Learn 5 Arabic letters - Read 12 Sentences!

 

 As-Salaamu Alaykum Students & Friends!

Read 12 short Arabic sentences and learn to distinguish between statements and questions using أَ [a] (and هَلْ [hal]) in Arabic - while only using 5 letters of the Arabic Alphabet! This is the fourth short video to help beginners to read Arabic, and to help those who can read - improve their reading and understanding of the Arabic Language. The five letters of the word البنت [al-bintu] are used in 12 short sentences. These 12 sentences contain only these 5 letters - and no other letters (except for the هـ  [h] in [hal]), to help readers to gain confidence in reading Arabic, even though they might only know 5 letters! In the previous 3 short videos about 34 words were covered with only these 5 letters.  Now, in this video you'll learn to read 12 sentences using only these 5 letters! At the end of the video, there is a short quiz to check if you have mastered reading and understanding (by translating) these few sentences!

By the way, the 34 words covered in these short videos appear more than 15 000 times in Al-Quran! (See: Read ARABIC Today: Introduction  for more info on this.)

 These videos present Module One which form part of the series whereby the whole Arabic alphabet will be introduced to non-Arabs a few letters at a time.  Most other approaches introduce the entire alphabet, before covering any words or meanings.  On the other hand, those who wish to teach the Arabic language either assumes the learner can already read the Arabic script or they might use transliteration.

The problem I've discovered during years of teaching adults (as well as teenagers) is that many students attempt to learn the Arabic language without having a solid command of the Arabic script.  Some even think that learning Arabic means learning how to read the Arabic script - period.  This perception used to be quite prevalent among non-Arabic speaking Muslims, especially since many Muslims still only desire to read the Arabic script in order to read Al-Quran without necessarily understanding what they read.  

Unfortunately this concept is perpetuated by the many Hifdh Schools in our societies, who do sterling work in terms of teaching students to read and memorize Al-Quran, but very few (to my knowledge) make any attempt to teach the Arabic language.  

This series of videos do not replace a language acquisition programme, it merely aims to help those who find it difficult to learn the Arabic script for reading Al-Quran or for the sake of gaining access to learning to speak or understand the language in order to enable them to read texts written in Arabic. 

Here's the link to the video:   Read ARABIC Today - Module One Part Two B

Please let me know what you think of this approach. 

Shukran Jazeelan!

Ustaadh Idrees

Change of Starting dates of New Courses for 2023

 

السلام عليكم 

The date of course 2  (Beginners Arabic/ Understand The Noble Quran [UNQ]) has been changed to coincide with the Speak Arabic Today Course on 4 September 2023.

I've also decided to offer the Enjoy Arabic - Book One Course first this year to introduce the subject to beginners who never studied Arabic before and to younger learners (which should also benefit those who want to start their journey with a Simplified Course).  So, the Understand Al-Quran Course will be offered during 2024, Insha-Allah!

The main reason for this is the aim of making all courses available via Video Format.  Due the colourful nature and the amount of animations, the process of producing the videos is taking much longer than initially anticipated.  I have also encountered a few problems with the software I've been using, but those have mainly been solved.  In addition to these factors, I have been experimenting with the use of a variety of programmes, in order to benefit the students as much as possible.  So, to those who have been waiting anxiously, I do apologize - but I'd rather take longer and produce course materials that would be much more effective.    

The new dates are as follows:

1.  FREE Read Arabic & Al-Quran VIDEO Course (currently available since 5 June 2023 via YouTube).  Those who wish to take this course can find the videos via:  At-Tayyibah YouTube Channel

2.  Beginners Arabic/ Enjoy Arabic- Book One

     DATE: 4 September 2023;

3.  Beginners Speak Arabic Today [SAT]

     DATE:  4 September 2023

4.  Understand Al-Quran [UNQ]

     DATE:  To Be Announced in 2024

These dates may be altered again in future if need be.  We may also only offer one of the two courses on 4 September 2023, depending on student demand or request.  

Those students who have preregistered must please take note of the date changes.  The cost of courses 2 & 3 will be finalized before the end of July 2023. Don't worry, our courses have always been among the most affordable. The UNQ Course will be offered at the Heideveld Mosque in Athlone, Cape Town.  It may be offered elsewhere, but this will be confirmed soon.  It will also be offered via WhatsApp simultaneously.  Students who register may attend the classes at the Mosque, which will take place once a week, or they may follow the course via WhatsApp or both.   

To find out more or to REGISTER, please read the BlogPost:  New Classes 2023 or  visit The At-Tayyibah Website.

Ps.: Remember the current Registration is only to establish interest from would-be students.  Once we're ready to launch, those students who registered & submitted their email addresses - will be contacted to finalize the process. In the meantime there are a number of lessons & posts available via the various blogs which have been posted over the last few years - which are all obtainable via the At-Tayyibah Website (use link above).

A list of these materials will be made available soon for easier reference and access.

Shukran for your interest.

Ustaadh Idrees