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Arabic/Writing lessons plan
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This is a plan for propaedeutic lessons teaching the student the Arabic alphabet and its pronunciation (including letter combinations like laam-alif etc.). The goal is to introduce letters one by one so as not to overwhelm the student. In order to raise his confidence and provide feelings of success, words used for illustration and exercises shall mostly be understandable without any knowledge of Arabic: Arabic words that come from English (e. g. sandwich), Arabic words used in other languages (e. g. algebra?), common personal names (e. g. Ahmed) and names of countries or places whose name is not very different in Arabic (e. g. Iran, Hanoi).
For now, it will just be a list of words that could be used, but eventually it shall turn into an order for letters to be introduced like Modern Greek/Writing lessons plan and then into actual step-by-step lessons like the writing lessons at Modern Greek.
Please post any words that could be used here, preferably with vowel indications. Also transliterate or give the English equivalent.
Could somebody please add vowel signs to the Arabic words?
Arabic Letter-by-letter Pronunciation English مريم مَرْيَم Mrim Mariam Mary طَهْران طهران Thran Tahran Tehran بَيْروت بيروت Birut Bairut Beirut عيسى عيسى Aisa Eissa Jesus داوُد داود Dawd Dawood Davidالكيمْياء الكيمياء alkimya alkeemiyaa alchemy بدويين bdwiyn badawiyyiin bedouins قطن Qdn Qdn cotton أَمير أمير amir ameer emir سُكَّر سكر skr sukkar sugar لَيْمون ليمون limon laimoon lemon كَوْكا كَوْلا كوكا كولا koka kola Coca caula Coca cola آيس كريم ais krem ayes craim ice-cream شوكولاتة shokolata show-ko-la-tah chocolate سينما sinma cinema cinema بَنْك بنك bnk bank bank تِليفون تليفون tlefon telephone telephone طماطم tmatm ta-ma-tem tomatos بيرة berh bee-rah beer بورجر borgr borger burger راديو radyo radyo radio أنغولا anghola anghoola Angola بهاماس bhamas ba-hamas Bahamas بنين bnin ba-neen Benin كاميرون kamiron ka-mi-ron Cameroon كَنَدا كندا knda canada Canada تشاد tshad chaad Chad شيلي shili shi-ly Chile كونغو kongho congho Congo كوبا koba cuba Cuba غامبيا ghambya gham-bya Gambia غَزّة غزة ghza ghaz-za Gaza غانا ghana ghana Ghana غينيا ghinya ghin-ya Guinea هونغ كونغ hongh kongh hongh kongh Hong Kong الهِنْد الهند hnd hend India إيران iran e-raan Iran عِراق عراق eraq eraaq Iraq إسرائيل esrael esra-eel Israel جامايكا jamayka ja-ma-yka Jamaica يابان yaban ya-ban Japan كينيا kenya kenya Kenya كوريا korya ko-reya Korea لاوس Laos ليبيا lebya leb-ya Libya مالي mali malee Mali مكسيك mksik mek-seek Mexico نيبال nibal ne-baal Nepal نيجر nygr niger Niger نيجيريا nygirya nigeria Nigeria عُمان oman oman OmanفلسطينFlstinFalastinPalestine بنما bnma banamaa Panama بيرو biro bee-ro Peru قطر qtr qatar Qatar صومال somal somaal Somalia سودان sodan sodaan Sudan سوريا sorya sor-ya Syria توغو togho to-ghoo Togo تونس tons too-nes Tunisia يَمَن يمن ymn yaman Yemen