Arabic Teaching & Studying
Arabic Language Resources by Dialect ~ مصادر بالعربي
I. Egyptian ~ مصري
- MelodyTV
- I’m loving Netflix’s series, “Secret of the Nile” (the Egyptian adaptation of Spanish “Grand Hotel,” from Ramadan 2016)
- Old favorite films
- Egyptian units by William Fawzy – and “talk show archives“
- 2020 addition: a new blog & podcast called Bilmasri
II. North African ~ دارجة
III. Levantine ~ شامي
One of my favorite ways to practice this dialect is مسلسل سنوات الضياع. And when you finish that and need something else, there’s مسلسل العشق الأسود (both dubbed from Turkish)
IV. Gulf ~ خليجي
Videos & Music
- Check out Playaling for tons of videos in various dialects/language varieties, with downloadable. You can search by language level, activate captions, and adjust other settings.
- The YouTube channel MohCoolMan offers a wide range of songs (from Disney songs, to pop, to classics), with lyrics added in Arabic and in English translation. It’s not perfect, but it’s amazing as a free resource.
Readings & Dictionaries
- Check out Amazon Kindle for Arabic to Arabic and Arabic to English dictionary options in Arabic-language Kindle books! Thanks to Tim Gregory @tarjema for the tip.
- Audiobooks: Get the app and listen to unlimited free books on KitabSawti
- Ebooks: App for kotobi
- Periodicals: Search issuu
- Dictionaries:
- The Living Arabic Project – includes dictionaries for Egyptian and Levantine colloquial Arabic varieties, as well as a searchable standard Arabic dictionary
- AR>AR المعاني
- AR>EN Hans Wehr and other dictionaries available from Mawrid Reader (enter root letters in search, then search PDF)
- AR>AR Hava search PDF
Institutional Collections of Resources
- List of Arabic Resources by ILR
- List of Arabic Resources by the American Association of Teachers of Arabic
- Arabic Resources – especially vocabulary lists
Resources by Individuals
- Khallina Arabic culture teaching / learning modules, curated by Laila Familiar
- Thearabiclearner.com – resource collection by Andrew Dempsey
- Arabalicious – resource collection by Mr. Taoufiq Cherkaoui
- We Love Arabic – blog by Ruth
- Dr. Meshari Almosa mini videos explaining lexico-grammatical issues
Recommended for teachers looking for course materials:
- Lisan Arabi – has a Facebook page and an Instagram account. According to the Facebook page, Lisan Arabi “is an attempt to introduce the Arabic Language and to render some relevant services to people who are interested in Arabic language and culture.” It provides vocabulary quizzes and useful visual tools for learning new vocabulary
- Al-Masdar Arab Society and Culture Resources
- Five College Center for the Study of World Language – language videos
- Games for the classroom
- Aswat ‘Arabiyya: Collection of videos according to language level
- For First Year:
- Culture Materials for beginning Arabic students
- Class materials for a group activity in a beginners Arabic class
- Arabic Workshop new site / app – check it out and give them feedback!
Arabic language programs for summer and independent study – to be updated some day…
Downloadable Handout for Why Study Arabic ?
