MSA ( Modern Standard Arabic )

Modern Standard Arabic (or Fous-ha) is used in educated conversation and the media. The course will enable you to develop your competence in reading, writing, listening and speaking. As you progress, you will be able to discuss cultural and current affairs in the Middle East, be able to understand radio and television programmes and read Arabic literature (including Islamic texts).

ECA (Egyptian Colloquial Arabic)

Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (or Aameya) is the most widely understood dialect in the Middle East. With our communicative approach, and our focus on small classes, students can quickly progress through our levels to a point where they can really begin to communicate.

Combined MSA/ECA

Courses are scheduled so that it is possible for students to study both ECA and MSA simultaneously, which is of particular interest to the many committed students that we serve; diplomats, journalists, study abroad university students, archaeologists and Egyptologists, government agencies and numerous professional organizations.

Media Arabic (MA) 1 - Upper Intermediate Level

In this course you will study and practice

• Essential newspaper vocabulary & expressions and to use them in meaningful context

• Connectors & special grammatical and morphological rules that are used in newspaper language

• Reading comprehension for authentic short & long articles

• Listening comprehension

• Translation of short articles from Arabic to English & vice versa

Media 1 will focus mainly on these areas:

* Formal visits & meetings

* Conferences & negotiations

Who should take this course?

A student who is....

• Interested in reading Arabic newspapers & listening to Arabic news

• An intermediate modern standard student, which means that you

... studied most of the basic grammar

... know the essential morphological rules

... are aware of the sentence formation, compound & complex sentences

... know a good range of basic vocabulary & are able to use them in comprehensive reading & writing

Course duration:

Classes are from Monday to Thursday, 2 hours daily, for 4 weeks with a total of 32 hours; occasionally we run 5 week courses of 40 hours (see our course dates)

Media Arabic (MA) 2 - Advanced Level Course description:

In this course you will study and practice

• Essential newspaper vocabulary & expressions and to use them in meaningful context

• Connectors & special grammatical and morphological rules that are used in newspaper language

• Reading comprehension for authentic short & long articles

• Listening comprehension

• Translation of short articles from Arabic to English & vice versa

Topics:

Media 2 will focus mainly on these areas:

• Demonstrations & disturbances

• Internal Policies

Who should take this course?

A student who

... has finalized Media Arabic 1 course or

... is at advanced modern standard level & has some exposure to Media Arabic.

Course duration:

Classes are from Monday to Thursday, 2 hours daily, for 4 weeks with a total of 32 hours; occasionally we run 5 week courses of 40 hours (see our course dates)