In this course, we teach you our most common everyday life communication in Egyptian Arabic with real-life practice. A must take course if you recently arrived in Cairo, either for work, study or to live and communicate with local Egyptians. Learn how to order, talk to a driver, a landlord, your security guy, your friends and basically all the essentials you need to survive Egypt as a beginner student.

This course can be actively learned approximately in 24 hours plus forty to fifty hours of homework.

Regular course: 2 hours once a week (12 weeks)

Intensive course: 2 hours twice a week (6 weeks)

Regular course: 300 US (eight to six students)

Intensive course: 280 US (six to four students)

Objectives:

By the end of the course the learners will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of special characteristics of Arabic Language script, letters & sounds.
• Distinguish between similar sounds and show understanding of the fourteen extra-alphabetical symbols.
• Preform greetings and leave taking and demonstrate understanding of the cultural sides (shaking hands, kissing & hugging, standing)
• Perform conversation of self-introducing, others introducing and meeting people for the first time asking about name, country, jobs (formal – informal).
• Show understanding and Conduct conversation of expressions and phrases of being polite and asking for things.
• Recall numbers from 1-100
• Using everyday vocabulary in context describing your house, family, colors.
• Using adjectives in describing states and feelings, describing people.

Grammatical knowledge:

• The definite and the indefinite.
• The demonstrative pronouns and its negation.
• Independent pronouns
• The possessive pronouns
• Conjugation of present tense
• Forming questions and yes and No question
• Describing with adjectives
• Introduction of roots and patterns.