Arab Academy Makes Learning as Easy as ‘Alif, Ba, Ta’

Whether you are a professional who has just taken up a job in Saudi Arabia, an individual interested in learning more about Islam, or a long time resident of the Kingdom hoping to apply for citizenship, the Arab Academy is a great place to turn to for Arabic lessons that fit perfectly into your hectic schedule. The Arab Academy (www.arabacademy.com) is the world’s leading provider of online Arabic language courses and proficiency tests. It was launched in September 2000 and is run by professionals in the field of teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Many adults are hesitant to take Arabic lessons, viewing the language as complex and difficult to master. But learning Arabic online is much easier and more entertaining than learning Arabic in a traditional classroom environment. Through Arab Academy’s interactive sessions students participate in lessons and are monitored by advanced student tracking tools. A typical Arabic language lesson is composed of interactive learning pages followed by intelligent exercises and games that are full of graphics, sound and text. Each lesson ends with an online test that measures comprehension of the presented material.

The Arab Academy is multilingual. The site runs in English with mirrored sites in French, German and Indonesian. Students of Arabic are given support in their native language. The student body is composed of students and professionals from different fields and different areas: Diplomats, political scientists, doctors, businessmen, etc. Over 60 percent of students are women.

The Arab Academy offers seven language levels: Novice low, novice mid, novice high, intermediate low, intermediate mid and intermediate high. Those levels are preceded by novice zero, which introduces the alphabet. Each of the levels is composed of 45 contact hours. Courses are offered in the following areas of interest: General Purpose Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Colloquial Arabic, Arabic for Special Purposes, Islamic Arabic, Quranic Arabic, Arabic of Hadith, Arabic of Sirah, Business Arabic and Business Writing.