Arabic language schools are language school

Language school

A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, but not limited to, communicative competence in a foreign language...

s specialized in teaching Arabic as a foreign language to speakers of other languages. There are different types of Arabic language schools based on their focused branch, target audience, methods of instruction delivery, cultural atmosphere, and elective courses available.

Definition and scope

Unlike general language school

Language school

A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, but not limited to, communicative competence in a foreign language...

s that provide Arabic classes and certificates along with other live languages

Modern language

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' classes as well, Arabic language schools are those that specialize in Arabic language instruction only, or mainly. Al Diwan Center

Aldiwan Arabic Language Center

Aldiwan Arabic Language Center , briefly Aldiwan Center, is an Arabic language school based in Cairo, Egypt and established in 1997. It focuses on providing Modern Standard Arabic certificates and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic courses....

 and the Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies MCAS are examples, whose focus is on Arabic only. Examples of those schools that cannot be referred to as an "Arabic language school" are the British Council

British Council

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, the CFCC, the AMIDEAST, and other cultural exchange bodies in Arab countries.
While not very big in number, those specialized schools with this focus made them very effective in teaching this subject matter that are regarded by many as difficult compared to other live languages of today. Provided that most of them are located where Arabic is the native mother tongue, they make it ideal for those who want to practice what they learn in a daily life experience
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Categories

Schools that teach Arabic to speakers of other languages are categorized based on the following:

Size and levels provided

Some schools are large enough to provide graduate-like course curriculum and teaching quality, while others are starting out and provide middle-to-high school level of Arabic teaching.

Profitability

• Business and for-profit Arabic language schools
  • Most Arabic language schools fall under this category
• Charitable non-profit Arabic language schools
  • Mostly Islamic religious organizations

Specialty

• MSA
  Literary Arabic
  Modern Standard Arabic , Standard Arabic, or Literary Arabic is the standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech....
  
   only.
• Dialect only.
• Mix of MSA
  Literary Arabic
  Modern Standard Arabic , Standard Arabic, or Literary Arabic is the standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech....
  
   and Dialect.

Many schools provide side courses on related subjects like: Islamic religious courses related to language like Quranic recitation, and Arabic calligraphy

Calligraphy

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Arabic language study

• http://www.daadlanguage.com free learning Arabic language
• Studying Arabic language
• http://www.arabacademy.com Learn Arabic Language Online
• Iʿrāb
• Arabic literature
  Arabic literature
  Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....
  
  
• Arabic alphabet
  Arabic alphabet
  The Arabic alphabet or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right to left, in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters. Because letters usually stand for consonants, it is classified as an abjad.-Consonants:The Arabic alphabet has...
  
  
• Arabic calligraphy
• List of Islamic terms in Arabic
• Aldiwan Arabic Language Center
  Aldiwan Arabic Language Center
  Aldiwan Arabic Language Center , briefly Aldiwan Center, is an Arabic language school based in Cairo, Egypt and established in 1997. It focuses on providing Modern Standard Arabic certificates and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic courses....
  
  
• Arab Academy for Electronic & Information Technology Services

General language teaching and learning

• Language education
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• Second language acquisition
  Second language acquisition
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• Applied linguistics
  Applied linguistics
  Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems...