Arabic language courses


Overview
Studying Arabic at SOAS Language Centre
SOAS Language Centre in London operates the largest non-degree Arabic language programme in the UK. It runs over 120 scheduled courses a year for learners.
In addition, SOAS Language Centre also offers individual tuition or small group tuition tailor-made according to the needs of the clients, be they from the business community, government departments or other institutions.
Each year there are about 1000 registrations on our various Arabic language courses, and we have a team of nearly 20 teachers, all of whom are native speakers of Arabic. SOAS Language Centre regularly offers courses in Modern Standard Arabic, Qur'anic Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial and other dialects to mother-tongue and non mother-tongue speakers.
Short courses in Arabic
10 weeks, 1 class per week
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
- MSA Beginners online
- MSA Beginners on campus
- MSA Accelerated Beginners 3/Elementary 1 online (2 classes per week)
- MSA Elementary online/on campus
- MSA Pre-Intermediate online
- MSA Intermediate online
- MSA Upper-Intermediate online
- MSA Pre-Advanced online
- MSA Advanced online
- MSA Proficiency online
Levantine Arabic
- Levantine Beginners online
- Levantine Elementary online
- Levantine Pre-Intermediate online
- Levantine Intermediate online
- Levantine Upper-Intermediate online
- Levantine Advanced online
- Levantine Proficiency online
Other Arabic courses
- Arabic (Native Speakers) Elementary online
- Arabic (Native Speakers) Intermediate online
- Arabic Advanced Level Speaking Skills online
- Qur'anic Beginners online
- Qur'anic Elementary online
- Egyptian Beginners online
For course dates and information, please see our timetables
Tailored tuition
We can also provide individually tailored courses
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Course materials
See Arabic course materials for detailed information.
Course materials are not included in the course fee and can be purchased from the SOAS bookshop (email bookshop@soas.ac.uk) or any other source you can find.