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Intermediate Business Arabic

This new course focuses on Arabic language teaching and learning in business contexts including media and day-to-day business communications with the Arab world. The course is open to intermediate level learners of Arabic.

Duration:
20 hours per term over 3 terms

Mode of Attendance: Part Time

Description

This Arabic for Business course aims to improve the skills acquired on Arabic language courses at SOAS or any similar courses elsewhere, and to develop communicative skills in a wide range of business Arabic contexts. The course will enable students to effectively interact in variety of situations where business Arabic is used.

The course will focus on teaching Arabic in business contexts in very interactive and communicative way and will develop the students’ abilities in using Arabic in their business environments, including commercial, media and financial purposes.

Having completed the course students should be able to:

  • express themselves in Arabic in a range of sentence structures and phrases in their business environment
  • express themselves in Arabic in a range of situations and contexts
  • understand a range of spoken Arabic beyond common courtesy and survival requirements
  • use a greater variety of vocabulary and develop their own in their business environment.

The course is taught in English and Arabic and covers reading, writing, speaking and listening  using contemporary printed and audio video authentic material. There is a balance between communicative activities, structure, practice and grammar.

Applicants must contact the Arabic courses secretary arabic@soas.ac.uk for registration at least 2 weeks before the beginning of the course, as an assessment may be required.

Fees for this Course

The fee for each ten-week term is £345 payable in advance.

Terms and Conditions

See our terms and conditions of payment before enrolling on the course.

How to Apply for this Course

You can apply and pay online or by post.

Classes may fill up quickly. In some cases, additional classes are set up. It is best to apply early in order to avoid disappointment.

Materials

Our course materials page shows you what you need to buy for this course. Published materials are available from the SOAS bookshop and are not included in the course fees. Contact the bookshop on 020 7898 4470 or bookshop@soas.ac.uk for further details.

Timetable

Classes will be held at the Bloomsbury or Kings Cross Campus of SOAS in central London on one evening a week or Saturday daytime. Participants receive 20 hours of language tuition over each ten-week period (with additional weeks where public holidays displace a class session). See our timetable pages.