Move to a higher level of language proficiency with our Arabic Upper Intermediate short course. The course comprises three modules set at progressive levels over one year.
This Upper Intermediate Arabic course is the follow-up to Arabic Lower Intermediate Year 2. This Arabic evening course will enable you to communicate with more variation and fluency, so you feel confident in most everyday situations with Arabic speakers. It will also broaden your understanding of the Arabic culture and way of life. Challenging but rewarding, the Arabic Upper Intermediate course is perfectly suited to those looking to consolidate and further their skills and knowledge.
The course consists of one evening class a week for a total of 30 weeks; spread across three modules, the Arabic Upper Intermediate short course is ideal for those with various commitments or working full time.
All of our language short courses are taught by qualified native speakers and delivered at City, University of London’s main campus, in the heart of the capital.
The Arabic Upper intermediate short course covers various subjects such as: work scheduling, reading newspapers, describing neighbourhood, businesses and their locations, living in Arabic speaking countries, discussing the medias, sports and food, expressing preference and frequency, and describing countries.
Linguistic skills such as building sentences, transforming information and describing aspects of one’s background and immediate environment are developed.
The Arabic Upper Intermediate short course is ideal if you have:
Please check your level using our online guidelines before enrolling.
The Arabic Upper Intermediate course is taught at progressive levels starting with Module One in October. We only advise joining Module 2 or Module 3 if you are already familiar with the content from earlier modules (see the What will I learn? section below for module content).
The Arabic Upper Intermediate short course is ideal if you have:
Modules are taught at progressive levels, starting with Module One in the autumn (October).
If you wish to join Module Two of Arabic Upper Intermediate short course (starting January) or Module Three (starting April/May), you must have completed the previous modules or be familiar with the content taught therein, as described in the What will I learn? section.
Please check your level by using our online guidelines before enrolling.
You will need to respond to instructions and read course documents in English.
Classroom activities on the Arabic Year 2 (Lower Intermediate) short course will include:
You will perform listening, speaking, reading and writing in Arabic.
There is no formal assessment and no qualification is issued at the end of the course, but 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.
Module 1 & 2
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Second Edition: With Online Media Access the Online Interactive Exercises (Password inside the textbook)
By: Mahdi Alosh, Revised by Allen Clark
Module 3
ISBN: 978-0-300-17877-7
Ahmed EI-Shareif
Ahmed EI-Shareif is a native Arabic speaker from Egypt. He obtained his Master of Arts in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from SOAS, University of London. He also attended several workshops run by the Authors of Al-Kitaab in Texas University, USA and London.
Ahmed currently teaches Arabic at City (CASS & LGP Modules) and SOAS. He previously taught at Suffolk College, Westminster University, International House London and Kings College London.
Ahmed is an External Examiner for Pearson education, and Chartered Institute of Linguists. He also designs and runs training courses for the development of Arabic teachers abroad and in UK.
Arabi Shareif
Arabi Shareif has been teaching for 10 years, after obtaining his certificate in teaching Arabic as a foreign language from SOAS in 2008. Arabi has taught at Universities such Kings College in London and also at several language schools.
Arabi is working toward his MA in Academic Practice in Teaching at City, University of London. He is a native speaker of Arabic with a passion for Arabic language teaching, who teaches Modern Standard Arabic as well as Egyptian dialect. Arabi studied Business at Ain Shams University and has a diploma in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo.
