Arabic school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

The course introduces students to Arabic sounds and the writing system, basic vocabulary, and grammatical structures up to a mid-beginner’s level. The course also focuses on developing oral-aural skills, rudimentary reading, and basic composition. Students are also exposed to cultural tidbits and discussions, with the goal of appreciating the cultural context in which the language is used. (4 credits)

All of our courses are carefully structured and designed to cover a wide range of topic areas, grammatical structures and skills. A Cactus Foreign Language Course includes the following elements:
Developing and improving your spoken language
Building your communicative confidence so you can talk with native speakers.
Developing your listening and comprehension skills to improve understanding.
Learning and reviewing the grammatical structures of the language
Focusing on langua...

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Introduces both spoken and written Modern Standard Arabic, the language of education, business and the media throughout the Arabic speaking world. Upon completion of this course, students can expect to be able to discuss their families and jobs. They should also be able to identify spoken words by part of speech and distinguish between nominal and verbal sentence structures. Students learn to read and write the complete Arabic alphabet. Proper pronunciation and the development of conversational ...

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Upon completion of this course, students can expect to be able to introduce themselves, as well as to engage in simple conversation on a range of everyday topics. Building upon the basic foundation provided in Level 1, topics introduced include the definite article, the nisba adjective, interrogatives, pronouns, the present tense, and plural forms. Proper pronunciation and listening skills continue to be emphasized.

Building upon the proficiency of Level 2, students acquire additional vocabulary with which to discuss daily activities, and grow able to both speak and comprehend more complex sentences. Topics include adverbs, numbers, noun-adjective phrases, interrogatives, and conditional sentences. Conversational proficiency continues to be emphasized, but students at this level also begin to improve their reading skills.