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Upload your personal documents to ArabicReader and read them online. For instance, students can upload their coursework and help each other by adding to the database any words that are unknown to the system. Your fellow students can then upload and read the same text and will not need to spend time looking up words in the dictionary, and can instead focus on memorising the vocabulary and studying the grammar.

Also, you can upload essays and books (subject to copyright of course) and read them online with the full facilities of the one-click online dictionary functionality.

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N.B. The file must be a text file in utf-8 encoding. Microsoft Word documents can be converted to this format by going File/Save As..., choosing 'Plain Text (*.txt)', and then select Unicode (UTF-8) from the Other encoding radio button.

In this area you can change your personal details and also view statistics about your use of the site.

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Deregistering from ArabicReader will remove your logon details from the site. Any words that you have entered will in future be maintained by the site administrator.
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The revision is conducted in 3 steps:

Click the 'Revise' button
Memorise the meanings of the words in the list
Click the 'Begin Test' button
Starting from the top, try to remember the meaning of the word. Click 'Show Answer' to see if you got the answer right. If so, click the green tick. If not, click the red cross.
When you have completed all the words a score will be given. More importantly, the system remembers which words you got wrong. These will be given priority on the next test, so that words which you often get wrong will be presented in the tests more frequently.

Download your vocabulary as a pdf file, allowing you to revise when away from the PC.

Welcome to the ArabicReader Web Site and Application.

*** New - Qisas anNabiyyeen - We've started a new project aiming to enter all the vocabulary for Qisas anNabiyyeen, so as to benefit all those arabic students out there who are using this text to improve their arabic. Click here to take a look at progress so far. ***

* This site is under development and is incomplete. However, feedback and comments are greatly appreciated. If you wish to make a comment or provide a suggestion, then please feel free to use the forums and do so. Also, if you register for the site then any words that you add to the database will be saved and used when the site becomes live (subject to moderation, of course) *

ArabicReader ( المساعد في قراءة العربيّة ) eases the reading of arabic texts. It is aimed at intermediate or advanced students of the Arabic language ( اللغة العربيّة ) or even those who speak arabic but who are reading texts from an era or subject where some of the vocabulary is not familiar to them.

Arabic has an enormous lexicon and this is perhaps the greatest hurdle facing the student. While the student of English need only learn 1,500 words to get by, the student ( طالب ) of Arabic requires at least 6,000. ArabicReader allows the learner to read texts of their own choice and interest and then to acquire the words that they did not know. The essential process of enlarging the vocabulary is thereby greatly eased and the learner can progress much more quickly than if they were tied to the slow process of looking words up in a printed dictionary. Words are also placed in the context of the root جذر from which they derive, giving the student an enhanced understanding of the underlying meaning of the word, and other similar words.

In terms of the reading material available, the student can select from a large library of texts already available on the site such as this example essay, upload their own text, or read any arabic web site such as an arabic news page .

ArabicReader allows the reader to look up the meaning of any word simply by clicking on the word as they read it. If the reader chooses they can then add the word to their vocabulary list and the site will add it to their list of words to memorise. At any time the reader can then use ArabicReader to memorise the words they did not know or print off an automatically generated pdf for later revision.

This website is not, and never will be, for arabic translation. The aim is to help a student to improve their knowledge of the arabic language, not to translate it for them.

Finally, this application is a work-in-progress and needs your help. When ArabicReader is requested the meaning of a word which has not been entered into its database, the option is presented to the user to add the meaning of that word to the database. You can improve the application by looking up the meaning in a dictionary and entering it into the ArabicReader database. That word is then available for anyone who needs to look it up.

To help save you some time in entering the details, choose from the first list the nearest word to the one you wish to add. Then, to save time on entering the root letters, you can also choose the nearest root letters from the list on the right. If you don't want to use this facility then simply press 'OK'
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Signing up for Arabic Reader gives you a number of benefits. You can upload your own texts, your vocabulary revision lists will be saved between sessions and you can save your vocabulary lists as pdf files for printing and off-line revision.

This will reset your password and send a new password to your registered email address. You can then log on, go to My Reader, and change your password to one you prefer.
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Nickname:		Your nickname is used when referring to you on the site. For instance, if you add a new word to the database then the creation of that entry will be marked with your nickname. This ensures that your email address remains private.

After signing up, your password will be emailed to you at the address you entered.