Book Three offers a step-by-step approach to learning past and present tense verbs, with plenty of opportunity for practice. Each point of grammar is reinforced through sample conversations that offer the student the chance to use the language in a meaningful context and develop confidence in self-expression.
This book covers: Over 60 past and present tense verbs The imperative and negative imperative The nominative, accusative and genitive cases, including the genitive of possession (idafa) Comparative and superlative adjectives Attached and detached pronouns Word roots and word patterns Cardinal numbers from 1 to 19 and ordinal numbers from 1 to 10, and the rules governing their usage Prepositions Dialogue practice A comprehensive listing of the nouns used in the book, together with their plural forms A list of the past tense verbs used in the book, together with their present tense forms

Gateway to Arabic Book Four focuses on family relationships and life in the home. It builds upon the student's knowledge of past, present and imperative verbs by introducing some hollow, doubled root letter and 'hamzated' verb forms. Each topic is reinforced through the provision of realistic dialogues to enable the student to gain greater confidence and fluency in using Arabic.
This book covers: Family relationships Home and family life Asking for and giving directions Telling the time Extensive dialogue practice Doubled root letter verbs Hollow verbs Verbs with an initial alif or waw Verbs with a medial or final hamza Interrogative particles Rules governing hamza Cardinal numbers from 20 to 99 and ordinal numbers from 1 to 19 and the rules governing their use. A comprehensive listing of the nouns used in the book, together with their plural forms A list of the past tense of 115 verbs used in the book, together with their present tense forms.

The final and most advanced volume of the Al-Kitaab Arabic textbook program, Part Three is intended to help learners reach a superior level of proficiency by expanding vocabulary and providing paragraph-level activities in reading, writing, and speaking. More than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world address a range of political, social, religious, and literary themes and represent a range of genres, styles, and periods. Although the book focuses primarily on modern Arabic, classical Arabic texts have been incorporated into some of the lessons to introduce students to the continuity of the language throughout its history.

Like previous books in the series, Part Three presents vocabulary-building drills and contextualized explanations of grammar, with exercises designed to push students toward independent learning.

The original text and audio are now bound together in one volume along with new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid in Egyptian Arabic, making Part Three an invaluable textbook and reader.

Features:

• Guides learners to the superior level of proficiency
• Strengthens reading skills
• Increases vocabulary acquisition
• Refines and expands knowledge of sentence structure and the Arabic verb system
• Provides extensive writing activities
• Widens cultural background
• Includes more than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world
• Audio tracks have been remastered as MP3 files, recorded on one CD, and bound into the book
• Includes all new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid
• New video material continues instruction in the Egyptian dialect

Professor Abdur Rahim is the director of the Translation Centre of the King Fahd Quran Printing Complex and former professor of Arabic at the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Professor Abdur Rahim's eight-volume texts enable the student to acquire a knowledge of Arabic in the classical structural form. All of the books teach essential language skills through applied grammar. Each lesson is based on a conversation which illustrates distinctive language patterns. A variety of exercises helps the student to understand and master each of the patterns occuring in the lesson. The vocabulary ranges from classical and Quranic Arabic to words and expressions current in modern Arabic. This series of books is currently being utilized at various schools to prepare students for the University of London (UK) GCE O-Level and A-Level examinations.

This new edition includes three DVDs bound into the book that feature contextualized vocabulary, cultural background and illustrations, and new listening comprehension materials with each lesson. Newly recorded colloquial audio and video materials also accompany each lesson and continue the story of Maha and Khalid and their travels to Cairo with brief explanatory vocabulary and notes provided in the text. The appendices include grammatical reference charts, an Arabic–English glossary, and a grammar index. The materials cover approximately 150 contact hours of instruction, and students who complete Part Two should reach advanced proficiency.

Each lesson in Part Two centers on a text that deals with a social, historical, literary, or cultural issue. In addition to the main reading text, students will also find additional authentic texts for reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary and grammar exercises, close listening and speaking activities, and cultural background for the reading.

The newly revised and repackaged Part Two has been restructured to reflect pedagogical developments over the last eight years, updated with new authentic reading and listening texts, and expanded with new video materials. In addition to the speaking, listening, and writing skills emphasized throughout each lesson, more time and emphasis is placed on activating vocabulary and structure with new activities for inside and outside the classroom.

