Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 by Dr. V. Abdur Rahim (2006-01-01)

Description

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. Review: The best Arabic book for non English speakers! - I teach Arabic at Sunday school and I chose this book after careful consideration and months of research for so many Arabic books. This by far was the best book and I don’t regret ordering it for my classroom. Highly recommend for students who can read Arabic but don’t understand it (finished Al-Bayan book for instance ) but don’t know the meaning or how to form a sentence. Review: The best beginners book for learning Arabic. - Awesome book, before I knew only how to read arabic and didn't understand it at all, BUT learning by this book woken up my interest in learning and helped me to start somewhere. Simple and step by step layout of the book makes it easier to learn. Each chapter is only in arabic followed by English explanation of the grammar points and points to remember. Loved the explanation behind each chapter: clear concise and to the point. It is nice to have someone to explain or practice with, but if you don't, your effort and explanation on the back of the chapters will help you get it through) There is also a youtube videos based on this book. It is also possible to find some free worksheets correlated to this book on the web to have more practice. If you study by yourself the only thing you should know BEFORE starting this book is how to read arabic (and you don't have to read fluently, just make sure to know how to recognize the letters and blend the sounds together because the book don't have phonetic pronunciation of the words). **the only thing is the book I received don't have boy and girl on the cover, I think it is a newer version of the books because I got covers with circles on it) But my friend has the boy and girl on the cover and I didn't notice any difference yet. Also I am not sure what is cheaper set of five or buying one by one...The point is no matter what cover of the book the insides are more important)