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Complete your beginners knowledge of Arabic with our third and final module, part 3.

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Arabic Beginners Part 3 Course overview

Part 3 of our Arabic beginners course will conclude your beginners understanding of Arabic.

Taught over 10-weekly evening classes, you will build on your basic knowledge and vocabulary to talk about the weather and describe activities in the present, past and future tenses.

You’ll improve your knowledge of Arabic grammar and learn how to use the verb kana and the idafa structure.

By the end of the 10 weeks, you will be communicating at CEFR A1 of the Common European Framework Reference of language learning.

Who is it for?

Our beginners modules are taught at progressive levels -this module is ideal if you have completed part 2 of the beginners syllabus or equivalent (approximately 40 hours of prior study).

Find out more about our Arabic courses

Timetable

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

Benefits

  • The perfect course for experienced beginners, not quite ready to join a lower intermediate-level class
  • Taught by expert and native tutors
  • Combines a structured approach with interactive learning to help you practise and build confidence.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course, you will be able to

  • request and decline things politely
  • describe activities in the present, past and future
  • report what other people say
  • describe daily activities
  • express contrast and reasons.

Grammar

  • present tense conjugation and negation
  • revisiting idafa structure
  • imperative mood
  • cardinal numbers 11-999
  • expressing possessive using different particles
  • attached pronouns suffixed to verbs
  • adverbs of time
  • past tense conjugation and negation
  • verbal noun masder.

Assessment and certificates

You will be awarded an official City St George's, University of London certificate on completion of the course if you attend over 70 per cent of the classes. The course is not formally accredited.

Teaching

  • Classroom activities during this evening course will include:
  • pair and groupwork
  • roleplay
  • classroom discussion
  • pronunciation and intonation
  • grammar in context.

Your tutor will set weekly homework so you can practise and consolidate what you have learned in class.

Eligibility

You’ll need some basic knowledge of Arabic to enrol on this course (approximately 40 hours of formal learning).

This course is the right level for you if you can:

  • identify and describe classroom surroundings and people
  • elicit information and provide answers using general and unique questions tools
  • express admiration
  • describe family members, accommodation and study subjects
  • understand basic grammar including demonstrative pronouns هذا هذه هُنا هُناك and the definite article أل .

Too easy? Take a look at our Arabic Lower Intermediate courses. They could be for you if you have approximately 60 hours of formal prior study.

English requirements

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

Tutors

  • Ahmed El-Shareif

    Ahmed EI-Shareif (online classes)

    Ahmed El-Shareif is a native Arabic speaker from Egypt with extensive experience teaching Arabic online and in higher education. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds two master’s degrees:

    • MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, SOAS, University of London (2012). Dissertation: “The Effect of Metacognitive Instruction on the Listening Ability of Arabic as a Foreign Language Students.”
    • MA in Academic Practice (2023). Project: “Exploring Levels and Types of Engagement with Open Education Practice and Open Educational Resources among Teachers of Arabic as a Second Language in Higher Educational Institutions in the United Kingdom.”

      He has attended multiple professional workshops led by the authors of different Arabic textbooks at the University of Texas (USA), as well as sessions in Spain and London.

      Teaching experience (current & previous):
    • Currently teaches Arabic online at City, University of London (Bayes Business School modules and all evening programmes, Years 1–3) and SOAS.
    • Previous roles at Suffolk College, University of Westminster, International House London, and King’s College London.

      Assessment & training:
    • Certified External Examiner for Pearson and the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
    • Designs and runs teacher‑training courses for Arabic instructors in the UK and abroad.

    Ahmed studied Classics (Latin and Greek), speaks Modern Greek, and knows Italian and Japanese.

  • Sawsan Askoul

    Sawsan has an MA in Translation from the University of Westminster and an MA in Applied Linguistics and Communication from Birkbeck College, University of London. She is particularly interested in Arabic phonetics and phonology, bilingual translation and second language acquisition. Sawsan is an experienced teacher who has been teaching Arabic as a foreign language for the past 15 years.

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