Arabic Beginners Part 1 and 2

You learn faster when you are completely immersed– especially when it comes to a language like Arabic. Starting in January, this intensive Arabic course combines both part 1 and 2 of the beginners syllabus into one term. You’ll spend 40 hours with our native tutors across 10 weeks.

In each session, you’ll complete interactive listening and speaking exercises. We’ll also explore the Arabic script letter by letter and discover the way of life in Arabic countries.

As you become more confident, you’ll move on from greetings to describing objects, talking about yourself and exploring colloquial Arabic.

If you choose to join us for part 3 in the summer term you will be communicating at beginner’s level CEFR A1 (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Who is it for?

We’ve designed this course for complete beginners who want to immerse themselves in learning Arabic. You should be able to commit to joining us two evenings a week.

Timetable

Join us in January for two-hour lessons, twice a week over 10 weeks, to complete part 1 and 2.

Benefits

• A quick and cost-effective way to learn Arabic
• Our tutors are qualified and native Arabic speakers. Their extensive experience running evening classes means they know how to make sessions interactive, fun and rewarding.
• At the end of the course, you’ll have an official certificate from a London university. This makes a great talking point when you’re applying for jobs or working internationally.

For this course, you’ll complete part 1 and 2 of our Arabic Beginners course. There’s more to this course than practising conversations - you’ll learn to read and write basic Arabic sentences too.

Topics

• write and read the alphabet and recognise their sounds (phonetics)
• some colloquial Arabic
• greetings and introducing yourself
• everyday objects; surroundings; family, countries and people
• identify and describe classroom surroundings and people
• elicit information and provide answers using general and unique questions tools
• express admiration
• describe family members, accommodation and study subjects.

Grammatical structures

• pronouns: separate; attached
• expressing possession
• the relative noun Nisba
• gender in Arabic nouns
• diacritical marks Shadda, madda, tanwin, sukun
• demonstrative pronouns; gender agreements
• contrast particles
• assimilating and non-assimilating sounds; sun and moon letters
• definite and indefinite nouns; idafa structure; dual nouns; plural of non-rational noun (non-human)
• Arabic verbs; object of verbs
• negatives
• interrogative form
• ordinal numbers and number noun agreement
• preposition of place
• object of prepositions
• pronouns of separation.

By attending over 70% of your classes, you’ll receive an official City certificate. Our short courses aren’t accredited - any assessment you take is informal to help you evaluate your own progress.

Teaching

To perfect your listening and speaking skills in authentic situations, you’ll learn through:

• Role-play
• Classroom discussion
• Pair and group work
• Pronunciation and intonation work
• Grammar in context
• Listening to audio clips
• Watching videos.

In between sessions, we’ll set grammar exercises and reading for you to do in your spare time. To help you gauge your progress, your tutor will also give you feedback on tasks.

Starting from scratch? This course will help you get started. If you know some Arabic already, take a look at our Arabic Intermediate course.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.