Most Recent Review
This course is the perfect place to start learning Arabic. For an absolute beginner like me, this course was extremely helpful. The material is offered in manageable steps and kept me interested to the end. This brought me to a stage where I can fairly well transliterate Arabic texts that include vowels, and I'm ready to really start learning the language. That was more than I expected, thanks for a great course!
- Review by Mirjam Dubelaar on Learn to Read and Write Arabic For Beginners
Instructor Bio
I have been studying and teaching Arabic in various institutes for nearly ten years now which have included both London based schools and establishments, as well as institutes in Egypt where I spent an extended period of time. During this time, I have witnessed an array of different approaches to teaching Arabic. These have included repetition, visual imagery, attentive listening, and a sundry of other methodologies.
One thing that I noticed when teaching Arabic grammar to students who had already learnt how to read Arabic was that in fact, they hadnt actually learnt how to read Arabic correctly or fluently enough to be able to take on the more complicated grammar. Theyd often make reading errors, struggled to keep up with the rules, couldnt grasp many of the concepts, and simply lacked confidence in their studies. These were otherwise intelligent individuals and so their lack of progress really perplexed me.
So, I investigated further through questionnaires to students combined with solid research on resources and material available for Arabic and discovered that, when it comes to teaching students how to read Arabic, most if not all courses out there only really covered (and quite superficially at that) what we call the Reading Rules, and completely neglect whats called here, Reading Fluency. This meant that students knew enough to read Arabic in a somewhat slow and disjointed fashion but didnt really know enough to venture into learning grammar. Its almost as if there needed to be a middle ground or transitional phase that facilitated their move from reading to grammar.
The course, Learn to Read and Write Arabic really goes some way towards filling that gap thats been holding students back and it is what I have spent every waking hour of the past year attempting to create. Not only does the course cover all the reading rules that you are ever likely to meet when learning to read Arabic, but explains in extensive detail all the fluency rules that will get you prepared to learn Arabic grammar. By the end of the course, you will be reading Arabic like a native and have real confidence in yourself as you approach grammar.
One thing that I noticed when teaching Arabic grammar to students who had already learnt how to read Arabic was that in fact, they hadnt actually learnt how to read Arabic correctly or fluently enough to be able to take on the more complicated grammar. Theyd often make reading errors, struggled to keep up with the rules, couldnt grasp many of the concepts, and simply lacked confidence in their studies. These were otherwise intelligent individuals and so their lack of progress really perplexed me.
So, I investigated further through questionnaires to students combined with solid research on resources and material available for Arabic and discovered that, when it comes to teaching students how to read Arabic, most if not all courses out there only really covered (and quite superficially at that) what we call the Reading Rules, and completely neglect whats called here, Reading Fluency. This meant that students knew enough to read Arabic in a somewhat slow and disjointed fashion but didnt really know enough to venture into learning grammar. Its almost as if there needed to be a middle ground or transitional phase that facilitated their move from reading to grammar.
The course, Learn to Read and Write Arabic really goes some way towards filling that gap thats been holding students back and it is what I have spent every waking hour of the past year attempting to create. Not only does the course cover all the reading rules that you are ever likely to meet when learning to read Arabic, but explains in extensive detail all the fluency rules that will get you prepared to learn Arabic grammar. By the end of the course, you will be reading Arabic like a native and have real confidence in yourself as you approach grammar.
Abdul Wahid Courses
Learn to Read and Write Arabic For Beginners (2019)
4.7 (94 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 5.5h
$11.99
