Learning Arabic Through Historical Narratives

Arabic Unveiled: A History-Based Approach

learning a language through the lens of history makes the process much more immersive and meaningful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a1ntXVfRx8 

Others: https://www.youtube.com/@ataanimationstudio  

other

مصطلحات عربية للناطقين بغيرها Arabic terms for non-native speakers

 

Arabic terms for non-native speakers

https://zai.zu.ac.ae/home/translation

Examples ( click here) 

To download all cards click on the link above or here 

Arabic 2026. Learn Arabic at City St George’s-London Online with Ahmed el-shareif.

 

Learn Arabic at City St George’s-London 
Online with Ahmed el-shareif -2026. 

 Year 1-Part 1

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/short-courses/arabic-beginners-part-1
  starting dates 20/01/2025

• Duration: 10 weeks

• Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Fees: £320 (no VAT)

• Occurs: Tuesday

• Location: Online

• Booking deadline: 15^th January 2026, 11:59pm

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Year 1, Part 2: Prerequisites include the completion of 20 instructional hours in the previous academic year, proficiency in the Arabic alphabet, or prior study of the Mastering Arabic curriculum up to Unit 10
https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/short-courses/arabic-beginners-part-2

• Duration: 10 weeks

• Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Fees: £320 (no VAT)

• Occurs: Wednesday

• Location: Online

• Booking deadline: 15^th January 2026, 11:59pm

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Arabic Intermediate (part 2)

https://estore.city.ac.uk/short-courses/continuing-education/languages/arabic/arabic-intermediate-year-3

Every Thursday evening online 
Course Title: Year 3 Arabic (Part 2)
Use our level charts to find the right course for you

• Starting date: 20^th January 2026

Starting date: 21^st January 2026

Course Catalog Entry: Year 3, Part 2

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites To ensure success in this module, students should meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Instructional Hours: Completion of 140 instructional hours in previous academic years.

• Curriculum Knowledge: Prior study of the Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners (أهلاً وسهلاً) textbook through Lesson

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• Professional Disclaimer

  Please note: I also conduct online sessions at SOAS University of London every Saturday. Please be advised that the SOAS program follows an accelerated Arabic curriculum. For further information regarding those specific modules, please consult the SOAS website.

About ME  the Tutor: Ahmed El-Shareif

Ahmed El-Shareif is a native Arabic speaker from Egypt and a highly qualified linguist with extensive experience in teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds two Master of Arts degrees: one in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from SOAS, University of London (2012), and a second in Academic Practice from City, University of London (2023).

Ahmed currently leads Arabic modules at City St George’s, University of London, covering Years 1–3 for both the general public and Bayes Business School.

Other Teaching Engagements: In addition to his work at City St George’s, Ahmed teaches at SOAS University of London every Saturday. Please note that the SOAS modules follow an accelerated Arabic curriculum.Search term 2 FOR  January 2026 HERE  Ref:  44129 

Learning Arabic with Aljazeera Media Institute (FREE). تعلم العربية مع الجزيرة

 ALJAZEERA MEDIA INSTITUTE 

LEVEL TEST    ( reading test, vocabulary test, beginners test, intermediate test, grammar test.)

Each test will open in a new page. Take your time, then select your level now, and begin learning.

LESSONS الدروس  ALL WITH  INTERACTIVE EXERCISES AND FEED BACK

Level A1. WITH 3 INTERACTIVE EXERCISES AND FEED BACK

قائِمَةُ الحُروفِ والأصْواتِ العَرَبِيَّة Arabic letters and sounds

OTHER ACTIVITIES-INDIVITUAL LETTER

INTRODUCTORY LEVEL A1-A2 

  LEVEL B1-B2 

BEGINNER

ELEMENTARY

 Other level:  intermediate  , Upper Intermediate , Advanced , Proficiency

Speak Arabic تكلم العربية

See how learning Arabic has impacted lives in incredible ways—and share your own story with us!

Watch the videos here:

https://www.qfi.org/speakarabic/ 

Reference 

https://www.qfi.org/students/arabic-honor-society/

Arabic Alphabet Sounds & pronunciation

 

This presentation introduces the Arabic letters and their sounds. It was created by one of my favourite teachers, whose work my students and I always enjoy. If you see “Video not available” on the black screen, simply click “Watch on YouTube” to view it directly. You can also find his other excellent presentations on YouTube. Thank you, Shereef, for sharing such valuable resources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguA1LnXZh8

also visit :  https://mylanguages.org/multimedia/arabic_audio_alphabet.php

Arabic Beginners at City University of London

 

Arabic Beginners (full syllabus*)-City University of London

*or 

You can study the syllabus in parts

click here for year 1 or 2 or 3 

Good news, Year 3 is now available, starting from Lesson 17 of اهلاً وسهلاً. I am Ahmed, teaching all courses online.  click year 3 

Alif Baa Unit 1: Arabic Letters and Sounds

also here 

and here to memorise

Arabic Lower Intermediate at City University of London Online, using Zoom technology

  

Arabic Lower Intermediate (full syllabus)

Online, using Zoom technology 

Short course

Learn Arabic and earn a certificate!

