Unlocking the Arabic Script - First Steps in Arabic

Unlocking the Arabic Script - First Steps in Arabic

*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll. 

*Class sessions are 1.5 hours each.

Course Description: This course introduces students to the Arabic writing system and provides the foundation for reading and understanding simple Arabic texts. Over the course of the semester, students will learn to recognize, pronounce, and write all Arabic letters in their isolated, initial, medial, and final forms. They will also gain a working knowledge of short vowels, long vowels, diacritics, and essential spelling conventions.


Unlike courses that teach the script in isolation, Unlocking the Arabic Script through Basic Arabic integrates real vocabulary and simple grammatical structures from the very beginning. Students will not only learn to decode the letters, but also to make meaning with them: reading short words, sentences, and eventually passages with comprehension. Vocabulary and grammar support the learning process, but the heart of the course is mastering the script.

Whether you’re starting from zero or brushing up on the basics, this course is designed for you.

DETAILS

Level: This course is meant for beginners or people with some experience in reading the Arabic script who want to hone their skills.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Wednesdays, 10:00a.m. US EST

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Roberto Salazar

Roberto Salazar is an experienced polyglot language coach and nomadic classicist, with a passion for teaching Latin and Greek as spoken languages, and an impossible desire to speak all tongues imaginable, and to teach them to those who want to learn them.

He has taught Latin, Greek, Arabic, German and more in different places around the world, including various Paideia programs, online and on site. A former fellow of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, where he studied Classics and Philosophy, he's currently writing a PhD dissertation on the reception of Greek tragedy in the Arab World, Modern Greece and Latin America. He has also done research on European Classical Reception and Neo-Latin.

He has published fiction translations into French and Spanish from various languages including Swedish. In 2017, he was the head literary curator for the French-Colombian Year.

That's probably why he's still scrambling to complete his PhD at the University of Versailles.

He currently lives between Athens, Cairo and Saint Denis, France.