Arabic Language Course

تعلم اللغة العربية - Learn Arabic

There is probably no other language in the world quite like Arabic. Famous for its challenging alphabet and exotic roots, learning Arabic is perhaps the ultimate challenge for language fans. Given the enormous wealth in the Emirates, many businesses also conduct their trade in Arabic.

Perhaps you are thinking of visiting Cairo, Dubai or any of the other amazing cities in Arabic speaking nations. It is the official language of 28 countries – the third most common in the world. Spoken by almost 300 million speakers worldwide, it is the prevalent language across the Arab peninsula and North Africa.

With the emergence of the Emirates as a top tourist destination, there has never been a better time to learn this language than now!

Is learning Arabic hard?

Arabic is considered to be one of the most difficult languages to learn. With a complex grammatical structure, professional help is often advised for beginners. The alphabet too is more complex than most alphabets used across the world. The morphology of Arabic comes from altering a three-letter root to create new words. These alterations depend on a range of different pieces of information.

For this reason, anyone beginning to learn Arabic for the first time is advised to take lessons. With the guidance of professional tutors, learning can be easy, fun and make a big change to your everyday life. With courses designed to help every student flourish, you will be able to maximise your learning time and come away with a great command of the Arabic language.

What sort of things will I learn?

Learning a language from scratch is exciting – you have literally everything in the world to learn about it. Learning Arabic is no different from most traditional language courses. You can expect to learn about the following:

• Talking about yourself, and your family.
  o You will learn to describe yourself and who you live with
• Your everyday routine
  o Learn about discussing how you go to work, what you do with your free time, and other topics.
• Greetings and introductions
  o You will also learn to deal with complaints and problems that might arise from your time overseas.
• Booking a hotel and handling visiting overseas
• Going out for food and how to order from a menu
• Getting directions and navigation
• Shopping
  o Learn about clothes, food and other normal shopping items as well as how to ask and pay for them in Arabic.
• Cultural elements
  o As Arabic culture is extremely different from traditional Irish culture, learning about the major differences will make visits to Arab nations much easier, as well as providing context for what you learn. This syllabus with equip anyone for a trip abroad. Whether you are going for work or pleasure, you will be able to get by.

What can I do when I’m done?

Once you have completed the course, you will have a passing command of Arabic. Further study will be needed to progress, and of course, like all languages, if you do not put the time into maintaining it, then you will find that you lose fluency.

However, for most visits that require this language, you will be able to cope with everyday situations. If you would like to go on and study the language further, then you will have a perfect grounding to begin. Learning a popular language such as Arabic has plenty of advantages, not to mention looking good on a CV.

With a range of flexible courses available for learners, there is sure to be a course that fits your unique requirements, whatever they may be.