Is it possible to learn Arabic quickly?

Is there an age when one should start learning Arabic if one wishes to become a fluent Arabic language speaker?

Is it possible to learn the language without spending much time a day?

 The answer to the second of the above questions is negative. The answer to the first and the third questions is, but, positive. Yes, it is possible to learn Arabic by spending even as little as only 5 minutes a day. How?

 Let’s see what are the ways one can apply to learn Arabic without spending much time each day!

The Arabic alphabet is also known as the Arabic abjad. The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters. It is the Arabic script and has been codified for writing Arabic. Arabic script is written from right to left in a cursive style, and most Arabic letters have contextual letterforms, that is, they make sense to a reader when read in the context of the rest of the content.

Learning the alphabet with the help of a dictionary, especially, (a known language – Arabic) phonetics dictionary helps one understand the sound of each letter clearly, and also helps to understand how that letter is written in Arabic.

There are many books available to learn Arabic, books as varied as ‘Arabic books for beginners, learn basic Arabic, learn core Arabic vocabulary, basic to advanced Arabic learning, etc.’

Books for beginners do have pictures and symbols to help the beginners-level Arabic learners quickly understand what word is used for which object, person, animal, place, etc. Books for learning advanced Arabic have complex text or content such as stories, speeches, articles, etc. to test a reader’s ability to read and comprehend such complex text.

Arabic grammar is a lot different from the grammar of European languages which are some of the most widely spoken languages of the world. The rules of Arabic grammar are totally diverse. If one tries to form a sentence applying the rules of grammar of any language belonging to a different family of languages, one will get the sentence completely wrong.

If you are at the beginners’ level of Arabic learning, you must look for podcasts or youtube videos in which Arabic letters are taught to be written stroke-by-stroke, and are taught to be spoken clearly, with slow and detailed movements of the mouth, or we can say, by demonstrating the slow movements of facial muscles.

One can watch a series directed in the Arabic language, and which has subtitles written in Arabic itself. This is similar to the immersion method of foreign language teaching, wherein one does not use a single word from another language. Actions, movements, images, pictures, etc. help one understand the words that are used for them or to make a mention of them. Even, one understands quickly how a lady, or a man, or the audience is addressed in Arabic when one sees the video of a crowd, or a person, and the greeting that is used while starting a conversation with them.

News channels are an excellent resource to improve one’s Arabic language skills. One’s listening and comprehension skills improve drastically when one plugs into a news channel and listens to the news carefully, sincerely making efforts to understand the meaning of each word and each sentence.

Many online language learning apps are available today. These apps have short lessons based on various topics related to language learning. Grammar topics, vocabulary topics, and quizzes based on them,  all are interesting ways to learn Arabic, spending even as little as only 5 minutes daily.

All the above methods are very effective to learn a bit of Arabic in five minutes every day. To augment learning using the above ways, one should even think seriously of getting enrolled for an Arabic learning online course.

Benefits of online Arabic learning course:

• One can take Arabic language lessons from the very safety of one’s home or from any place located in any corner of the world
• No need to waste one’s time and hard-earned money on commuting to any place for the purpose of attending a physical classroom training program
• Online Arabic classes Timings can be fixed based on one’s convenience or at a time suitable to be spared from one’s busy schedule
• Real-time on-screen interaction with the instructor allows one to ask questions and get the doubts cleared right during the session
• Helps one master the Arabic language in a stipulated period of time instead of having to spend a longer duration on a self-learning

So, what are you waiting for? Set on the journey of Arabic learning today, and find out how fast you can learn the language!