Online Adult Arabic School
Registration for the Online Adult Arabic School is now open for the Spring Semester 2025! Classes (Novice 1 & 2) will resume on Saturdays, starting Saturday January 4th 2025.
For returning students, please you can go ahead and register right away! For our New students, please contact Nada Nahas Taylor first before registering to ensure that we have spot for you (school@tlacnc.org or 919- 491-0103) . Spots are limited!
Learn Arabic
Our school’s goal is to help learners acquire the Arabic language within a creative and fun environment conducive to learning. Our quality programs provide learners with the needed skills to communicate freely using the Lebanese dialect, strengthen their basic reading and writing skills and connect to their Lebanese culture to become active participants within their Lebanese community.
Instructor
The TLAC is very fortunate to be collaborating with Ms. Ala’a Malla in offering online classes for our adult learners!
Ms. Malla is an Arabic instructor who has taught at the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut. CAMES is a leading center for the interdisciplinary study of the Middle East, the Islamic World and the Arabic language, attracting a diverse group of students and scholars from around the world.
Instructor
The TLAC is very fortunate to be collaborating with Ms. Ala’a Malla in offering online classes for our adult learners!
Ms. Malla is an Arabic instructor who has taught at the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut. CAMES is a leading center for the interdisciplinary study of the Middle East, the Islamic World and the Arabic language, attracting a diverse group of students and scholars from around the world.
Novice 1
(2 semesters)
Learners at this level will be exposed to both the standard Arabic and Lebanese dialect, with no or little previous knowledge of the language.
By the end of this level, learners will be able to communicate and write about familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions. They will also be able to listen and read highly predictable texts in which the topic or context is very familiar. During our Arabic lessons, learners will be introduced to Lebanese culture to become active participants within its community.
Book used for this class, to be purchased separately by our learners: Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (3rd Edition)
Novice 1
(2 semesters)
Learners at this level will be exposed to both the standard Arabic and Lebanese dialect, with no or little previous knowledge of the language.
By the end of this level, learners will be able to communicate and write about familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions. They will also be able to listen and read highly predictable texts in which the topic or context is very familiar. During our Arabic lessons, learners will be introduced to Lebanese culture to become active participants within its community.
Book used for this class, to be purchased separately by our learners: Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (3rd Edition)
Novice 2
(2 semesters)
Learners at this level have already had some exposure to the Arabic language. They are expected to know the Arabic Alphabet, and have limited reading, writing and speaking skills.
By the end of this level, learners will enhance and expand different aspects of the language: grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and culture while using both standard Arabic and the Lebanese dialect.
They will be able to participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentences and to understand the main idea of short and simple presentations and texts when the topic is familiar. They will handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions. Learners will be able to write briefly about most familiar topics and present information using a series of simple sentences.
Book used for this class, to be purchased by our learners: Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-‘Arabiyya: Part One (3rd Edition)
Novice 2
(2 semesters)
Learners at this level have already had some exposure to the Arabic language. They are expected to know the Arabic Alphabet, and have limited reading, writing and speaking skills.
By the end of this level, learners will enhance and expand different aspects of the language: grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and culture while using both standard Arabic and the Lebanese dialect.
They will be able to participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentences and to understand the main idea of short and simple presentations and texts when the topic is familiar. They will handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions. Learners will be able to write briefly about most familiar topics and present information using a series of simple sentences.
Book used for this class, to be purchased by our learners: Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-‘Arabiyya: Part One (3rd Edition)
When & Where
Fall 2024 Semester: September 14th -December 21st (No classes November 30th, 2024)
Spring 2025 Semester: January 4th – May 17th (No classes on March 29th and April 5th 2025)
Novice 1: Saturdays from 10:00am – 11:30am ET
Novice 2: Saturdays from 8:00am – 9:30am ET
All classes will be hosted via Zoom. A link will be provided by the instructor before the semester begins.
When & Where
Fall 2024 Semester: September 14th -December 21st (No classes November 30th, 2024)
Spring 2025 Semester: January 4th – May 17th (No classes on March 29th and April 5th 2025)
Novice 1: Saturdays from 10:00am – 11:30am ET
Novice 2: Saturdays from 8:00am – 9:30am ET
All classes will be hosted via Zoom. A link will be provided by the instructor before the semester begins.
Details & Policy
If for some reason your child cannot attend one or more sessions, please do inform us and we’ll send you the material that will be covered during the missed session(s). Please note that missed sessions are nonrefundable.
Tuition is as follows:
- $ 500 per semester (this Does Not include the book(s) that need to purchased separately by our learners).
- Books are available on Amazon.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Nada Nahas Taylor by e-mail at school@tlacnc.org.
Details & Policy
If for some reason your child cannot attend one or more sessions, please do inform us and we’ll send you the material that will be covered during the missed session(s). Please note that missed sessions are nonrefundable.
Tuition is as follows:
- $ 500 per semester (this Does Not include the book(s) that need to purchased separately by our learners).
- Books are available on Amazon.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Nada Nahas Taylor by e-mail at school@tlacnc.org.
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