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Modern Standard Arabic

Master-level MSA: read the broadsheet, follow the broadcast and speak with genuine eloquence.

4.9 · 54 learners30 hours of live teachingCertificate included
Enroll now · €449Book a free trial first

Next group starts 18 Jan 2027
Seats left: 3

At a glance

  • Duration10 weeks
  • Live lessons20 × 90 min
  • Group sizeMax 6
  • Next start18 Jan 2027

Course materials included

Digital workbook, audio library and progress tracker, no hidden fees.

What you'll be able to do

The final stage of our Arabic pathway. In this C2 seminar you work with newspapers, editorial writing and broadcast audio, sharpening style, rhetorical devices and formal spoken Arabic. Layla's classes are discussion-heavy and unapologetically demanding, and learners leave able to hold a formal debate and write with register control.

  • 20 in-person seminar-style lessons
  • Newspaper and broadcast material daily
  • Rhetoric and style workshop
  • ALPT C2 preparation
  • Individual written feedback
✓Read broadsheet Arabic fluently
✓Follow broadcast news at natural speed
✓Write formal articles and essays
✓Use rhetorical devices appropriately
✓Debate abstract topics with precision
✓Understand dialect differences at a glance

Curriculum

Week by week, module by module

20 live lessons across 4 modules, and every module ends with a speaking task.

  • 1Formal register review
  • 2Cohesion devices
  • 3Nominal sentences in style
  • 4Editing clinic

Weekly schedule

Two live sessions per week plus an optional conversation lab. Classes run in Central European Time (CET); recordings stay available for 14 days.

Cohort 18 Jan 2027

20 lessons over 10 weeks · starts 2027-01-18

Weekly schedule for Modern Standard Arabic
DayTime (CET)TypeWhere
Wednesday18:30 – 20:00Live classCampus · Room Sahra
Friday18:30 – 20:00Live classCampus · Room Sahra
Saturday16:00 – 17:30Conversation labCampus · Library (bi-weekly)
Anytime15 minSelf-pacedRoot patterns & listening

Pricing

Choose how you want to learn

Same curriculum, three ways to experience it. Materials, certificate and conversation lab included in every tier.

Group course

Up to 6 learners

€449total

€22 per lesson · 20 lessons

  • Live group lessons (max 8)
  • Digital course materials
  • Monthly progress report
  • Conversation lab access
  • Certificate of completion
Enroll in group course

Semi-private

3 learners

Most popular

€740total

€37 per lesson · 20 lessons

  • Everything in Group, plus:
  • Max 3 learners per class
  • Priority written feedback
  • Extra conversation lab/week
  • Free reschedule once per module
Enroll in semi-private

Private tuition

1-to-1

€1165total

€58 per lesson · 20 lessons

  • Everything in Semi-private, plus:
  • Fully tailored 1-to-1 plan
  • Your own schedule and pace
  • Teacher messaging between lessons
  • Unlimited rescheduling
Enroll in private tuition

Payment in 3 instalments available · 14-day satisfaction guarantee · Prices include VAT

Your teacher

Layla Haddad

Arabic Language & Culture

Layla teaches the script from day one and never lets learners rely on transliteration. By C2 her classes read newspapers and argue about them, in Arabic.

Experience
13 years
Lessons taught
3,300
Education
MA Arabic Linguistics, American University of Beirut
Certifications
ALPT Standard Assessor · Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Meet all teachers
LHLayla Haddad, Arabic teacher at Lingua

Layla Haddad

Arabic Language & Culture

4.9
  • ArabicArabic
  • FrenchFrench
  • EnglishEnglish
  • 13 yrsexp.
  • 3,300lessons
  • 1courses

Layla teaches the script from day one and never lets learners rely on transliteration. By C2 her classes read newspapers and argue about them, in Arabic.

  • Modern Standard Arabic
  • Script coaching
  • Dialect awareness

MA Arabic Linguistics, American University of Beirut

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