Arabic course

Learn business Arabic

It pays to learn Arabic. The language is spoken in 60 different countries and has been the sixth official language of the United Nations since 1973. Moreover, many native Arabic speakers live in Europe and further abroad. You may want to learn Arabic for your job because you are planning to work in an Arab country, or perhaps because you have Arabic-speaking business relations or friends and family. Whatever your reason for learning Arabic, Regina Coeli is now able to offer you intensive, tailor-made Arabic courses.

You can enroll for a language training course in Vught (availability from 7 June) and for an online language training course. Due to strict measures with respect to the coronavirus, we have had to reduce the number of course members at the institute. This may mean that you will have to wait a little longer before you are able to come. Let us know what your requirements are and we will do our best to help you as soon as possible.

An Arabic course at Regina Coeli

At Regina Coeli, you learn formally spoken Arabic—with it, people everywhere in the Arab world will be able to understand you. You start by learning how to write in and the sounds of Arabic, a completely new adventure for many.

Intensive and individual programme

You follow an intensive and individual programme, adapted to your level and your specific (professional) goals. After following our comprehensive basic Arabic training, you will have a solid foundation in Arabic. If you are already an advanced user of language, we will put together a complete, tailor-made programme for you.

Dialect

It is also possible to learn a specific dialect, such as Egyptian-Arabic, North-African-Arabic, Levant-Arabic, the Arabic spoken in the Gulf States or the dialect spoken in the south of the Arabian Peninsula.

Why Regina Coeli?

The training is completely individual.
The content of the training is adapted to the specific context you need it for.
You are taught by highly-educated native speakers with extensive experience in providing Arabic lessons. They can give you excellent explanations in both Dutch and English.
You can fully immerse yourself in learning the language at our institute.
You will learn to speak Arabic well in a short time, including key professional terminology.

The programme

Before you take an Arabic course at Regina Coeli, you have an intake interview with a language trainer. During this conversation, you give us important input for your training: Who are you? What kinds of situations will you be using Arabic in? What do you want to be able to do by the time you have finished your course? How quickly do you want to achieve your goals? On the basis of this information, the language trainer will design a training programme for you which includes the specific content that is important to you.

The advantage of individual lessons is that you are able to fully focus on your goals, your lesson content can be fully adapted to you(r profession) and you can start from your current level of knowledge.

Learn the language and the culture

Frequently asked questions about Arabic learning

Is Arabic difficult to learn?

Arabic is a Semitic language. These languages differ in how they sound, the way they are written, their words and their structure from the widely-spoken Germanic and Romance languages of the West. That means you need to be ready to take a deep dive into the language. An intensive course with a great deal of individual guidance will definitely help you to learn the language quickly and well.

I would like to learn a particular Arabic dialect—is that possible?

Yes, it is. At Regina Coeli we can teach your several Arabic dialects.

I am a beginner. How long does it take to achieve a basic level?

We know from experience that our students have built up a good foundation in the language after an average of seven days of tuition.