Learn How To Speak Arabic: Beginner – Intermediate (Small Book)

Professor Abdur Rahim, 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, has authored texts designed to impart a knowledge of classical Arabic through applied grammar. Each lesson, based on a conversation, illustrates distinctive language patterns. These patterns are elucidated by a variety of helpful exercises. The vocabulary ranges from classical and Quranic Arabic to 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.

Arabic Between Your Hands Series is one of the programs in a collection of programs called “Arabic For All”. This series is a developed version of the book “Arabic Between Your Hands”, that introduces a comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speakers, students and teachers. This curriculum is developed for educational entities, including schools, college and universities. It starts with the basic level, and continues with the students until they master the Arabic language, that enables them to join university and continue their Arabic studies in various majors. The authors of the original series, who are an academic team specialized in teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speakers, has developed this series.

Level’s units, books and lessons:

The third level consists of two parts (books), each of which includes 8 units (total of 16 units). Each unit consists of 7 lessons, constituting a total of 112 basic lessons in this level.

The third level (part 1 and 2) comprises 5 tests as follows:

• Level determining test at the beginning of the first book to determining the student’s level and his ability to begin the third level.
• Small test in the middle of the first book.
• Midlevel test at the end of the first book.
• Small test in the middle of the second book.
• Final comprehensive test at the end of the second book.

At the end of the third level, there is a list of vocabularies that are used in each unit and another list of all the vocabularies of the level arranged alphabetically.

Al-’Arabiyyah bayna yadayk Means Arabic in Your Hands.

The great thing about these books is, that it covers a lot of vocabulary through pictures, Images and using Arabic Only, introduces the students to grammar later and gradually rather than pushing them at the deep end before they can swim.

Much like Arabic Course for English Speaking Students 3 Volumes Set, UKIA, it is more Islamic inclined and fulfils the desire for the student of knowledge to learn the language of the Qur’an.

Students who had completed all three books wanted something else to reach higher competency, which has given rise to volume 4 which is available in 2 Parts.

Al-’Arabiyyah bayna yadayk series comes in 3 Basic  Student Books and a further study Book 4 Parts 1 & Book 4 Part 2