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If you are serious in your Arabic learning, you obviously need to follow a plan focused around your learning goals. Just like with reading and speaking skills, you will need to follow a structured method to improve your Arabic writing skills. I tried here to avoid the general writing advice that applies to writing in […]

Have you ever wondered which language is easier to learn, Arabic or Chinese? I often argued with a fellow Chinese language teacher and a language professional on whose language is easier to learn. Honestly none of us is qualified to answer that question because we are native speakers who may be biased towards our respective

Have you recently started learning Arabic or are you planning to? If so, you’ll know how challenging  this could be because it is one the most difficult languages to learn to read for native English speakers and other speakers of non-semitic languages. But there are a few things you should know before you commit to

Elements of Speaking proficiency Before going over the steps to improve your Arabic speaking skills, let us first identify the elements or criteria that make you good , average or bad speaker of a language. Vocabulary: It is about using the right words with the necessary accuracy to express our ideas to the listeners. Structure:

We will explore the various strategies to build and expand Arabic vocabulary for beginners and even intermediate and advanced learners. The good news is that rote memorization is not the only way to increase Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) vocabulary. We will demonstrate how you can exploit the  Arabic language root system to figure out the