• Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2011
• Publisher: Teach Yourself Series, John Murray/Hodder Education
• Language: English, Arabic
• Paperback : 304 pages
• ISBN-10 : 144410019X
• ISBN-13 : 978-1444100198
• Dimensions : 13.02 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
• Get it from → Amazon UK | Amazon US | Google Books 

Book Description

Read and write Arabic script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning.

Contents

• Introduction
• Meet the author
• How to read & write Arabic? Essential tips & hints
  • Arabic transliteration & pronunciation guide
  • Arabic script & alphabet
  • Arabic vowels & pronunciation symbols
  • Short vowels
  • Long vowels
  • Supplementary vowels
  • Summary Table: Arabic vowels & phonetic symbols
• Arabic Consonants
  • Unit 1 Letter group no. 1 ء ا ل
  • Unit 2 Letter group no. 2 ب ت ث ن ي
  • Unit 3 Letter group no. 3 م ه ة ك
  • Unit 4 Letter group no. 4 د ذ
  • Unit 5 Letter group no. 5 ر ز و
  • Unit 6 Letter group no. 6 ج ح خ
  • Unit 7 Letter group no. 7 س ش
  • Unit 8 Letter group no. 8 ص ض ط ظ
  • Unit 9 Letter group no. 9 ع غ
  • Unit 10 Letter group no. 10 ق ف

Reading Practice

• Arabic Alphabet with Short Vowels
• Short Vowels
• Long Vowels 
• Supplementary Letters 
• Arabic Diphthongs
• Sun & Moon Letters
• Arabic Tongue Twisters

Beyond Letters & Sounds

• Unit 11    Arabic calligraphy & script styles
• Unit 12    Arabic numerals
• Unit 13    Arabic alphabet as numerals
• Unit 14    Arabic handwriting
• Unit 15    Arabic transcription
• Unit 16    Arabic ligatures & letter combinations
• Unit 17    Western letters in Arabic style
• Unit 18    Arabic abbreviations
• Unit 19 Arabic punctuation           
• Unit 20    Arabic root word system
• Appendices
  • Arabic Script
  • Arabic Alphabet in a Nutshell  
  • Arabic Alphabet: In isolated and connected forms
  • Arabic Alphabet: Grouped by Similar Shapes
  • Arabic Sounds 
  • Arabic Sounds: Familiar to English Speakers
  • Arabic Sounds: Unfamiliar to English Speakers
• Vocabulary Index
  • Arabic Numerals
  • Colours
  • Days of the Week 
  • Months of the Year
  • Time Vocabulary
  • Family
  • Food & Drink 
  • Arab Countries
  • Basic Adjectives 
  • Public Signs & Notices
  • Foreign Words 
  • Common Arabic Names
  • Arabic Loanwords in English
  • Spoken Arabic

• Similar Sounding Letters
• Survival Expressions
• Arabic Homonyms, Homophones & Homographs 

Grammar

• Question Words
• Prepositions 
• Personal Pronouns
• Object Pronouns 
• Subject Pronouns

Key to exercises