Arabic is called the language of Dhad which is a letter that exist only in Arabic that is a bit heavier than the D. It is almost impossible to learn how to speak Arabic by only reading. Hearing others speak it, letting others hear what you say and correct you, interacting with others are the correct methods to learn how to speak Arabic. You should let your tongue move in order for your brain to be able to recorded that as a new skill. Interacting with people in Arabic will not only let your brain recognize it as new skill, but will allow your brain to learn new emotions, new reactions to words and meanings and new ways to express an ideas that you may not had before.

There is not enough materials online that suffice to enable someone to do self learning of the language, the best deal is to enrol in formal class and stick to it or to live with Arabs. I’ll try to update this page with links that might be beneficial to learn the sounds of Arabic.

1- Listen to Alphabets – A course from Alphabets to words

2- Practice More words

Arabizi sparks concern among educators (gulfnews.com)
Gaddafi, or Qaddafi, or Kadhafi, or Khadafy …? (virtuallinguist.typepad.com)
How to Learn Arabic on Your Phone: 10 Mobile Apps that Will Help (wamda.com)

October 1, 2012 by Follower

Handwriting

Arabic alphabet in Kufic script, cropped from page 4 of Fry’s Pantographia (1799) “The most ancient Arabic Letters are the Kufic, so named from the City of Kufa on the Euphrates; (Encyc. Franc. des Alph. anc. et mod. Pl. 3.) but they do not appear to be in use at this time.–This alphabet was communicated to Dr. Morton of the British Museum, by Dr. Hunt, Hebrew and Arabic Professor at Oxford, from the Bodleian Library. Dr. Morton’s Tables.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Arabic script might go in odds with Latin languages. Think of language not as new set of words but as new set of thinking skills. You have to shift from the left to right and from un-joined letters to letters that can be joined in more than one shape. Instead of becoming frustrated at the different ways that we can possibly shape a letter within a word, think of it not as math class but as an art class where creativity is all that you need. Arabic Calligraphy after all is beautiful form of Art that stands on its own.

1-Learn to write the basic form of Arabic letters

2-Learn to join letters together to form words

3- Further Practicing