Courses
Learning Arabic shouldn’t feel like a puzzle with missing pieces. At ALC, we believe mastery comes from a curriculum that connects every skill seamlessly. That’s why we chose the “Miftah Al-Arabiyya” series by Akdem Publishing—a complete system that balances speaking, listening, reading, and writing within a clear, CEFR-aligned journey from foundation to advanced.
To make this immersive learning accessible, we offer all our courses both onsite and online. Each course is a comprehensive 64-hour program, designed with a twice-a-week schedule that features flexible timings suitable for both students and working individuals. With integrated audio tools and proven classroom results, it’s the structured, engaging path we trust to guide you to real fluency.
Miftah Al-Arabiyya Pre-A1 (Foundation)
The perfect foundation for absolute beginners. This first book in the series is uniquely designed as a comprehensive introduction, offering a gentler pace and more accessible structure to build your core skills with confidence.
- Level: Pre-A1 (Foundation)
- Number of volumes: 1.
- Learning Hours: 64
- Key Outcomes: By completion, you will be able to recognize and correctly pronounce the Arabic alphabet, read and write simple, connected words, understand and use everyday greetings and basic phrases, and introduce yourself and ask simple questions
- Onsite and Online
- Flexible time for students and working individuals
- Early Bird Rate: Onsite £5.6 per hour / Online £4.5 per hour
- Installments Rate: Onsite £6.6 per hour / Online £5.5 per hour
- Official certificate issued from Akdem Istanbul headquarters upon successful completion
Miftah Al-Arabiyya A1 (Beginner)
Building directly upon the Starter, this core three-part course series is your comprehensive pathway to conversational fluency. Each level methodically expands your mastery of Modern Standard Arabic, deepening your grammatical understanding, enriching your vocabulary, and honing all four core skills through culturally relevant themes and practical dialogues.
- Level: A1 (Beginner)
- Course Structure: 3 sequential levels, each a complete course.
- Books: 2 dedicated volumes (Reading & Writing 1 & Conversation & Listening 1)
- Learning Hours: 64 hours of instruction per level (192 hours total)
- Key Outcomes: By completion, you will be able to understand main points in familiar matters, describe experiences, and confidently handle most situations in an Arabic-speaking environment
- Onsite and Online
- Flexible time for students and working individuals
- Early Bird Rate: Onsite £5.6 per hour / Online £4.5 per hour
- Installments Rate: Onsite £6.6 per hour / Online £5.5 per hour
- Official certificate issued from Akdem Istanbul headquarters upon successful completion
Miftah Al-Arabiyya A2 (Elementary)
This level marks a significant step in your linguistic development. You will move beyond isolated phrases to gain true control over sentence structures, using them correctly in context. Your comprehension will grow as you learn to understand texts through general meaning, supported by a rapidly expanding vocabulary and deeper grammatical knowledge.
- Level: B2 (Upper Intermediate)
- Course Structure: 3 sequential levels, each a complete course
- Books: 2 dedicated volumes (Reading & Writing 4 & Conversation & Listening 4)
- Learning Hours: 64 hours of instruction per level (192 hours total)
- Key Outcomes: By completion, you will be able to construct and understand full, context-appropriate sentences, comprehend the main idea of short texts and conversations, communicate in routine tasks and describe your background and immediate environment, and write simple, connected text on familiar topics
- Onsite and Online
- Flexible time for students and working individuals
- Early Bird Rate: Onsite £5.6 per hour / Online £4.5 per hour
- Installments Rate: Onsite £6.6 per hour / Online £5.5 per hour
- Official certificate issued from Akdem Istanbul headquarters upon successful completion
Miftah Al-Arabiyya B1 (Intermediate)
At the B1 level, you transition from guided learning to independent language use. This stage focuses on expressing ideas, understanding abstract topics, and handling unpredictable situations. You will learn to narrate experiences, argue viewpoints, and comprehend the essential points of complex texts, achieving a new level of fluency and confidence.
- Level: B1 (Intermediate)
- Course Structure: 3 sequential levels, each a complete course
- Books: 2 dedicated volumes (Reading & Writing 3 & Conversation & Listening 3)
- Learning Hours: 64 hours of instruction per level (192 hours total)
- Key Outcomes: By completion, you will be able to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters, describe experiences, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans, produce simple connected texts on familiar or personal topics, and handle most situations likely to arise while traveling in an Arabic-speaking region
- Onsite and Online
- Flexible time for students and working individuals
- Early Bird Rate: Onsite £5.6 per hour / Online £4.5 per hour
- Installments Rate: Onsite £6.6 per hour / Online £5.5 per hour
- Official certificate issued from Akdem Istanbul headquarters upon successful completion
Miftah Al-Arabiyya B2 (Upper Intermediate)
This level represents the culmination of your foundational mastery, where you refine your skills to achieve excellence. You will learn to produce rich, detailed texts and engage in extended dialogues on complex topics with precision. The curriculum focuses on sophisticated grammatical control, stylistic fluency, and nuanced expression, moving you confidently from structured practice to authentic, independent language use.
- Level: B2 (Upper Intermediate)
- Books: 2 dedicated volumes (Reading & Writing 4 & Conversation & Listening 4)
- Learning Hours: 64 hours of instruction per level (192 hours total)
- Key Outcomes: By completion, you will be able to understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, interact with fluency and spontaneity, making regular interactions with native speakers comfortable, produce clear, detailed texts on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, write using correct orthography (spelling rules) and adapt style for different contexts, and describe visual content (e.g., images, short videos) and narrate with detailed accuracy
- Onsite and Online
- Flexible time for students and working individuals
- Early Bird Rate: Onsite £5.6 per hour / Online £4.5 per hour
- Installments Rate: Onsite £6.6 per hour / Online £5.5 per hour
- Official certificate issued from Akdem Istanbul headquarters upon successful completion