Features:

• Provides basic texts of printed media to help students connect the written and aural/oral aspects of Arabic
• Features intensive reading that is focused on grammar and pronunciation-not just comprehension
• Contains substantial amounts of drills and exercises to help students memorize and gain active control of an expanded vocabulary
• Explores the root and pattern system of Arabic grammar and complex sentence structure using vocabulary, complex texts, and translation exercises
• Develops writing skills at the paragraph level to encourage synthesis of vocabulary and grammar
• Provides explicit instructions to students and instructors on drills and activities, including recommendations on appropriate exercises for inside and outside the classroom
• New interactive DVDs contain reading comprehension texts with new material and new listening comprehension material
• DVDs present cultural background with illustrations and continues the story of Maha and Khalid using both Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic

Read Method: To Teach Arabic Language Reading
Language is a tool of thinking and logical analysis. Thinking is a mental process that requires semantics. Language is also a means to understand ideas, culture, and civilization. It is used to communicate; therefore, it is necessary to study both the sounds and the meanings of lexical items.

The idea of this book is to focus teaching on reading and writing skills, so that students can become confident readers and enjoy reading and learn to write clearly so that they can communicate and express themselves.

The reasons for the creation of this book include the following:

1. Reading is the most important human communication skill.
2. Reading gets students interested students in science and other branches of knowledge.
3. Reading enriches linguistic competence, as well cultural and communicative competence.

This book was created to counter negative trends in teaching reading and to help overcome problems in social communication.

The goals of studying this book are for the student to master fluent reading without difficulties or mistakes and to master writing using beautiful handwriting.
The advantages of this book over other books include the following:

1. Organization, classification, and updated material.
2. Gradual progress in teaching reading and writing.
3. Clarity of the examples for the Arabic letters.
4. Previous rules used a Quranic font; this one uses a standard font.

Learning objectives for Arabic language learners using this book include the following:

• Linguistic competence— That students can produce the appropriate sounds to speak Arabic correctly.
• Communicative competence—That students can use Arabic spontaneously, express their thoughts and experiences fluently, and understand what they hear.
• Cultural competence—That students gain exposure to some Arabic culture.

Objectives for the four key language learning skills include the following:

1. Reading—To master reading skills and use them in different situations.
2. Writing—To use writing skills in varied situations.
3. Speaking—To speak correctly and confidently.
4. Listening—To distinguish and understand different sounds and words.

Students will also learn enough vocabulary for comprehensive understanding and for expressing themselves.
This book targets the following four groups:

1. Children at the elementary level.
2. Struggling middle-school students.
3. First-time readers.
4. Non-native speakers.

The following target institutions can benefit from this book:

1. Schools and preschools
2. Quran schools
3. Quran societies
4. Cultural centers
5. Language centers
6. Special needs centers
7. Summer camps and clubs

This book teaches the basics of Arabic reading and it contains the following:

• Letters with harakat (short vowel marks—fatha, damma, and kasra)
• Letters with sukun
• Tanween
• Letters of madd
• Letters with shadda
• The definite article (“the”)
• Al-Alif al-fariqa
• Hamza al-wasl
• Open and closed forms of ta and ha
• Things that are written differently than they are pronounced

 

This book is part of IQRA's Program of Arabic Studies that can be used in conjunction with IQRA' Arabic Reader series, levels 4 through 6, for further explanation, examples and drilling. However, it can be used as an independent textbook on Arabic grammar for junior high, high school, college students and adults. For the students who have studied IQRA' Arabic Reader series, this volume provides a natural transition to a formal introduction to Arabic grammar. Generally speaking, the language of this book is simple and the rules of grammar are gradually explained in a lucid language and explained the rules of Arabic grammar for junior and senior level students as well as for adults. Each lesson is well-planned, explaining one simple rule of grammar and providing explanation for the rules, examples, new vocabulary and various exercises that both youngsters and adults can understand without much difficulty. Though this is not a book self-teaching, students who have acquired certain level of proficiency in Arabic can use it as a reference grammar book in conjunction with a higher level course in Arabic language. However, the usage of this book can yield best results if used with the help of and under the supervision of an instructor of Arabic language.
Thoroughly revised and expanded by IQRA' expert on Arabic language, this new volume provides further and thorough and systemic covering of the topics initiated in First Steps.

