Arabic/Writing lessons plan
This is a plan for propaedeutic lessons teaching the student the Arabic alphabet and its pronunciation (including letter combinations like laam-alif etc.). The goal is to introduce letters one by one so as not to overwhelm the student. In order to raise his confidence and provide feelings of success, words used for illustration and exercises shall mostly be understandable without any knowledge of Arabic: Arabic words that come from English (e. g. sandwich), Arabic words used in other languages (e. g. algebra?), common personal names (e. g. Ahmed) and names of countries or places whose name is not very different in Arabic (e. g. Iran, Hanoi).
For now, it will just be a list of words that could be used, but eventually it shall turn into an order for letters to be introduced like Modern Greek/Writing lessons plan and then into actual step-by-step lessons like the writing lessons at Modern Greek.
Please post any words that could be used here, preferably with vowel indications. Also transliterate or give the English equivalent.
Could somebody please add vowel signs to the Arabic words?
| Arabic | Letter-by-letter | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| مريم مَرْيَم | Mrim | Mariam | Mary |
| طَهْران طهران | Thran | Tahran | Tehran |
| بَيْروت بيروت | Birut | Bairut | Beirut |
| عيسى عيسى | Aisa | Eissa | Jesus |
| داوُد داود | Dawd | Dawood | David |
| الكيمْياء الكيمياء | alkimya | alkeemiyaa | alchemy |
| بدويين | bdwiyn | badawiyyiin | bedouins |
| قطن | ktn | kotn | cotton |
| أَمير أمير | amir | ameer | emir |
| سُكَّر سكر | skr | sukkar | sugar |
| لَيْمون ليمون | limon | laimoon | lemon |
| كَوْكا كَوْلا كوكا كولا | koka kola | Coca caula | Coca cola |
| آيس كريم | ais krem | ayes craim | ice-cream |
| شوكولاتة | shokolata | show-ko-la-tah | chocolate |
| سينما | sinma | cinema | cinema |
| بَنْك بنك | bnk | bank | bank |
| تِليفون تليفون | tlefon | telephone | telephone |
| طماطم | tmatm | ta-ma-tem | tomatos |
| بيرة | berh | bee-rah | beer |
| بورجر | borgr | borger | burger |
| راديو | radyo | radyo | radio |
| أنغولا | anghola | anghoola | Angola |
| بهاماس | bhamas | ba-hamas | Bahamas |
| بنين | bnin | ba-neen | Benin |
| كاميرون | kamiron | ka-mi-ron | Cameroon |
| كَنَدا كندا | knda | canada | Canada |
| تشاد | tshad | chaad | Chad |
| شيلي | shili | shi-ly | Chile |
| كونغو | kongho | congho | Congo |
| كوبا | koba | cuba | Cuba |
| غامبيا | ghambya | gham-bya | Gambia |
| غَزّة غزة | ghza | ghaz-za | Gaza |
| غانا | ghana | ghana | Ghana |
| غينيا | ghinya | ghin-ya | Guinea |
| هونغ كونغ | hongh kongh | hongh kongh | Hong Kong |
| الهِنْد الهند | hnd | hend | India |
| إيران | iran | e-raan | Iran |
| عِراق عراق | eraq | eraaq | Iraq |
| إسرائيل | esrael | esra-eel | Israel |
| جامايكا | jamayka | ja-ma-yka | Jamaica |
| يابان | yaban | ya-ban | Japan |
| كينيا | kenya | kenya | Kenya |
| كوريا | korya | ko-reya | Korea |
| لاوس | Laos | ||
| ليبيا | lebya | leb-ya | Libya |
| مالي | mali | malee | Mali |
| مكسيك | mksik | mek-seek | Mexico |
| نيبال | nibal | ne-baal | Nepal |
| نيجر | nygr | niger | Niger |
| نيجيريا | nygirya | nigeria | Nigeria |
| عُمان | oman | oman | Oman |
| فلسطين | Flstin | Falastin | Palestine |
| بنما | bnma | banamaa | Panama |
| بيرو | biro | bee-ro | Peru |
| قطر | qtr | qatar | Qatar |
| صومال | somal | somaal | Somalia |
| سودان | sodan | sodaan | Sudan |
| سوريا | sorya | sor-ya | Syria |
| توغو | togho | to-ghoo | Togo |
| تونس | tons | too-nes | Tunisia |
| يَمَن يمن | ymn | yaman | Yemen |