• Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (third edition), by Brustad, Al-Batal, and Al-Tonsi. We will use this book in the first half of the semester.
• Al-Kitaab: A textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part I (third edition), by Brustad, Al-Batal, and Al-Tonsi. We will use this book in the second half of the semester.
• Both books can be ordered via the college’s online bookstore, or on Amazon. Just make sure you order the third edition.

Textbooks’ online resources

You have two ways to access the online resources for the textbooks, and both are free.

• You can access the audio and video files as well as all the drills in a given chapter on the Smart Sparrow platform via the following links: For Alif Baa, click HERE. For Al-Kitaab Part I, click HERE. These links include all the drills in the books and have an interface that is easy to use.
• You can also access the audio and video files via the following two links: For Alif Baa, click HERE. For Al-Kitaab Part I, click HERE. Notice that these links do not include all the drills in a given chapter.