Enrol in our full-year course (60 hours) and save 10%. For more details and to learn about your tutor (me), Search for full syllabus.

 here is one term 20 hours per week .term 1  every Tuesday starts first of October, 6.30-8.30pm 

 

Here is the information for one term: 20 hours per week. Term that will be held every Tuesday, starting on the 1st of October, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.In january 2025 time change due to Ramadan but still 20 hours

Our program is unique because we use this specific textbook, we use this textbook  starting from Lesson 10 in Year 2. Plus deep learning teacher's materials in Moodle and Open Access part 2

 

FYI

City, University of London and St George’s, University of London agree to merge

the merged institution will be called City St George’s, University of London and will begin operating from 1 August 2024 – although full integration will take longer.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan -Lesson 1 -هالة في غرفة الصف

 Open Education Resource 

click here 

هالة تتكلم عن غرفة الصف  

 Lesson 1  click to hear  the audio and see the video 

Reference Ahlan Wa Sahlan  isbn 978-0-300-12272-5

This video licence under CCBY licence 

Arabic active learning محمود يصف شقته في القاهرة

Level A1+

Unit 7. Video Mahmoud describes his apartment.

محمود يصف شقته في القاهرة

Task 1: Pre-listening discussion: content

The title of the video includes the word describe يصف.

What ما description الوصف do you predict تتنبأthe speaker will mention  سيذكر?

Task 2: Pre-listening discussion: language

here are key expressions selected from the video:

قريبة مِن          أول الشارع         لأني               الآن        ليس هُناك           

discuss their meanings with another student. If you need to, check them in a dictionary or ask  Google https://translate.google.com/?hl=ar  then share your knowledge via comments section.

Task 3: Watch the video as many times as you like then see if you can answer the following questions:

أين شقة محمود؟

ما اِسم النهر؟

ما اسم الشارع؟

هل في الشقة تليفزيون؟

هل في الشقة أنترنت؟

أين يسكن محمود الآن؟

click here

worksheet:

https://www.macmillanihe.com/resources/CW%20resources%20(by%20Author)/W/Wightwick-and-Gaafar/Video%20worksheets/Mastering1Unit07VideoWorksheet.pdf

Source; Mastering Arabic 1-unit 7
Google translation:https://translate.google.com/?hl=ar

Learn Arabic Online | Learn Arabic in London. At City University of London.

ONLINE -USING ZOOM  -CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON -

Evening Classes -Join us from any where from the world (London time).

https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/subjects/arabic

Tutor: Ahmed el-shareif (MA -FHEA) 

Textbook Ahlan Wa Sahlan 

Year 1  beginners-letters and sound 

Year 2  lower intermediate  

Year 3  intermediate 

 Choose from full year (saving £ ££3) , or just one term .

Learn Arabic Online at City University of London.

 On other words:

• The tutor's  has a Master of Arts degree in teaching Arabic and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Any questions email me : ahmed.el-shareif.1(at) city.ac.uk. or   ae2(at)soas.ac.uk.
• The textbook used for the course is Ahlan Wa Sahlan.
• Year 1 of the course will start on October 4, 2023 and will cover the basics of Arabic, including the letters and sounds, as well as the first 5 lessons of the lower intermediate level. Full sullabus 3 terms. 
• Year 2 of the course will start on October 10, 2023 and will continue covering the lower intermediate level. Full sullabus 3 terms.
• Year 3 of the course will start on October 12, 2023 and will cover the intermediate level. Full sullabus 3 terms.

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الموارد التعليمية المفتوحة- اللغة العربية Open Education Resources-Arabic

 

If you are teaching Arabic using Al-Kitaab, you will discover that these  teaching resources will prove to be extremely useful.

If you're interested in accessing videos, sample lesson plans, and additional materials that correspond to each of the third edition books, all you have to do is click on the links provided below.

الموارد التعليمية المفتوحة Open Education Resources

However the author did not classify that these resources under CC license. So copyright applies.

Examples  

Alif Baa Teachers’ Resources

Arabic learning resources الأوزان The Arabic Verb form

 Arabic learning resources

The Arabic verb forms   الأوزان

Most Arabic words are derived from a three-letter (trilateral) root. Click the link to know more. 

Introduction to the Ten Arabic Verb Forms | Part 1-Watch 

Introduction to the Ten Arabic Verb Forms | Part 2

Arabic VERB FORMS Made Easy 

More from Arabic 101 BUT NOT ALL ARE FREE 

Learn Arabic at City St George University of London

 Learn Arabic at City St George University of London 

Learn Arabic at City

https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/subjects/arabic

Use our level charts to find the right course for you

We split our language courses into different levels, from basic sessions for beginners to more advanced groups. Every level has three parts – you can take them separately – or enrol on the full year for the best value.

 This course  year 1 (absolute beginners)  online use  Ahlan Wa Sahlan text book 3rd ed. 

year 2 and 3 use YEAR 2 AND 3 اهلاً وسهلاً

The FSI & DLI Arabic general Courses

 

The FSI & DLI Arabic general courses

All the FSI, DLI and Peace-Corps content is public domain. This site is not affiliated in any way with any government entity.

