Pacific Arabic Resources:
We are an Arabic language school located in downtown San Francisco. Our Arabic classes are the most comprehensive in the Bay Area. Pacific Arabic Resources offers quality language instruction and publishes superior learning materials for students of Afro-Asiatic languages. We directly teach students in the San Francisco Bay Area, and develop quality materials for the study of these languages by English-speaking students everywhere. By this means, we hope to promote inclusiveness, multilingualism and internationalism.
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Winter Intensive Arabic Program
This four-week course covers all the material of our Arabic 1-3 courses. The material covered in this program is roughly equivalent to a semester of academic study. Class meets two hours per day, Monday through Friday.
Prerequisites: None
Summer Intensive Arabic Program
This eight-week course covers all the material of our Arabic 1-6 courses. The material covered in this program is equivalent to a year of academic study at a typical university's Arabic program. Class involves a lot of speaking and drilling, and 45 minutes each day of pure conversational practice ensure that students will feel competent using their Arabic in the real world. Class meets 3 1/2 hours per day, Monday through Friday.
Prerequisites: None
Arabic 1
This course is for complete beginners, or those with limited exposure to Arabic who are unable to read and write the language
Students will learn
- practical skills: entire alphabet: reading and writing / basic greetings and conversation
- word structures: "sun" letters / definite vs. indefinite / jadhr (root letters) / awzaan (word patterns): nouns and adjectives
- awzaan: fa3iil / faa3il
- phrase / sentence structures: noun-adjective phrases / equational sentences / "there is," "there are"
- vocabulary / conversation topics: numbers: 1-10 / subject pronouns / basic greetings and questions / discussing names and where people are from / Cairo landmarks
Arabic 1 Fast Track
Our Arabic 1 class taught intensively (the full 8-week Arabic 1 curriculum being presented in 4 weeks with more frequent class meetings).
Prerequisites: None
Arabic Basic Training (4 weeks)
Elementary reading and writing form the core of this four-week proficiency workshop. Graduates of Arabic 1 and students in Arabic 2 alike will develop the basic reading and writing skills necessary to advance through our first-year curriculum. All materials are provided; weekly homework assignments augment the drills and exercises done in class. Prerequisites: Arabic 1
Pronunciation Workshop I
This workshop presents aspects of Arabic phonology that can be troublesome for the Anglophone student. Students work with native speakers to perfect their pronunciation of Arabic and are given audio CDs and homework assignments to work on at home. Students at all levels of Arabic can benefit from this course.
Prerequisites: Arabic 1 or equivalent
Power Drill: Idaafas and More
Designed to bolster students' understanding and application of the two most important grammatical concepts from Introduction to Arabic: definiteness and iDaafa. Verbal drills in class and written assignments at home will provide practice and repetition in applying the concepts effectively. Useful for students who need more work in certain areas, for students who would like to review before moving on to the next level, and for students returning to Arabic study after a break.
Prerequisites: Arabic 1 or equivalent
Arabic 2 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 2, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 3 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 3, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 4 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 4, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 5 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 5, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 6 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 6, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 7 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 7, or equivalent experience.
Arabic 8 Conversation (8 weeks)
This conversation class lets students break free from the written page and immerse themselves in Arabic through lively interaction. Reading, writing and English are not allowed; the goal is to gain confidence communicating entirely in Arabic in a structured, social environment. Guided discussions bring MSA grammar and vocabulary to life, while impromptu drills reinforce verb conjugations and sentence structure. This is a perfect companion course to our regular Modern Standard Arabic classes. Prerequisites: Previously or currently enrolled in Arabic 8, or equivalent experience.
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