Arabic Course?

Missteacher
By Missteacher

Hi

I am a teacher and have been living and working in Doha for a year now and my arabic is very minimal. I would like to take a course after work to learn arabic. Does anyone know anywhere that has courses or even a native speaker who could tutor me??

Thank you in advance

MT

By Mandilulur• 13 Sep 2011 00:57
Mandilulur

MT, after 5 levels of Fanar, they promise a vocabulary of only 300 words! Obviously not sufficient for converation, they concentrate on reading/writing which is a different kind of Arabic. I did my colloquial Arabic in Palestine so I speak with a Palestinian accent and a Khaliji vocabulary!Mandi

By Missteacher• 12 Sep 2011 19:01
Missteacher

Tried to call fanar and email them but no luck! my friend is from jordan....she tries to teach me words but i need an intense course or tutoring or something. I would like to be able to speak to the locals here in Doha....even parents who's children I am teaching.  

By qatarisun• 12 Sep 2011 18:58
qatarisun

Also, decide which accent you want to learn. Whether it's Syrian/Lebanese, or Gulf, or Egyptian... They are all quite different..

By qatarisun• 12 Sep 2011 18:55
qatarisun

All I knew from Fanar was hathihi bakara (this is a cow) and hatha Arnab (this is a rabbit).. How often do you need these words in your daily life ? The rest of Arabic I know from my hub :)..

By Fox zulu• 12 Sep 2011 18:19
Fox zulu

Fanar is a good place to learn arabic but that is "formal arabic".  It is not oriented for conversation skills.

By jayca• 12 Sep 2011 16:50
jayca

attend osamabawab's QL tutoring :)

just type his name, osamabawab on the search box and you will learn some arabic from his threads :P

By Missteacher• 12 Sep 2011 16:49
Missteacher

....or should I say shukran! xx

By anonymous• 12 Sep 2011 16:45
anonymous

You can learn it here.The best in Dohahttp://www.fanar.gov.qa/TrainingCenter.aspxClick the above link.

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