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Textbooks for learning Arabic

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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Adults and universities3

Adults · 3 books of 23

Arabic Course for English-Speaking Students (the Madinah Books)

دروس اللغة العربيّة لغير الناطقين بها · Dr V. Abdur Rahim, Islamic University of Madinah · Saudi Arabia

  • Editions: Many printings, including a British edition since 2007
  • Levels: 3 books of 23, 31 and 34 lessons
  • Language of instruction: Arabic, with an English key
  • Components: The three books and a three-volume key with explanations and answers

Organised by grammar topics. No purchase link is given, as not all of its many printings are licensed.

Studies about it (1)
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Adults

Arabic: A Bridge to Islamic Culture

العربيّة جسرٌ للثقافة الإسلاميّة · Dr Mamdouh Nour al-Din Muhammad, Dar al-Andalus al-Khadra, Jeddah · Saudi Arabia

  • Editions: 2003
  • Levels: 4 books of 10 lessons each
  • Language of instruction: Arabic, with English vocabulary lists in the first two books
  • Components: Student books, teacher's guide and tapes

Its texts are Islamic; it belongs to Arabic for specific purposes.

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Adults · 3 booklets

Speak Arabic

هيّا نتكلّم العربيّة · Mahmoud Ismail Saleh, Nasif Mustafa Abdulaziz and Mukhtar al-Tahir Hussein, Maktabat al-Tawbah, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia

  • Editions: First a radio series on Riyadh's English service, then booklets
  • Levels: 3 booklets, 48 lessons
  • Language of instruction: Arabic and English: each dialogue with its translation
  • Components: Dialogues and vocabulary lists

From the author's own guide to Arabic teaching series.

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Children and teenagers1

Children · 13 stages in 52 books

Learn Arabic (Manahej)

تعلّم العربيّة · Manahej International, Riyadh · Saudi Arabia

  • Editions: 2007
  • Levels: 13 stages in 52 books
  • Language of instruction: English
  • Components: Pupil's, activity and teacher's books, audio CDs and stories

For English-speaking Muslim children and teenagers.

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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.