Choose your Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) is understood across the Arab world and is the language of the Quran and books. Dialects like Egyptian or Levantine are what people use at home. If your main goals are religion and broad understanding, start with Fusha and pick up everyday dialect phrases as you go.
Learn phrases before rules
Start with the sentences you will actually say: greetings, introducing yourself, asking how someone is, saying what you want. Grammar makes more sense once you have heard it working in real sentences.
Speak from the first lesson
- Answer simple questions out loud, even with mistakes.
- Repeat after your teacher, then try the same sentence about yourself.
- Record yourself and listen back once a week.
Why one-on-one helps
In a group class you might speak for two minutes. In a one-on-one class you speak for most of the session, and the teacher can switch to English the moment you’re lost.
Practice between classes
Ten minutes a day beats one long session a week. Listen to short Arabic clips, read along with simple texts, and use new words the same day you learn them.
Our Arabic classes include conversation for older students and adults, with teachers who explain in English whenever you need it.