Text Books for learning Jawi

A partial list of text books for learning the Jawi script. Mostly published in Malaysia and written in Malay (in the Latin script). Those indicated as Text Book A and so force have been used to a various extent in the JSG workshops (Text Book D is not included as it is a text book for the Malay language).

Jawi Text Books

1. Haji Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid and Haji Mokhtar Mohd. Dom. 1987. Belajar Tulisan Jawi/Learn Jawi. Petaling Jaya: Fajar Bakti. 365 pp.
   [Note] Text Book A. ISBN 0-19-580928-9. 1st published in 1977. Written both in Malay (Latin script) and English. Comprehensive. Based on the Radio and Televisyen Malaysia's TV program "Belajar Tulisan Jawi" originally broadcasted in 1976, consiting of 180 ten-minute lessons.
2. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. 1987. Pedoman Ejaan Jawi yang Disempurnakan [A Guideline to the Standardized Jawi Spelling ]. 2nd ed. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. 35 pp.
   [Note] Text Book E. 1st ed. 1986. An official guideline to the standardized Jawi spelling published by the Department of Language and Literature, Ministry of Education. A revision of the Daftar Ejaan Melayu Za'ba (1938).
3. Ismail bin Dahaman and Manshoor bin Haji Ahmad. 1996. Pedoman Ejaan Jawi Bahasa Melayu [A Guideline to the Jawi Spelling of the Malay Language]. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
   [Note] An official guideline to the standardized Jawi spelling published by the Department of Language and Literature. A new revision of the Pedoman Ejaan Jawi yang Disempurnakan (1986).
4. Metelob. 1989. Rahsia Belajar Jawi [The Secret of Learning Jawi]. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Antara. 93 pp.
   [Note] ISBN 967-937-504-8. Written in Malay in the Jawi script only. A text book for children, including short reading materials, a comparative list of new and old spellings, and a word list.
5. Shamsuddin bin Haji Abdullah. 1988. Kembali kepada Jawi: Mengandungi Panduan Menulis dan Membaca Jawi Paling Ringkas dan Lengkap [Return to Jawi: the Simplest and Most Complete Guide to Writing and Reading Jawi]. 3rd ed. Kemaman, Terengganu: Pusat Pengajian Islam, Taman Islam. 36 pp.
   [Note] Text Book B. Originally published in 1986. Revised 2nd ed. 1987. Enlarged 3rd ed. 1988. Written in Malay in the Latin script. A simple and straightforward step-by-step introduction to the Jawi script.
6. Syafnil, Ali Dasni and Hasan Basri. 1997. Baca Tulis Arab Melayu: Jilid 1 untuk Sekolah Dasar Kelas III [Read and Write Malay Arabic: Vol. 1 for Elementary School Grade 3]. Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat: Usaha Ikhlas. 69 pp.
   [Note] Text Book C-1. The first of the multi-volume Jawi text books for elementary schools in the Province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Written in Indonesian in the Latin script.
7. Syafnil, Ali Dasni and Hasan Basri. 1997. Baca Tulis Arab Melayu: Jilid 2 untuk Sekolah Dasar Kelas IV [Read and Write Malay Arabic: Vol. 1 for Elementary School Grade 3]. Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat: Usaha Ikhlas. 71 pp.
   [Note] Text Book C-2. The second of the multi-volume Jawi text books for elementary schools in the Province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Written in Indonesian in the Latin script.
8. Syafnil, Ali Dasni and Hasan Basri. 1997. Baca Tulis Arab Melayu: Jilid 3 untuk Sekolah Dasar Kelas V [Read and Write Malay Arabic: Vol. 3 for Elementary School Grade 5]. Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat: Usaha Ikhlas. 76 pp.
   [Note] Text Book C-3. The third of the multi-volume Jawi text books for elementary schools in the Province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Written in Indonesian in the Latin script.
9. Syafnil, Ali Dasni and Hasan Basri. n.d. Baca Tulis Arab Melayu: Jilid 4 untuk Sekolah Dasar Kelas VI [Read and Write Malay Arabic: Vol. 4 for Elementary School Grade 6]. Bukittinggi, Sumatera Barat: Usaha Ikhlas. 66 pp.
   [Note] Text Book C-4. The fourth of the multi-volume Jawi text books for elementary schools in the Province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Written in Indonesian and in the Jawi script only.