Arabic for Social Justice APPLY HERE: Registration Form
Algarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice, cinema, media, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes, and using a communicative and popular education approach, participants will improve their Arabic skills and critically engage with various cultural productions in Arabic, including films, TV series, newsreels, short stories, and songs. These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in the U.S. and the Arab world. Course OfferingsAll courses run for 10 weeks. Total tuition for each complete 10-week course is $300–$400 on a sliding scale, or $500 when paid through a work or professional-development stipend. Beginner I (in-person and virtual options)This course introduces students with no prior experience to the Arabic alphabet and the basics of reading, writing, pronunciation, and sentence structure. Participants learn foundational vocabulary and simple grammatical forms while being introduced to spoken Arabic alongside Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
Beginner II (in-person and virtual options)Designed for students with one semester of Arabic, this course reviews core structures and expands vocabulary, verb conjugation, and sentence formation. Participants continue developing reading, listening, and speaking skills while gaining more exposure to spoken Arabic and its relationship to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
Beginner III (in-person and virtual options)This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Arabic and are ready to work more consistently with cultural materials. Participants strengthen conversational skills, expand vocabulary, and develop greater comfort moving between spoken Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) through short texts, songs, film clips, and guided viewing activities. Watch a short course preview here.
Intermediate I (virtual only)This Intermediate course builds on foundational Arabic skills to develop participants’ ability to communicate across everyday, cultural, and social topics using both colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Students work with short video clips, songs, dialogues, and written texts to expand vocabulary, practice key grammatical structures, and build confidence in comprehension, conversation, and short writing. Watch a short course preview here.
Intermediate Music Club (virtual only)This discussion- and music-based Arabic course uses songs from across the Arab world to develop listening comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversational skills in both colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Participants work with song lyrics, audio and video recordings, short contextual readings, translation activities, and guided discussions to explore the relationships between music, culture, history, politics, and everyday life. Watch a short course preview here.
Advanced and Heritage Speakers Film Club (virtual only)This discussion- and media-based Arabic course uses a film club format to develop advanced comprehension, vocabulary, and expressive skills across colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Designed for high-intermediate learners, advanced students, and heritage speakers, participants work with subtitled and unsubtitled films/clips, dialogue transcripts, and short texts through translation, brief writing, and guided discussion. Watch a selection of trailers from this semester’s films here.
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About UsAt Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative, and transformative process. This is reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We devise classroom activities and use textbooks and other original didactic materials that meet our participants’ needs and represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish- and Arabic-speaking worlds. Contact & Follow Us:
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