Gateway to Arabic is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. The series has become well established in Britain and America and is used by a great many Muslim schools and madrasahs, as well as being stocked by the majority of Islamic bookshops in Britain. It is also well suited to individuals wishing to engage in self-study of the language.

This is a new curriculum series and has had remarkable success in its first year of usage. A well-structured progressive course designed to teach Arabic to students in a non-Arabic speaking environment. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensures that materials are easy to learn from and to teach. Books are designed to cater to the Muslim child learning Arabic in English speaking countries.



The series is intended to take the student from having no knowledge of Arabic, all the way up to GCSE level (the U.K.’s General Certificate in Secondary Education) and beyond.

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

Gateway to Arabic is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. The series has become well established in Britain and America and is used by a great many Muslim schools and madrasahs, as well as being stocked by the majority of Islamic bookshops in Britain. It is also well suited to individuals wishing to engage in self-study of the language.

The series is intended to take the student from having no knowledge of Arabic, all the way up to GCSE level (the U.K.’s General Certificate in Secondary Education) and beyond.

Book Three offers a step-by-step approach to learning past and present tense verbs, with plenty of opportunity for practice. Each point of grammar is reinforced through sample conversations that offer the student the chance to use the language in a meaningful context and develop confidence in self-expression.

This book covers:

# Over 60 past and present tense verbs

# The imperative and negative imperative

# The nominative, accusative and genitive cases, including the genitive of possession (idafa)

# Comparative and superlative adjectives

# Attached and detached pronouns

# Word roots and word patterns

# Cardinal numbers from 1 to 19 and ordinal numbers from 1 to 10, and the rules governing their usage

# Prepositions

# Dialogue practice

# A comprehensive listing of the nouns used in the book, together with their plural forms

# A list of the past tense verbs used in the book, together with their present tense forms

Gateway to Arabic is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. The series has become well established in Britain and America and is used by a great many Muslim schools and madrasahs, as well as being stocked by the majority of Islamic bookshops in Britain. It is also well suited to individuals wishing to engage in self-study of the language.

This is a new curriculum series and has had remarkable success in its first year of usage. A well-structured progressive course designed to teach Arabic to students in a non-Arabic speaking environment. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensures that materials are easy to learn from and to teach. Books are designed to cater to the Muslim child learning Arabic in English speaking countries.

Gateway to Arabic Book Two builds on the basic reading and writing skills acquired in Book One (Starter Book). With a vocabulary of over 350 words and easy-to-follow explanations, supported by 250 illustrations, Book Two provides learners with a basic knowledge of Arabic grammar, enabling them to take their first steps in understanding and using non-verbal sentences.

The series is intended to take the student from having no knowledge of Arabic, all the way up to GCSE level (the U.K.’s General Certificate in Secondary Education) and beyond.

This book covers:

# Gender of nouns and agreement of adjectives

# Asking and answering simple questions

# Use of the definite article

# Some prepositions and conjunctions

# Use of singular personal and attached pronouns

# The dual forms of nouns and adjectives

# Sound and broken plural nouns and adjectives

# Singular, dual and plural demonstrative pronouns

# Numbers from 1 to 10 and associated rules

# Simple dialogue

# A broad vocabulary grouped according to subject, including the home, the school, animals, shapes, colours, fruit and vegetables, transport, clothing, parts of the body, the family, occupations and nationalities.

Gateway to Arabic is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. The series has become well established in Britain and America and is used by a great many Muslim schools and madrasahs, as well as being stocked by the majority of Islamic bookshops in Britain. It is also well suited to individuals wishing to engage in self-study of the language.

The series is intended to take the student from having no knowledge of Arabic, all the way up to GCSE level (the U.K.’s General Certificate in Secondary Education) and beyond.

Gateway to Arabic Book Four focuses on family relationships and life in the home. It builds upon the student's knowledge of past, present and imperative verbs by introducing some hollow, doubled root letter and 'hamzated' verb forms. Each topic is reinforced through the provision of realistic dialogues to enable the student to gain greater confidence and fluency in using Arabic.

This book covers:

# Family relationships

# Home and family life

# Asking for and giving directions

# Telling the time

# Extensive dialogue practice

# Doubled root letter verbs

# Hollow verbs

# Verbs with an initial alif or waw

# Verbs with a medial or final hamza

# Interrogative particles

# Rules governing hamza

# Cardinal numbers from 20 to 99 and ordinal numbers from 1 to 19 and the rules governing their use.

# A comprehensive listing of the nouns used in the book, together with their plural forms

# A list of the past tense of 115 verbs used in the book, together with their present tense forms

GATEWAY TO ARABIC is a well-structured, progressive course that has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking
environment to learners from a broad age range. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary acquisition and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensure that materials are easy to learn from and to teach.

