Simple apps to learn the Arabic alphabets (for non-Arabic speakers)
Before you delve deep in the Arabic language, as a non-Arabic speaker, you need to start by learning the alphabets. In this article, we will recommend a number of mobile apps for iPhone and Android users.
Fun with Arabic alphabets
“TinyTapps brings to you its third language app having started with English, Hindi and now Arabic.”
Full of fun and easy to learn the Arabic Alphabet app covers Letter & Picture Recognition, Phonic Sounds, Letter Tracing and Activity to evaluate learning. In short, the app focuses on the early childhood skills for language development.
Features:
Letters and pictures: Learn the letters by seeing pictures of things that start with the same letter and listening to how each letter sounds.
• Letter tracing: learn how to write Arabic letters by tracing them using your favorite color.
• Letter recognition: recognize the first letter of every word/picture or merely by listening to the sound. You can also learn one Quara’anic verse where that word appears.
Available for Android.
الحروف الهجائية مع نان و ليلى (Arabic alphabets with Nan and Laila)
You probably have to search for this one in Arabic. This app from Al-Jazeera Children is very useful for non-Arabs who wish to learn the alphabets. Learn how every Arabic letter is pronounced, how to write it and read 3 words that has that letter somewhere in the beginning, middle or end.
The app’s features are neatly integrated and complement each other. Though not sufficient for learning Arabic by itself, you can use it to exercise your memory while taking formal Arabic lessons.
Features:
• Letter tracing: learn how to write Arabic letters by tracing them
• Animals: learn what animals start with any Arabic letter using pictures. You can also see other examples of words that has the same letter.
Arabic flashcards
This app from Declan Software, maker of foreign languages’ apps helps you learn Arabic words and numbers. It lacks on the fun side but focuses more on helping you understand the meaning of each word.
Features:
• Load word files to start learning the numbers, Islamic words, the four seasons, days of the week, family words and other vocabularies that can help you in your everyday life conversations.
• Words: learn new vocabs by listening to the audio and choosing the corresponding word in English.
• Meaning: select the right Arabic word for the displayed English word.
• Spelling: learn how each word is spelled by typing it and check to see if you wrote it correctly.
• Listening: listen to the audio then select the matching meaning.
As the case with every language, you will learn only by practicing. So start using these apps on a daily basis and practice your fresh Arabic skills with friends and colleagues to continue to improve.
Have you used an application to learn Arabic before? What is your favorite one?