This link will take you to Archive download .

Also Arabic Grammar Resources 

Modern Egyptian Arabic -Verb Tenses

 Modern Egyptian Arabic

These open education resources created by Arabic desert  then I changed them with Microsoft Sway. Enjoy ! 

Ahmed El-shareif (FHEA, MA in teaching Arabic as L2/ AFL)

Pictures of ancient Egypt https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Egypt

Marhaba! An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic textbook.

Open Access: New Arabic Resource from Australian National University

Marhaba! An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic: Part 1 (epub, 109.1MB) and Part 2 are freely available textbooks designed for self-study and home revision. Comparable to Ahlan wa Sahlan. Marhaba offers lessons , referring to them as chapters.

The Marhaba textbook, available in epub format, includes video and audio content that can be accessed using a multimedia-enabled epub reader.

Here are the links to both parts:

Arabic Language Teachers and Students

 To Arabic Language teachers 

Ready to start adapting OER?

Read more about 

What is Pressbooks?

The Arabic Learners Written Corpus-Free OER

 The Arabic Learners Written Corpus

The Arabic Learners Written Corpus is an extensive Arabic learner collection comprising many written samples produced by L2 and heritage students, collected over 15 years of teaching.Description: Developed by Dr. Samira Farwaneh (University of Arizona), this extensive Arabic learner corpus comprises numerous written samples produced by L2 and heritage students, collected over 15 years of teaching. They were transcribed into a database with cross-referenced categories according to level (beginning, intermediate, advanced), learner (L2 vs. heritage), and genre (description, narration, instruction). The corpus serves as a source of empirical data for hypothesis testing as well as a resource for developing materials for teaching Arabic. A Spring 2010 workshop/demonstration took place at the Western Consortium of Middle East National Resource Centers’ Language Workshop.

This project is a collaboration between the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of Arizona, and the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Pennsylvania State University.

Reed more 

Read, Learn and Play Arabic .OER /OEP

 I attended today's conference  https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/ and here is the second Arabic OER  and IT IS FREE .

https://campuspress.yale.edu/readlearnplayarabic/

Thank you Sarab Al Ani  and Elisabeth Shovers

Describtion: 

Read, Learn and Play: Online Interactive Arabic Reading Materials provides original reading texts as shareable eBooks alongside virtual online practice activities. The authors ( Sarab Al Ani  and Elisabeth Shovers) designed the materials according to the Comprehensible Input (CI) theory and the Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) method. They aligned the resources to novice, intermediate and advanced ACTFL proficiency benchmarks and are designed for non-heritage K-16 language learners. They created this project with support from the U.S. Department of Education’s International Research and Studies Program.

Just click and learn https://campuspress.yale.edu/readlearnplayarabic/

Elementary Arabic I

 

Inclusive Pedagogy in LCTL Classrooms: Implications from Arabic OER

Ayman Mohamed, Michigan State University
Sadam Issa, Michigan State University

https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/arb101/

Authors:Sadam Issa and Ayman Mohamed

Book Description:This is an open textbook on Beginner Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their first semester. It addresses letters and sounds of Arabic along with basic skills in reading, speaking and writing. The book can be used as a self-study resource or as the main textbook in beginning Arabic classes.

كيف تصف البلاد العربية؟ How would you describe the Arab countries?

Adjectives in context 

كيف تصف البلاد العربية؟ 

How would you describe the Arab countries?

Resource الكتاب في تعلم اللغة العربية lesson 1

Level A1+
Click, Listen and Repeat.https://youtu.be/WBO94KXpV9M

Extract the meaning of:  - بعيد عَن - قريب مِن - كبير- صغير

الدولة	الوصف
العراق	قريبة من السعودية
الكويت	صغيرة
البحرين	صغيرة
قطر	قريبة من البحرين
الإمارات	بعيدة عن الجزائر
عُمان	قريبة من اليمن
اليمن	قريبة من السعودية
السعودية	كبيرة
الأردن	بعيدة عن تونس
سورية	بعيدة عن المغرب
لبنان	صغيرة
فلسطين	قريبة من سورية
مصر	قريبة من لبنان
السودان	كبيرة
ليبيا	قريبة من تونس
تونس	صغيرة
الجزائر	كبيرة
المغرب	بعيدة عن اليمن

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ما معنى اسم البلد؟ 

نطق اسماء البلاد  

  

Free Arabic Education Resources

 Free Arabic Education Resources

Go to Free Arabic Courses https://www.madinaharabic.com/learn-arabic.html 

Quizzes  (grammar)

Videos (beginners to intermediate)

Vocabulary 

Please credit their work according to  

CC license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.ar

Free Arabic Open Education Resources (New)

 New Open Education Resources-

free Learning hub

 Fatema the creator of this website allowed me to share these resources here. 

https://www.myarabichouse.co.uk/

Please CREDIT her work under 

CC license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.ar

Practice Verb Conjugation

http://www.studyarabic.com/#/conjugation_practice

image google (cc by)