Published textbook series and single textbooks for teaching Modern Standard Arabic to non-native speakers, from Saudi Arabia and beyond. Each entry gives the publisher, editions, levels, audience, language of instruction, components, and published evaluation studies.
A listing and description only, not a judgement of quality: we give the facts and do not rate the books; the studies cited are their authors' views. What we could not confirm is marked "not known".
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سلسلة تعليم اللغة العربية · Arabic Language Institute, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University · Saudi Arabia
The institute's own curriculum, combining language courses with Islamic studies for Muslim learners.
الكتاب الأساسي (سلسلة أمّ القرى القديمة) · Arabic Language Institute, Umm al-Qura University, Makkah · Saudi Arabia
Written by Abdullah al-Jarbou, Abdullah al-Abbadi, Tammam Hassan, Ali al-Fiqi, Mahmoud Kamel al-Naqa and Rushdi Tuaima.
سلسلة أمّ القرى لتعليم العربيّة للناطقين بغيرها · Arabic Language Institute, Umm al-Qura University · Saudi Arabia
دروس اللغة العربيّة لغير الناطقين بها · Dr V. Abdur Rahim, Islamic University of Madinah · Saudi Arabia
Organised by grammar topics. No purchase link is given, as not all of its many printings are licensed.
العربيّة للحياة · Arabic Linguistics Institute, King Saud University · Saudi Arabia
Described as the first series for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers published in Saudi Arabia.
العربيّة للعالم · King Saud University Press · Saudi Arabia
العربيّة بين يديك · Arabic for All, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Special editions exist in Egypt, Afghanistan, China, Bosnia, Indonesia and Turkey.
العربيّة جسرٌ للثقافة الإسلاميّة · Dr Mamdouh Nour al-Din Muhammad, Dar al-Andalus al-Khadra, Jeddah · Saudi Arabia
Its texts are Islamic; it belongs to Arabic for specific purposes.
بيان · Arabic Institute for the Arabic Language, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
تواصُل · King Fahd Cultural Centre, Sarajevo · Saudi Arabia (a Saudi centre based in Sarajevo)
Written by Khalid al-Damegh, Jumaan al-Qahtani and Saleh al-Nassar.
سلسلة القواعد العربيّة الميسّرة · Mahmoud Ismail Saleh, Muhammad al-Rifai al-Sheikh and Ibrahim al-Sayyid, King Saud University Press · Saudi Arabia
Its vocabulary follows Dawood Abdo's frequency list. From the author's own guide to Arabic teaching series.
سلسلة القراءة العربيّة المتدرّجة · Adel Muhammad Shaaban, supervised by Dr Mahmoud Ismail Sini, King Saud University · Saudi Arabia
Described as the first Arabic reader built on word-frequency studies.
هيّا نتكلّم العربيّة · Mahmoud Ismail Saleh, Nasif Mustafa Abdulaziz and Mukhtar al-Tahir Hussein, Maktabat al-Tawbah, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
From the author's own guide to Arabic teaching series.
العربيّة للمبتدئين للناطقين بلغاتٍ أخرى · Rashid al-Duwaish, Mustafa Sulaiman and Ahmad Hammad, King Saud University · Saudi Arabia
From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
العربيّة للعاملين في المجال الطبّيّ من الناطقين بلغاتٍ أخرى · Dr Rashid al-Duwaish and colleagues, King Saud University Press · Saudi Arabia
Arabic for specific purposes, built on a needs survey in seven Riyadh hospitals. From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
العربيّة للعاملين في المجال الطبّيّ · Dr Muhammad Abdulkhaliq Fadl, King Abdulaziz University · Saudi Arabia
Arabic for specific purposes. From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
العربيّة للدبلوماسيّين · Dr Muhammad Abdulkhaliq Fadl and Dr Mukhtar al-Tahir Hussein, King Abdulaziz University · Saudi Arabia
Arabic for specific purposes. From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
النحو العربيّ المبرمج للتعليم الذاتيّ · Mahmoud Ismail Sini, Muhammad al-Rifai al-Sheikh and Dafallah Ahmad Saleh, King Saud University Press · Saudi Arabia
For self-study. From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
تعلّم الصرفَ العربيَّ بنفسك · Mahmoud Ismail Sini and colleagues, Dar al-Marrikh, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
For self-study. From the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series.
A listing and description, not a judgement of quality. Inclusion rule: an identifiable publisher, a published series or single book, and Modern Standard Arabic. We link only to official pages; a book without one is listed without a link. Most details of the Saudi series come from the 2020 guide to Arabic teaching series published by the King Abdullah International Center for the Arabic Language.
