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Arabic Script & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Start here. The twenty-eight letters and how they connect, the short vowels you can't see, the throat sounds English doesn't have, and why the root system means Arabic vocabulary is decodable.

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1 module 12 lessons 10 enrolled ~12h of material
Arabic Script & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write the twenty-eight letters in all four positional forms
  • Produce the emphatic and pharyngeal consonants English doesn't have
  • Read unvowelled Arabic text by supplying the short vowels
  • Recognise three-consonant roots and predict related words
  • Understand the relationship between Modern Standard Arabic and the dialects
  • Greet, thank and introduce yourself

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

12 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.