Write It in Arabic: A Workbook and Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Arabic Alphabet [Paperback]

Naglaa Ghali (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0973051213 | ISBN-13: 978-0973051216 | Publication Date: June 2004

Write it in Arabic is an alphabet guide and workbook which offers a hands-on approach to learning Arabic. The book covers the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet, numbers, vowel marks and handwriting. This workbook includes plenty of examples that teach how to read and write the Arabic script, guides students through the pronunciation of each letter while introducing them to new vocabulary. This book opens from right to left, like any book printed in Arabic.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ghali, Naglaa is a journalist and English/Arabic interpreter who has devoted much of her own time to developing funwitharabic.com, an online program that uses a fun approach to learning Arabic. She resides in Oakville ON Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Fun with Arabic (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0973051213
• ISBN-13: 978-0973051216
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #967,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great practice for writing!, May 26, 2005

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L. Frizzell-reynolds "Lance" (W. Mass.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Write It in Arabic: A Workbook and Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Arabic Alphabet (Paperback)

I couldn't give this book five stars because it lacks CDs to accompany it, but it is GREAT for practicing your writing and learning some additional vocabulary and/or reviewing some of the words you learn on the way. I recommend this as a supplement for writing practice, NOT as something you get to begin learning MSA (Modern Standard Arabic). I will keep coming back to this book throughout my first year to practice my writing with the exercises it provides. Good book for starting but BEWARE it has no CD and some sounds in Arabic NEED to be hear in order to learn!
Overall I highly recommend this book for beginners to practice their writing and pick up/review some vocabulary words. No real grammar included, the writer stated that this book was not designed to be a thorough introduction to MSA but guide to writing and reading Arabic.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It took me back to Kindergarten, May 25, 2007

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F. Scott (Houston,TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Write It in Arabic: A Workbook and Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Arabic Alphabet (Paperback)

I am trying to self learn Arabic and this book was so much fun. It is very basic which is what I needed. The book opens from right to left and forces you to write that way. First you trace the letters and learn the sounds and then you learn how to write on your own. There are several basic exercises that help with you with distinguishing the letters and sounds in words. This book doesn't get into semantics and linguistic explanations...thank God. It just gives you exactly what you need to know in a very basic way...as if you were in kindergarten. I agree that it might have been better if the book came with a cd but it was fun to use and is a great resource for beginners.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helps you read & write any language that uses Arabic script!, April 6, 2008

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Anna "jcailte" (Tukwila, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Write It in Arabic: A Workbook and Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Arabic Alphabet (Paperback)

I am using Rosetta Stone to learn Persian (Farsi) because it's become necessary for my work. While Rosetta Stone is fantastic for learning to speak, it doesn't provide any help at all with understanding the mechanics of the written language, including recognizing 'letters' and writing the in new language. I looked around and happily discovered this book, which gives a detailed guide to reading and writing Arabic script.

The wonderful thing is, this book helps with ANY language that uses Arabic script for writing, not just Arabic itself. The book teaches the script much like learning to write cursive in grade school---first the individual letter, then how to connect two letters together.

This book will not teach you how to speak the language, only how to recognize and write the letters of Arabic writing. It makes a great supplement to help you in learning one of the Near-Eastern languages.