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Arabic for Social Justice

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. 

Selected participants will be contacted by our instructors on a rolling basis and until a week before classes start. Late applications will be considered if spots are made available. If you have any questions, you can write to us at [email protected] 

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A1: Beginner I (virtual)

• 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).
• Virtual: Sundays, starting Mar 1 – 9 AM – 11:30 AM EST (10 weeks)

In case of high enrollment, we might open another virtual session at 11:30 AM EST. You can specify your preference in the application form, and we will do our best to accommodate.

• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

A2: 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).
• Virtual: Sundays, starting Mar 1 – 9 AM – 11:30 AM EST (10 weeks)

In case of high enrollment, we might open another virtual session at 11:30 AM EST. You can specify your preference in the application form, and we will do our best to accommodate.

• In-Person: Saturdays, starting February 7 – 3:30 PM – 6 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

A3: 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.
• Virtual: Sundays, starting Mar 1 – 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

B1: Intermediate I – (in-person)

• Intermediate I 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. The course emphasizes active language use and guided engagement with Arabic as it appears in everyday communication and cultural materials, supporting the development of comprehension, expression, and confidence across different contexts.
• In-Person: Saturdays, starting February 7 – 12:30 PM – 3 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

B3: Intermediate III –  Conversational 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.The course emphasizes active language use and close engagement with spoken Arabic, using cinema as a lens to explore social, historical, and cultural themes in the Arab world.
• Virtual: Sundays, starting Mar 1 – 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

NOTE: This program prioritizes working class, queer, BIPOC, and heritage speakers of Arabic. As part of Algarabía’s mission to make our courses accessible, we have sliding-scale rate options and payment plans available. Once you complete the application and are selected, you will be given the opportunity to apply to these discounted rates individually.

ABOUT US:

At Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative and transformative process, 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 that represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish- and Arabic-speaking worlds.