Gateway to Arabic Extension Book One addresses in particular the needs of students who have completed Book Two of the Gateway series and wish to have the opportunity to practise further the skills they have acquired. This book aims to engage the student in a variety of language games, exercises and dialogue activities that will serve to reinforce the vocabulary, grammar and skills they have already learned in Book Two. In addition, it introduces additional extensive vocabulary, new sentence structures and conversational skills in a lively, interactive manner, ideally suited for use in the classroom.
This book covers:
• Personal details: talking about oneself
• Likes and dislikes
• Moving house: rooms, furniture and household items
• Talking about countries, nationalities and languages
• Everyday activities and hobbies
• Shopping: shops and their merchandise
• Occupations
• Comprehensive colours and their usage
• Animals: pets, zoo and farm animals
• Opposites
• Prepositions: asking and describing where things are
• Introduction to simple forms of past and present verbs
• Extensive classroom language games and activities
• Reference list of nouns and their plurals
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THE `GATEWAY TO ARABIC' HANDWRITING BOOK
forms part of the "Gateway to Arabic" series. The primary objective of the book is to show students how to write in the ruq'ah style of Arabic handwriting, as well as the printed naskh style, through the use of arrowed and numbered diagrams. The formation and direction of pen movement for each letter of the alphabet in all its forms is clearly demonstrated. The copying of the carefully selected Islamic words, phrases and Qur'anic verses would assist the learner to develop increased fluency and confidence in their handwriting.

GATEWAY TO ARABIC is a well-structured, progressive
course which has been carefully designed to teach the skills of reading and
writing Arabic to learners from a broad age range. It contains a wealth of practice materials to reinforce the learning process. Extensive research and piloting ensure that materials are easy to learn from and to teach. Clear guidance on every page shows the learner what to do.
Gateway to Arabic Book Five focuses on air travel, meals and medical matters. It builds upon the student's knowledge of first form verbs by introducing various defective forms (verbs containing one or more weak root letters). The book also extends the student's understanding of cardinal numbers into the thousands and suggests practical applications for their use. Passages of dialogue, sample emails and model telephone conversations enable the student to gain greater confidence and fluency in using Arabic, while comprehension passages challenge the learner to extend their understanding.
This book covers:
• Air travel
• Food
• Ordering a meal in a restaurant
• Hospital and doctor's appointments
• Medical problems
• Defective verbs: past, present and imperative
- assimilated (mithal)
- weak (naqis)
- complex (lafif)
• Cardinal Numbers from 1 to 1000 and beyond
• Practical application of numbers
• Telephone calls and email
• Over 150 past and present tense verbs
• Reference list of nouns and their plurals

GATEWAY TO ARABIC is a well-structured, progressive course which has been carefully designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary acquisition and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensure that the materials are easy to learn from and to teach.

Gateway to Arabic Book Six focuses on Form II, III and IV verbs in a comprehensive manner, covering regular and irregular verbs in various moods and tenses. Book Six also introduces the subjunctive and jussive moods and the particles that govern them. The key theme running throughout the book is the weather and seasons, and the student will learn to talk about temperature and climate in various parts of the world at different times of the year. Passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge hFe or she has acquired, thereby reinforcing the learning process.
This book covers:

•The weather and seasons
•The subjunctive mood and associated particles
•The jussive mood and associated particles
•An introduction to the derived forms of Arabic verbs
•Regular and irregular Form II, III and IV verbs in the Present, past, imperative, subjunctive and jussive
•Over 140 past and present tense verbs
•Reference list of nouns and their plurals
•Sample verb templates to aid conjugation

This single audio CD contains a reading of the materials in 'Gateway to Arabic Book One' to help the learner master the correct pronunciation of the language.

This double audio CD set includes a complete reading
of all the materials in 'Gateway to Arabic Book Two' (as well as the answers to the exercises!) to assist the learner in improving his/her pronunciation, as well as to help with learning the vocabulary.

Gateway to Arabic Book Seven adds to the student's knowledge of the derived forms of Arabic verbs by teaching Forms Five to Ten inclusive, supported by written exercises. The key theme running through the book is overseas travel, and dialogues include dealing with lost luggage at the airport, calling a taxi, booking a hotel room and exchanging money.