English Alphabets

English Alphabets

Compiled By:

Muhammad Babar Qureshi

Department of English Language and Translation

Buraydah Private Colleges

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Why should I learn a language?

There are many reasons to learn a foreign language, from working in another country to

discovering your roots, through intellectual curiosity, romance, travel, and secret

communication.

Which language should I learn?

Once you have decided to learn a language, you may not be quite sure which language to choose.
To some extent, your choice depends on your reasons for learning a language. For example, if
you'd like to communicate with as many people as possible, learning such languages as
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian or Arabic would enable you to do so.

Emigration ‫الهجرة‬

Family and friends ‫العائلة واألصدقاء‬

Work ‫العمل‬

Study or research ‫إدرس أو إبحث‬

Travel ‫السفر‬

Studying abroad ‫الدراسة في الخارج‬

Required course ‫الفصل المطلوب‬

Linguistic interest ‫اإلهتمام اللغوي‬

What materials and tools do I need to study a language?

There's a wide range of materials and tools available to help you with your language studies,
including language courses, dictionaries, grammar books, phrasebooks, online lessons, mp3
players and electronic translators.

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Learning pronunciation

Learning the pronunciation of a language is a very important part of your studies. It doesn't
matter so much if you just want to read and/or write the language, but if you want to speak a
language well, as I'm sure you do, pay particular attention to the pronunciation and review it
regularly.

Learning alphabets and other writing systems

‫ خالد‬KHALID
If the language you're learning is written with a different alphabet or other type of writing
system, learning it is well worth the effort. Some alphabets, such as Cyrillic and Greek, can be
learnt without difficulty. Others, such as Devanagari and Thai, are a more challenging.

English Alphabet
The English Alphabet has 26 letters. In alphabetical order, they are:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Five of the letters are "vowels". Twenty-one are "consonants":

5 vowels a e i o u

21 consonants b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z

Those 26 Capital Letters and their corresponding Small Letters are :

Each letter may be written as a "large letter" (capital) or "small letter".

Capital letter small letter

A a

B b

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C c

D d

E e

F f

G g

H h

I i

J j

K k

L l

M m

N n

O o

P p

Q q

R r

S s

T t

U u

V v

W w

X x

Y y

Z z

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