$200 USD (monthly) • 12 Months
ARABIC LANGUAGE (REQUIRED BY AL AZHAR)
Comprehensive classical & modern standard Arabic for non-native speakers.
Course Overview
Designed specifically for international students aiming to join Al-Azhar University. This intensive course covers classical grammar (Nahw & Sarf), vocabulary building, speech fluency, and textual analysis. ***This course requires a $200 registration fee at Al-Azhar University***
Detailed Curriculum Outline
• Level 1: Preparatory Level (Pre-Beginner) Built for absolute non-native beginners. Focuses on phonetic and visual foundations, letter sounds, pronunciation, short/long vowels, and reading simple vocabulary.
• Level 2: Beginner Level I (A1) Strengthens foundational communicative competence, acoustic phoneme differentiation, fundamental grammar patterns, basic vocabulary, and everyday spoken dialogue exchanges.
• Level 3: Beginner Level II (A2) Focuses on common social context fluency, daily needs expression, short connected sentences, expanding core text reading structures, and basic personal form logging.
• Level 4: Intermediate Level I (B1) Enables interactive everyday communication, dialogue formulation across public spheres (travel, work, shopping), personal opinion logging, and accurate paragraph writing.
• Level 5: Intermediate Level II (B2) Fosters fluid public discussion, event narration, and advanced cognitive capacity. Explores deep cultural, historical, and intellectual texts concerning Arab and Islamic civilization.
• Level 6: Advanced Level I (C1) Elevates users to flexible academic and public status. Emphasize argument defenses, abstract socio-cultural conceptual evaluation, long-form reading, and cohesive report writing.
• Level 7: Advanced Level II (C2) Achieves parity with educated native speakers. Navigates complex academic frameworks, professional contexts, rhetorical styles, deep cultural references, and complex literary formats.
• Level 8: Distinguished Level (Post-C2 / Academic) Specialized ultimate tier for higher academic research, lecturing tracking, university matrix studies, thesis analysis, and formal scientific text navigation frameworks.
Key Learning Outcomes
Ability to read, write, and converse fluently in Modern Standard Arabic.
Direct entry eligibility into Al-Azhar Academic Pathway modules.
Official Al-Azhar Arabic Language Certificate upon graduation.
Lead Instructor: Dr. Mohamed Hemida
Senior Arabic Linguistics Professor at Al-Azhar University with 18+ years of teaching experience.