning discoveries. 

 

How do you read Arabic without harakat (Arabic diacritic)?

"Once you take this Arabic course, you can master harakat".

 

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