I think the purpose of this tool is the opposite. It is aimed at a person who know English and want to learn Arabic. So that people used franco arabic because of lack of Arabic support is another matter. Those were people who already know arabic and how to form words and sentences following its general structure. Also franco is not widely used anymore as before. I would suggest not to start the learning journey using it as a bridge.
Also while therr are dialects in arab world. Most of the people will read and write in formal Arabic which sometime will differ from how you speak. It is rare to speak formal arabic but the norm for reading and writing.
On a personal level, I find it much easier if someone either used English or Arabic to communicate with me. Franco feels like searching for meanings because there is no standard and people will write it differently and in many times you can't know if this was a typo or the problem is that you are old now and cannot keep up with how teenagers use it.
That is correct, this tool assumes a basic understanding of the Arabic alphabet, and I think in the long run being able to read the arabic script will accelerate your learning progress much faster than just using franco.
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I think the purpose of this tool is the opposite. It is aimed at a person who know English and want to learn Arabic. So that people used franco arabic because of lack of Arabic support is another matter. Those were people who already know arabic and how to form words and sentences following its general structure. Also franco is not widely used anymore as before. I would suggest not to start the learning journey using it as a bridge.
Also while therr are dialects in arab world. Most of the people will read and write in formal Arabic which sometime will differ from how you speak. It is rare to speak formal arabic but the norm for reading and writing.
On a personal level, I find it much easier if someone either used English or Arabic to communicate with me. Franco feels like searching for meanings because there is no standard and people will write it differently and in many times you can't know if this was a typo or the problem is that you are old now and cannot keep up with how teenagers use it.
That is correct, this tool assumes a basic understanding of the Arabic alphabet, and I think in the long run being able to read the arabic script will accelerate your learning progress much faster than just using franco.