Arabic Alphabet for Quran for New Muslims
Arabic Alphabet for Quran for new muslims, taught one to one in 45-minute lessons, 1–3 lessons a week. The 29 letters: their shapes, their sounds, and where each is produced in the mouth.
45-minute lessons1–3 per week
Lesson length and why
Forty-five minutes, with time set aside for questions. Nothing is assumed as already known, including vocabulary other students take for granted.
Where most students start
No Arabic, and often no background knowledge to hang it on. Frequently learning to pray at the same time as learning to read.
What is expected at home
None.
How long it takes
Arabic Alphabet for Quran typically runs 6–16 weeks at 1–3 lessons a week. The range is wide because it moves with revision between lessons more than with anything that happens in them.
What is covered
- 1Letter shapes in all positions
- 2Articulation points
- 3Letters that look alike
- 4Letters that sound alike
What usually gets in the way
Specific to new muslims — these are the things that actually derail progress for this group.
- Being taught by people who assume prior knowledge
- Terminology used without explanation
- Needing salah before reading fluency
By the end
- Name and pronounce every letter
- Distinguish the confusable pairs