– 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
