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learn to write, step by step
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If you are planning to visit or work in an Arab country or are learning Arabic, then Teach Yourself Beginner's Arabic Script will help you get to grips with the reading and writing the Arabic script. This book is a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing simple Arabic that will enable you to read Arabic signs, notices, advertisements and headlines. If you feel that learning the script is a daunting prospect, then this book will make it simple.

The alphabet is introduced in stages and there's lots of practice of each new letter before the next is introduced. There are plenty of example words and phrases that are seen everywhere in any Arab environment so that you will begin to familiarise yourself with the most common signs and directions.

John Mace, the author, has worked as a British Council lecturer, as a Diplomatic Service officer, and as a personnel officer in the oil sector. Latterly he joined the staff of the European Commission, where he was at first desk officer for several Arab countries, taking part in the Euro-Arab Dialogue in the seventies, and later was posted as Delegate to two further Arab countries.