With its wealth of practice materials, Gateway to Arabic Book One teaches the skills necessary for reading and writing the language.

This book covers:

• Recognition of Arabic letters in their isolate form
• Formulation of letters in their written isolate form, with clear arrows to indicate the correct writing direction
• The three short vowels: fatha, kasra and damma
• The recognition and formulation of letters in their joined forms
• Nunation (al-tanween)
• The three long vowels (al-madd)
• Al-sukun Al-shadda
• The sun and moon letters (al-huruf al-shamsiyyah wa'l-qamariyyah), and their associated rules
• Al-alif al-maqsura
• Al-hamza