Introduction:

It’s important to remember that no language is “easy” to learn. Any language, even languages related to English, can take hundreds to thousands of hours of study to master. For example; Spanish takes over 24 weeks of daily training — nearly half a year to master completely. Writing the Arabic alphabet is pretty different from the Latin alphabet that English speakers are accustomed to. It looks very different, it’s written from right to left, and has 28 letters that are written differently depending on where they appear in a word. If you remember that learning any language is a long-term commitment, it makes Arabic’s perceived difficulty a bit less daunting.

When learning a language, reading and writing are two critically important skills to master alongside your conversational skills. When it comes to languages that use the Roman alphabet, such as Spanish, Romanian, and even Turkish for reading, you don’t have to learn a new script in order to read. As far as reading out words is concerned, you’re already literate! When it comes to languages with their own scripts like Arabic, however, you will need to spend additional time learning the script itself. Arabic is also read right to left. Here are some of the ways to start to learn to read and write in Arabic.

• Practice Each Letter 

The best way to make the Arabic alphabet your own is to invest time practicing the shape of each letter over and over again. This will develop the necessary muscle memory to write each letter without having to think about it. As you follow the patterns for each letter, use the proper stroke order, trying not to lift your pen while writing. This will help you get used to the script-style writing that is necessary with the alphabet.

• Building a Strong Language Foundation 

You could start learning to speak Arabic by using the phonetic sounds in the alphabet you already know. However, if you really want to start embracing the language, learning to write the words in Arabic as you learn a new vocabulary can be very beneficial. The Arabic alphabet is really quite simple to learn, as long as you have a dedicated teacher right there to help you through the whole process.

• How to learn to read the Arabic script with flashcards 

Flashcards can help you easily master the Arabic script in a week or less. Create a deck of flashcards with each letter of the Arabic alphabet — from Alif (ا) all the way to Ya (ي). Write the letters’ sounds in Latin script on the back. Try to learn how to write five letters every day, then revise your flashcards to make sure you know them.

• Take help from the textbooks

 With lessons, exercises, and glossaries, foreign language manuals are often very comprehensive and allow students to progress for several months and even years. If you’re just starting out learning the Arabic language, take advantage of manuals for beginners. It should take you just a few months to learn the basics of written Arabic script with a good manual.

So, these are a few ways through which you can learn to read & write in Arabic. You can also enroll in our online classes at Multibashi to get yourself a teacher so as to learn better,