We, at Noorart, believe that teaching language is a critical tool in communication and ultimately in the development of knowledge. In our quest to provide our customers with quality materials, we are pleased to offer the Learn Arabic series. It employs modern methods of teaching foreign language to successfully teach the Arabic language to students in K-12th grade. This series was founded upon the following three fundamentals of teaching languages presented in an Islamic context:
1. Elements: Sounds, letters, phrases, and pronunciation
2. Skills: Reading, writing, speaking, and listening
3. Linguistic Functions: Introduction, greetings, description , requests, and apologies.
Series Contents:
The Learn Arabic series consists of textbooks, workbooks, and teacher’s manuals for levels K-12th grade. The textbooks aim to present basic elements of the Arabic language and their functions, while the activity books focus on enrichment material with special emphasis on writing. The teacher’s manuals offer tips on teaching Arabic efficiently with positive results.
Support Material: Teachers will be pleased with the full array of support materials available, such as a collection of audio records, posters, and cards. These books also include ideas for additional activities, such as chants, competitions, and linguistic plays. All of these materials will help to make each lesson exciting and active for students.
Student Textbook: The Student Textbooks are comprised of 25 units: 20 basic units of new material, plus an additional 5 units for revision which appear after every 4th unit. Each basic unit contains 4 lessons of new material, including dialog text, expressions, and vocabulary, and communication exercises. These units contain conversations, pronunciations and expressions, grammatical structures, listening, reading, thinking, writing, and extra activities, such as selections of Qur’an, ahadith and anasheed. Where the teacher books include a midterm and final test. Answer keys can be found in the teacher's manuals.
Activity Book: These 41 page activity books simply enhance the material found within the student textbooks. They mainly concentrate on writing skills with some review of verbal skills. Each contains many different activities which can be done at school or at home, such as coloring and painting pages; word matches; reading letters and sentences; writing words, letters, and numbers; and answering questions. Some of the activities should be completed at home with a parent to strengthen the relationship between home and school. 

The I Love Arabic Series comes to you from expert language teachers living in over 41 European countries. It focuses on teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers, especially benefiting those who have little time to commit to Arabic throughout the weekdays, and makes learning easy by covering several educational levels: Kindergarten level for ages 3-5 years old and levels 1-6 for ages 6-11 years old. Three systematic divisions (sounds, words and syntactical structure, and conversational practices) enable the learner to generate language accurately in a variety of highly successful modern techniques. These focus sections present the Arabic language clearly and inclusively to meet the needs of Western learners. This curriculum develops fluency by communication, discovery, realization, and then application. It helps Arabic learners to deal confidently with Arabic culture, plus different types of reading and listening passages

1. Reading techniques are developed through the study of a wide selection of authentic reading passages, including classic Arabic without concentration on spoken dialect. Regular vocabulary exercises examine word building techniques.
2. Careful balances of authentic and scripted listening materials build confidence whilst offering the ability to communicate with native Arabic speakers.
3. A presentation of Arabic culture patterns help Western children to connect with their Arabic speaking peers in other parts of the world.

Student Text: The student text is the first step of I Love Arabic Series (from 7 years old) and is supported by a comprehensive workbook, handwriting book, and teacher case. The text is comprised of 16 units discussing critical issues of a child’s world. Each unit is divided accordingly:

• Reading Dialogue: Simple and short passages comprising linguistic structures of sounds, vocabulary, expressions, and syntax structures, aim to facilitate learning by teaching the language process and communication.
• Vocabulary: Vocabulary words are taken directly from reading dialogue. They are combined with graphics to further student understanding and sensory perception.
• Conversation: Conversational exercises encourage students to participate in classroom activities, apply reading material within dialogue, and ultimately become fluent speakers.
• Sounds: The Arabic language is introduced sound by sound to avoid difficulties that students may encounter while learning letters with similar appearance or sound.

Workbook: The patterns of exercises include:

• Listening Comprehension: Exercises aimed at determining the level of children’s comprehension for new vocabularies and expressions.
• Reading Comprehension: Exercises aimed at determining the level of children’s comprehension for the meaning of dialogue expressions.
• Vocabulary: New vocabulary is listed to help with student memorization.
• New Phrases: More exercises to support the student text.
• Writing Composition: This section focuses on word expressions and sentences to reinforce more complete writing skills.
• Writing: Students practice writing letters and then joining them to become words. Illustrations help students to visualize words.
• Illustrated Dictionary: An illustrated dictionary appears at the end of the workbook and includes word sets found throughout the lessons making memorization easy.

Handwriting Book: Students practice writing Arabic letters, words, and then expressions.
Teacher Case: Consists of:

1. Teacher Guide: Tips on efficient teaching practices.
2. Posters to be used as classroom visual aids.
3. Audio tapes.