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"Gateway to Arabic Book Three" builds on the skills learnt in Book Two and Extension Book One of the series and introduces new areas of grammar and vocabulary. The main focus of the book is the introduction of form one past and present tense verbs in their regular form to enable the student to move on from non-verbal sentences and take their language skills to new levels. Numerous written exercises and passages of dialogue give students the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge they have acquired.

The "Gateway to Arabic" series is a well-structured, progressive course that has been designed to teach Arabic to non-Arabic-speakers from a broad age range. As students progress in building up their knowledge of Arabic grammar and vocabulary, they are able to put into practice the skills they have acquired through written drills, spoken passages of dialogue and comprehension exercises. "Gateway to Arabic Book Four" builds upon the knowledge of first form regular past and present tense verbs acquired in Book Three of the series, by introducing the student to the concept of first form hollow, doubled root letter and hamzated verb forms. It also further develops the student's knowledge of ordinal and cardinal numbers and the rules governing them, and teaches the use of numbers in telling the time as well as for counting.

"Gateway to Arabic Extension Book One" addresses 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 - including simple verbal sentences - and conversational skills in a lively, interactive manner. It is ideally suited for use in the classroom.

The "Gateway to Arabic Handwriting Book" has been written as part of the "Gateway to Arabic" series with a view to giving students the opportunity to learn, practise and acquire proficiency in a fluid style of Arabic handwriting. It is recommended that students should already have completed at least Book One of the "Gateway" series and be familiar with the Arabic alphabet before embarking upon this book. Although a number of handwriting styles are used in the Middle East, the style taught in this book, namely ruq'ah, is the most widespread and the easiest to learn. Compared to the printed style of Arabic, which is termed naskh, ruq'ah offers the advantage of being much quicker to write. The book has been organised so that identical naskh and ruq'ah texts appear on facing pages for ease of comparison and contrast. The first section sets out the letters of the Arabic alphabet in all their forms: initial, medial, final and isolate. The precise direction and sequence of pen movements for each letter have been clearly indicated through the use of numbered arrows.Having completed the presentation of the alphabet in all its forms, the book then provides the student with the chance to learn the ruq'ah ligatures and practise copying complete words and phrases, most of which would already be familiar to the Muslim student. A further opportunity for the reinforcement of handwriting skills is given through the copying of selective ayat (verses of the Qur'an). A translation of these verses is included on the page on which they appear.

The key theme running through this book is the weather and seasons and the student will learn to talk about the temperature and climate in various parts of the world at different times of the year. As usual, passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he/she has acquired.

"The Gateway to Arabic" series is designed to teach Arabic in a non-Arabic-speaking environment to learners from a broad age range. This first set of flashcards has been designed to complement "Gateway to Arabic Book One" and "The Key to Arabic Book One", and will help students learn to recognise all the letters of the Arabic alphabet in their isolate and joined forms, the long and short vowel sounds, tanween, shadda, sukoon and the dipthongs -ay and -ow. The pack comprises 64 double-sided cards in full colour, with each card measuring 148 mm by 105 mm.

Aims to teach the Arabic alphabet in its basic form through simple written exercises supported by diagrams over which the child can trace, thus encouraging him or her to develop confidence and independence in writing the isolate letters. This book includes exercises to reinforce letter recognition, alphabetical sequencing and writing practice.

"Gateway to Arabic Book Seven" focuses on Arabic verb forms five to ten in a comprehensive manner, covering regular and irregular verbs in their various tenses. It builds upon the student's knowledge of the subjunctive and jussive moods introduced in "Book Six" of the series. The key theme running throughout the book is foreign travel, and the student will cover a variety of situations ranging from air travel, lost luggage and currency exchange to taking a taxi and booking a hotel room. Passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he or she has acquired, thereby reinforcing the learning process.

"The Key to Arabic Book Two" builds on the reading and writing skills taught in the first book in the series by introducing students to simple sentence structures and key aspects of Arabic grammar, together with a basic vocabulary of well over three hundred words and expressions. Students are taught how to greet people and say goodbye, how to introduce themselves and describe where they live, as well as speaking about their nationality. They are also taught some aspects of everyday etiquette. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of non-verbal and verbal sentences and will be introduced to past and present tense verbs in their simplest singular forms.They will also learn about attached and detached singular pronouns, uses of the three different cases (nominative, accusative and genitive), masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives, interrogatives (questioning words), adverbs, prepositions and many other points of grammar. Explanations are kept short and simple, and the use of colour coding throughout the book will assist students in learning to recognise the various case endings and verb conjugations more readily.Extensive exercises throughout the book provide ample opportunity for the reinforcement and application of the topics covered.