Finesse your Arabic language skills and grow in confidence with our Lower Intermediate course. Build your knowledge across six structured modules.
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Arabic Lower Intermediate - Level 3 Course overview
The Lower Intermediate Arabic course is designed to help you communicate confidently in a range of business, leisure and social scenarios.
Building on your knowledge, you’ll cover vocabulary needed to rent an apartment, talk in detail about family relationships and navigate your way around.
You’ll also learn the correct forms of address and how to give and receive instruction. New grammar topics are introduced, such as permutative nouns.
You will gain a deeper insight into the cultures of Arab countries, including Arabic music and food, using newspapers, TV programmes, radio clips and advertisements for context.
You’ll be working towards CEFR B1 of the Common European Framework Reference for language learning.
Who is it for?
You should already be able to communicate at CEFR A2 level (at least 120 hours of formal study). You may have a good or recent GCSE or have completed the elementary course.
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Timetable
The full course includes 72 hours of online learning and is taught across six modules.
Benefits
- Delivered by a qualified Arabic speaker
- Interactive and varied learning techniques
- Awarded a City St George’s, University of London certificate.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to
- search for and rent an apartment in Arab countries
- describe yourself and others, express your hobbies, likes and dislikes
- talk in more detail about family members and relations
- describe neighbourhood businesses, their locations and give specific directions
- use correct forms of address
- describe countries, populations and products and give detail on travel-related activities
- talk about events, television and radio programmes
- describe work and professions in depth
- understand Arabic media material including advertisements, billboards and signs
- follow written recipes and describe food
- give and receive instruction
- understand much more about Arabic culture and customs, pastimes and musical instruments.
Grammar structures
- expressing intention using verb I want + present verb (rule) أريد أن
- adverbs of time and verbs
- revisiting possessive إضافة
- learn and apply habitual and progressive past tense
- learn and apply comparative nouns
- revisiting weak verbs
- expressing exception, wishes, reason and obligation
- introduction to permutative nouns
- introduction to additional conjunction particles
- More to particle ENA
- Introduction to conditional sentences
- Revisiting Kana Sisters
- Learning about descriptive idafa الإضافة الغير حقيقية
Assessment and certificates
You will receive a Certificate of Completion from City St George’s, University of London, along with a digital badge for your LinkedIn profile.
To qualify, you must attend at least70% of classes.
Teaching
Classes are highly interactive and include:
- Small group work and role-play
- Listening to audio materials (e.g. radio clips)
- Reading articles and texts
- Watching video content
- Digital learning tools to support your progress
You’ll also explore Arabic culture, current affairs and traditions alongside language learning.
Eligibility
It is the right level if one of the following applies:
- you have completed our elementary course, or equivalent course elsewhere
- you can communicate at CEFR A2 level
- you have at least 120 hours of formal study
- you have a good or recent GCSE.
You should already be able to:
- talk in more detail about family members and relationships
- describe geographical directions and signs
- describe professions and travel-related activities
- express uncertainty, possibility and frequency
- have some understanding of using comparative nouns.
Please do reach out to our team if you’re not sure which level is right for you.
Additional requirements
To enrol onto the Lower Intermediate Arabic course, you must:
- be age 18 or over
- have basic IT skills and a reliable internet connection to access lessons and course materials.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.
Tutor
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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.
