Language Courses

Spoken Arabic Beginner Course

This course is designed for absolute beginners and will cover the following areas:

  1. The alphabet
  2. Simple conversation for everyday situations – taking a taxi, shopping, traveling, asking for help in the street
  3. Reading and writing
  4. Basic grammar
  5. Cultural understanding

Spoken Arabic Intermediate Course

This course is for students who have completed the beginners’ course or who have some knowledge of Arabic. To attend the course the student should be able to understand the alphabet, read and write, and hold a simple conversation. The course will develop the following areas:

  1. Speaking and listening (more sophisticated conversation)·
  2. Learning idiomatic expressions and phrases·
  3. Telling stories ·
  4. Advanced grammar
  5. Reading and writing
  6. Focus on accent, pronunciation and intonation

Spoken Arabic Upper Intermediate Course

For students who have completed the Intermediate Arabic course or are of a similar standard, this course develops all areas of the language. It also introduces the similarities and differences between your chosen dialect and other Arabic dialects, teaching the student to recognize other dialects.

  1. Focus on fluency when speaking.
  2. Develop listening skills by watching TV shows and films
  3. Improve accent, pronunciation and intonation.
  4. More complex topics including politics, history, religion
  5. Advanced reading and writing

Spoken Arabic Advanced Course

This course is suitable for students who have completed the Upper-Intermediate course, or those with a high level of Arabic, perhaps having studied it at undergraduate level. The aim of this course is to master speaking and listening skills in your chosen dialect. The course focuses on the following areas:

  1. Guaranteed fluency in speaking
  2. Develop listening skills by watching films and TV programmes
  3. Converse confidently in different situations, on a range of complex topics
  4. Awareness of regional dialects within the country

Special Arabic course

Recommended for all students wishing to speak fluently, read an Arabic newspaper and listen to Arabic news. The course combines an Arabic dialect and Modern Standard Arabic and guarantees that the student will

  1. Speak colloquial Arabic confidently in everyday situations
  2. Understand the Arabic media
  3. Speak and write Modern Standard Arabic accurately
  4. Develop an awareness of regional dialects within the country

The course is structured around a series of complex, topical articles from the Arabic media which deal with a range of issues affecting the Middle East today.

Modern Standard Arabic Beginner Course

An introductory course for beginners, covering reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will cover:

  1. The alphabet
  2. Basic grammar
  3. Simple conversations
  4. Reading and writing short texts

Modern Standard Arabic Intermediate Course

Suitable for students who have completed the beginners’ course, or who can read and write simple Arabic, the Intermediate course develops reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

  1. Build up reading and writing skills; short stories and media articles
  2. Develop grammar to an intermediate level
  3. Listen to the Arabic media
  4. Expand conversation skills

Modern Standard Arabic Advanced Course

This course will develop the skills acquired during the intermediate course to take students to an excellent level of written and spoken Arabic.

  1. Guaranteed fluency in reading and writing
  2. Develop fluency in listening by watching the news, interviews and documentaries
  3. Converse confidently in different situations, on a range of complex topics
  4. Comprehensive study of grammar

Arabic Literature Course

Arabic has a long, rich and varied literary history. This course is designed for students who are interested in literature, from poetry to novels, short stories and plays. This course is perfect for those who can read Arabic at an intermediate level.

Media Arabic Course

This course is for intermediate and advanced students of MSA who want to be able to read and listen to the Arabic media with a high level of understanding. Omar uses his book ‘Media Arabic’ which comprises a series of interesting, relevant articles about current affairs in the Middle East. He also uses interactive software and current news from Al-Jazeera.