Write It! Arabic 4+

It allows you to learn the single, initial, median and end part of the letter. Since arabic is a cursive alphabet you need to know how the letter will look at various points in a word. It also enunciates the sound the letter(s) make so you can work on your pronunciation. What I like about it is it groups letter(s) together that are made in a similar fashion so you can see that an additional dot or tail makes a new letter vs learning in the traditional alphabet format. I’m trying to teach myself to read and write arabic, this is a great beginners tool to learn the most fundamental part of the written language...the arabic alphabet.

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This app seemed great until I got to the fourth letter. At one point it just won’t let you trace it and you can’t move on. I thought maybe I could just skip that letter and go on to the fifth, but the exact same thing happened on the fifth letter. And the sixth.

EDIT: So it turns out that it does work. If you are having the same problem, just keep in mind that on the fourth, fifth, and sixth letters (middle) you are NOT supposed to trace the entire figure in one stroke. Just trace the short part that the little circle keeps going over and over and then it will show you how to finish the figure. Hopefully this helps someone! This app is awesome!!!

One other thing: I saw a review that mentioned “missing letters.” The app does teach all 28 letters, it just combines the six letters that do not connect from the left into pairs.

The app is easy to use and tests you on all the forms of related letters one at a time. I love the writing part, which helps me remember. The tests test both writing and recognition. Plus it pronounces it repeatedly. Great learning strategy.

I don’t know if it will go beyond the alphabet but recognizing the letters in real words would be a helpful addition.