Materials and homework

The "Arabic Reading & Writing" materials — the alphabet from scratch — are free on the Russian version of the site.

1. Open Materials in the menu.
2. Sign in: type your email, press "Get the code" and enter the six digits from the mail. No password to invent.
3. On the "Base" card press "Complete profile and enter promo code" — a block opens in your account: "Unlock the free Arabic Reading & Writing materials". Fill in your name, phone and messenger and press "Open the materials".
4. Done: the block turns into "Access unlocked!" with a "Go to the materials" button. From now on the Materials & access page also shows a "You have access to the materials" banner with an "Open "My materials"" button.

The promo code we hand out on Instagram and Telegram has its own field in that same form, but it is a bonus, not a gate — access opens with the profile alone.

Everything you have opened lives on the My courses page. Open one and you are in your room:

• "Where to start — instructions" — a fold-out block at the top. Read it first.
• Downloads — copybooks in PDF and DOCX, an image of the vowel marks, an image of the sun and moon letters.
• Modules — video lessons first, then homework and a test. Not every module has them: in the free reading materials homework starts with module 2, and the test sits on modules 1 and 2.
• Reading practice — at the very bottom of modules 1–2 of the reading materials: the "magic text" (letters you have learned turn Arabic right in the text), a word trainer and a mini test, all with audio.

If you see "Video coming soon" instead of a player, that lesson is not uploaded yet — the rest of the module works.

The line under the lock always tells you why:

• "Available on a higher plan" — in the reading materials the free Base covers modules 1–2, phonetics comes with the "+ Phonetics" plan, and the extra review with "+ Feedback". Prices are on the plan cards.
• "Opens after you submit module N" or "Opens on " — that is how the dialect materials work: modules go in a chain, and in a cohort they also follow dates. In self-paced mode dates do not apply, only the chain.

The homework block sits near the end of a module (in the dialect materials the test comes right below it).

1. Read the task.
2. Tap "Attach files and photos" — photos of your handwriting, PDF, DOCX or audio. Up to 10 files, 10 MB each.
3. Or tap "Record a voice message" and answer out loud in the browser. It will ask for microphone access, run a timer, and let you play the recording back before sending.
4. Add a note with your work if you have a question. There are emoji next to it.
5. Press "Send for review".

Your submission appears below with the status "In review", and once the platform author looks at it — "Reviewed", with the review: text, sometimes a voice message. You can submit more than once.

Sometimes the platform author sends the work back with the status "Needs revision" — you get an email and a note appears under your submission. Read the comment in the review, fix the work and hand it in again with the same form: the new submission goes to review, and your best grade stands. The following modules stay open.

In the free reading materials the submission form opens on the "+ Feedback" plan — without it the module shows a note that the extra review by the platform author comes with that plan. In the Egyptian and Khaliji materials review is included with every purchased access. In "Living Egyptian" the task is only shown for now: submitting the voice answer opens in your account after launch.

A test closes the module. In the Egyptian, Khaliji and "Egyptian A2–B1" materials you take it right on the site: questions and answers are shuffled every time, and some questions are spoken aloud — there is a "Play again" button.

• Pass mark is 75%. You get two attempts; after that your best score stands.
• The score is saved to your account and the platform author can see it.
• In the free reading materials the tests are still external: the "Take the test" button opens a new tab (modules 1 and 2; the phonetics module has no test).

In the dialect materials the next module opens as soon as you hand in the homework — no need to wait for the review; a test passed at 75% opens it too. A finished module gets a "Module complete" badge.

The catalogue shows a card per set of materials: reading and writing, the self-paced "Living Egyptian", the Egyptian and Khaliji cohorts with a curator, and "Egyptian A2–B1" (enrolment closed). A card lists the price, the number of modules and the format; the cohort block below adds the level, the start date and a fold-out "What's included".

Payment runs on the Russian version of the site: sign in and the card shows a "Buy for N ₽" button that opens the Prodamus checkout. Signed out, the button reads "Sign in to enroll": access lands on the account you pay under. Enrolment and payment go through the Talkarabicnow platform.

After payment the materials show up in "My courses" on their own within a couple of minutes, and the cohort timetable appears in your account.

I paid and my access is not there. Access usually opens within a couple of minutes — refresh the page. If it is still missing, check which account you are signed in with: access lands on the account you were using on the site. Still nothing? Write to support and we will open it manually.

It asks me to fill in the profile midway. It takes a minute and lets the platform author reach you. You do not lose access while doing it.

The voice recorder does not start. Allow microphone access in the browser and try again. If your browser cannot record, record on your phone and attach the file instead.

My file will not upload. It is probably over 10 MB — shrink the photo or split it into several files.