Summary

ArabicPod.net is a quality podcast for learning the Arabic language. The audio podcast lessons are free! and two levels of membership are also available for a nominal price. These include transcriptions of the lessons and additional study materials.

Lessons are well-structured and tackle many difficult aspects of learning the Arabic language, such as difficult letters to pronounce and cultural idiomatic expressions. Meet the teachers here.

ArabicPod.net also has a number of videos available. Most of these are for paid subscribers but there are also some for free. You will also find a forum on the website. If you are a premium member, you have access to a place to share documents, images, links and more with other users.

The dialect taught on this podcast is "common colloquial" Arabic, common across all Arabic dialects, as well as Standard Arabic. Read more about this.

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What is ArabicPod?

ArabicPod is a website dedicated to providing the most innovative and effective methods for learning Arabic. We use the latest technologies in web 2.0 to provide a rich learning experience delivering podcasts, videos, games and much more.

Where is it based?

ArabicPod is based in London. If you’re around town, then why don’t you contact us and arrange to meet the ArabicPod team or even join us as a guest in some of our lessons.

Is it free?

All of our audio podcasts can be freely listened to and downloaded. For most of the other content, there is a subscription fee which is setup to cover the costs of running the website.

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Summary

Omniglot is an excellent resource for learners of just about any major world language. Simon Ager has put together an exceptional amount of information about the systems used to express language in the written form, complete with images, explanations and audio samples.

This article in particular brings attention to Simon's resources regarding the Abjad (consonant alphabets) used for writing in Arabic.

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There are two main types of written Arabic:

1. Classical Arabic - the language of the Qur'an and classical literature. It differs from Modern Standard Arabic mainly in style and vocabulary, some of which is archaic...

2. Modern Standard Arabic - the universal language of the Arabic-speaking world which is understood by all Arabic speakers. It is the language of the vast majority of written material and of formal TV shows, lectures, etc.

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Summary

FSI is an acronym for the Foreign Service Institute, "the (US) Federal Government's primary training institution for officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community".

Over the years, the FSI has researched, designed and taught language courses to Foreign Service staff and diplomats. These courses are now available and licensed to the Public Domain.

FSI-Language-Courses.com (and .net) is a sweet and simple website that provides users with the ability to view and download the Foreign Service Institute's courses for 31+ languages. The content is provided by individuals donating time and resources in an overall effort to provide quality languages-learning materials for free worldwide.

Sounds good to me. :)

In the Arabic section of the site, there are currently 5 courses available for download:

• Classical Arabic: The Writing System
• From Eastern To Western Arabic
• Levantine Arabic: Introduction to Pronunciation
• Levantine and Egyptian Arabic Comparative Study
• Saudi Arabic Basic Course (Urban Hijazi Dialect)

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Welcome to fsi-language-courses.com, the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain.

This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. This site is not affiliated in any way with any government entity; it is an independent, non-profit effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Courses here are made available through the private efforts of individuals who are donating their time and resources to provide quality materials for language learning.

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Related Links

US Foreign Service Institute Website
US Foreign Service Institute on Wikipedia.

Summary

This site has a good selection of online games and activities for learning the Arabic language.

There are also many other languages available on the site.

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Digital Dialects was launched in January 2007, originally a by-product of a dissertation reviewing web resources for language learning. The site was conceived as an educational tool for learning languages, and as a guide to online resources.

All animation and webpage design is by Craig Gibson. The animated activities are intended to incorporate the interactivity of computer aided language learning software with the web-design principle of simplicity in use and access. In essence the games are intended to provide a relaxed way of acquiring basic language skills, a break from the books!

The site will continue to be a work in progress, and it is intended that Digital Dialects will represent the World’s major languages, with a cross-section of languages from diverse regions. Audio files are to be gradually incorporated into animations for certain languages. The development of particular language sections will be dependant on assistance from translators and native speakers.

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Summary

Khaled has created an excellent online resource for learners of the Arabic language that are already familiar with Arabic script. He has beginner and advanced tutorials as well as translation anecdotes.

On the site you will learn about such concepts as gender, case forms, prepositions, pronouns, verbs, possessive, cases, adjectives and definite and indefinite articles.

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Introduction

This course will enable you to learn the Arabic language through simple, easy-to-follow lessons in plain English. The lessons are designed so that the learner avoids common mistakes made by beginners when learning this wonderful language. They also try to avoid providing too many details at the beginning, and complexity is only added in later lessons gradually.

Requirement

You must be able to read/write Arabic script with sufficient ease to be able to make use of this course. For example, if you can read the Quran you are ready.

If you can already read/write Arabic script, click here to start this course. If not, click here for resources to learn the Arabic alphabet (on other sites).

Advanced

If you are familiar with the language, and its quite some time since you started you may have reached a level where you can take a look here.
About the site

This site is one of Khaled's creation. It is quite new, and for the time being is updated often enough, so drop by often to check what's new.

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