Arabic Lower Intermediate (part 3)

The third and final module, part 3, introduces fresh topics and more complicated grammar to help you reach a new level of proficiency.

You’ll learn to describe professions, give directions and discuss travel-related activities, as well as talk in greater detail about family relationships. We’ll revise past grammar structures and show you how to express uncertainty in Arabic.

At the end you will have achieved CEFR A1/2 level for language learning so you will be able to hold a conversation with native speakers.

Who is it for?

Completed part 2? Studied Arabic elsewhere for at least 100 hours? You may have a rusty Arabic GSCE or be able to communicate at CEFR A1 level. See the eligibility section for more.

Timetable

This course takes place one evening a week at 18:30 for 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Focus on the skills needed to converse in real world scenarios
• Access tools from home with our e-learning platform, Moodle
• Finishing in July, this is the perfect course to refresh for a summer holiday.

By the end of this course you will be able to

• discuss sports and food
• describe geographical directions and signs
• understand some media, television and radio programmes
• describe professions and travel-related activities
• talk in more detail about family members and relationships.

Grammatical structures

• expressing uncertainty and preferences
• expressing frequency, possibility and exception
• introduction to comparative nouns
• revisiting the comparatives and superlatives.

You will be awarded an official City, University of London certificate on completion of the course. You must attend over 70 per cent of the classes to be eligible for the certificate.

Although there isn’t a formal assessment, your progress will be monitored throughout the course through your participation and performance during lessons. You will also be given weekly homework.

Teaching

Our Arabic tutors use a variety of teaching methods which are designed to be effective and encouraging. These include a mixture of role play, games, group work and class discussion.

Newspapers, audio and video clips are used too, which will give you a greater understanding of Arabic culture.

The book used on this course is Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners.

Part 3 is ideal if you have either:

• completed part 2 of the lower intermediate syllabus
• studied formally for at least 100 hours
• have a rusty GCSE in Arabic
• are confidently communicating at CEFR A1 level.

You should already know:

• how to make appointments and schedules, and describe festivities
• how to read newspapers, write postcards and letters using correct terms of address
• how to describe shops, local facilities and their locations
• dual and plural nouns in Idafa structure
• negative past tense and future
• how to express intention and use relative nouns.

Looking to start at a different level? We run a range of Arabic courses at different levels.

English requirements

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