Before the First Class (advices to excel)

 

Some students spent more time than others to master the writing and the pronunciation of the alphabet.  Therefore they are advised to familiarize themselves with the writing and the pronunciation of the alphabet, and to Arabize their computers using the following resources:

 

File Name	Function
Alphabet Pronunciation 1 man.MP3	A man pronouncing the alphabet
Alphabet Pronunciation 2 woman.MP3	A woman pronouncing the alphabet
Letters in Words Times.pdf	Same file using Times New Roman font
Letters in Words.pdf	Letters separated and joined forming words. Exercise to learn joining the letters
Alphabet Audio.zip	Zip file contain the pronunciation of all the letters of the alphabet
Arabic_English_Keyboard.pdf	Arabic keyboard
Arabic_Fonts.zip	Zip file combine all the Arabic fonts
Arabizing_Windows_OS.pdf	Explain how to Arabize your system
Fonts Test 01.jpg	Picture shoes one sentence in many fonts.  If the fonts are installed you should see them as they look in the pictures

 

 

Students are encouraged to spend enough time to memorize by heart writing and pronouncing the letters in order. This task takes from a student that does not have a previous contact with Arabic letters about 20 hours of work.  If you spend 2 hours/day within 2 weeks you will be ready to excel in your first class.

 

Hints:

- Arabic alphabet is written from right to left and from top to down.  

- The words are written from right to left.

- The letters are (6 non-connectors and 22 connectors)

- The way to connect the connectors letters in the word is to keep the head of the letter and cut the tail and connect the head with the next letter.

 

I am expecting from students to finish this task before attending the first class. If you find things difficult and not able to do any thing that is normal, but you are still required to spend some hours to familiarize your self at least with the letters shapes, to distinguish one from another, and to associate each audio file downloaded with the appropriate letter.

 

The letters are associated always with the same number. In the file (Letters in Words.pdf) You have the initial pronunciation using the nearest Latin letter.  Knowing that 22/28 letters have similar pronunciation in English or French. It remains just 6 new letters for you to learn.

 

Students cannot rely on the teacher and the attendance only for learning. Doing an effort at home is a must.  Student is required to spend minimum 15-30 minutes per day to accomplish the homework, refresh the memory, and memorize the given materials.

 

 

 

 

 

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