Arabic TextbooksMost of the best-known Arabic Textbooks assume that you already know the Arabic script, or else they deal with the basics of the Arabic alphabet very briefly, before moving on to Arabic grammar. Therefore, if you are a complete beginner, we highly recommend that you go to the section Arabic Courses and download the free textbook Reading and Writing the Arabic Script, and watch the free accompanying video lectures.There are currently three prevalent trends in teaching Arabic:
For reasons given in the above-mentioned article, it is the third approach which is adopted by Arabic-Studio.com, and hence all of the Arabic texbooks reviewed in this section fall under that category. Books like al-Kitāb al-Asāsī, al-'Arabiyyah li al-Nāshi`īn and the 3 volume Madinah Arabic Course, all of which fall under the first category, are discussed in the above article, and not reviewed below, their popularity notwithstanding. Those with some familiarity with naḥw (Arabic syntax) may be surprised to see it listed separately from Arabic grammar books. To be clear, what is intended by the latter are books written in English which cover Arabic grammar, in terms of grammatical categories and linguistic structures familiar to English speakers - clearly, this doesn't apply to naḥw books. For more information on how to get the most out of studying a textbook, please read the article How to Learn Arabic in the section About Arabic. Return from Arabic Textbooks to Arabic Books or Ready to learn Arabic? Go to ARABIC COURSES and get started free!
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