Learn Arabic

When Arabic is addressed as a second language, most educators assume that Arabic is not easy to learn. They go on enumerating the difficult aspects of the language. This may be true only if the wrong methodology is employed. However, it can be proven wrong when the right approach is put to use.

The advent of multimedia and the internet has helped a great deal to make all those assumptions futile, or at least not based. Multimedia; if implemented with the right approach, can yield excellent results and make life easier to Arabic learners. One of those approaches is making the learning process an entertaining experience, especially when it comes to young learners. Learning by play is one such approach adopted in our products. Edutainment (Educational Entertainment) is a term that has risen many years ago but hardly adopted by educational software, especially when it comes to Arabic software. One can find many products in the market that claim to have employed multimedia in their software but you hardly can differentiate between such a product and a static paper book. 

We have employed multimedia elements in Letter Garden and in Alefon Ba'on programs. The first has employed Flash animation and programming. It is scalable as it is based on vector graphics, yielding astonishing graphics and image crispness whatever the screen resolution might be, and it is online; meaning that it will be enjoyed on the internet. No CD is available.

Alefon Ba'on, on the other hand, although having crisp and excellent graphics, is a classic bitmap employing older technology. It has most of the multimedia features employed in Letter Garden, but lacks the interactivity that Flash can offer. In the near future, all the educational features present in Alefon Ba'on will be transferred to Letter Garden.