Introduction
About this tutorial
This free Arabic Language Course will help you learn Arabic through simple, easy-to-follow Arabic lessons in plain English.
The Arabic lessons are designed so that the learner avoids common mistakes made by beginners when learning this wonderful language.
They also focus on the essentials and avoid providing excessive, confusing details at the beginning; complexity is only added in later lessons gradually.
Is Arabic difficult?
Is English difficult to the British-born? Is it to a chinese kid?
Depends a lot on your mother tongue, the environment (are you exposed to it?), your level of motivation, and your age too.
Spoken vs. Written
Which one should you study, spoken Arabic or written Arabic (also called Modern Standard Arabic, or MSA)? While MSA is what you will read/hear in the Arabic newspapers and other media, spoken (derivatives of) Arabic is what you will hear when you are on tour in an Arab country; you will hardly ever have to read it. It has a number of varying versions, each region having its own. For example, the Iraqi spoken Arabic widely differs from the Moroccan one.
Why learn Arabic?
If you are still undecided whether to embark upon the study of Arabic or not, below are some reasons to get you motivated:
- It is one of the official languages of the United Nations
- Being more than 1500 years old, it is one of the most ancient languages alive.
- It has stood the test of time as it is still widely used today in its initial form, with just a few minor changes here and there.
- It is the official language of more than 200 million people
- It will enable you to understand a book whose words are the same more than 1400 years later
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