Many professionals within companies across the UK, as well as private individuals, have benefitted from an Arabic Language Course with SIMON & SIMON.
SIMON & SIMON boast a fantastic team of highly qualified native-speaking Arabic Teachers who, with an average of 15 years of experience, will ensure you benefit from an Arabic Course in Edinburgh which has been designed specifically around your requirements. Our Language Trainers consistently receive positive feedback regarding their performance, and what’s more, before the start of your course you will be equipped with a profile on your trainer, detailing their previous experience and background.
If your only previous experience of learning a language is what you remember from school, then you’re in for a treat. Teaching Approaches for Modern Language Training have changed enormously in recent years, it is now considered far more fun and rewarding, a far cry from what you will remember of learning a language at school. Your Arabic Course in Edinburgh will be conducted almost entirely in Arabic, a modern teaching method known as the Communicative Approach. Adopting the Communicative Approach, you will find yourself making progress from your very first session and soon you will have such confidence to use your new Arabic skills in a range of authentic situations.
We can offer to run Arabic Courses in Edinburgh on both a 1:1 and group basis, while the majority of our clients will choose 1:1 Arabic training, group sessions can prove to be great value for money. Group Sessions will however require the commitment of all the candidates involved and should not exceed a maximum of 6 candidates per course. If you require faster progress, then a 1:1 Arabic Course in Edinburgh may be more suitable, as the lessons can be tailored to the individual’s needs while focusing on their specific weaknesses and strengths.
Each of SIMON & SIMON’s Arabic Language Courses are overseen by a highly experienced and multi-lingual Account Manager. Prior to starting your Arabic Course in Edinburgh you will be sent a profile on your trainer, along with Course Materials and a Course Plan. You will then also be sent a Progress Report for every 40 hours of training you complete.
SIMON & SIMON have experience running Arabic Language Courses in a range of locations. Thanks to our global network of Language Trainers, we can accommodate your Arabic Language Course within just about any major city across the UK, Europe and beyond. We can arrange your Arabic Language Course for within your own home, however the majority of our clients will choose to run their course within their offices, so as to keep travel to a minimum. Residential Full-time Arabic language courses are also available, our office can discuss available locations with you.
We run our Arabic Courses in Edinburgh throughout the year, from 8am to 6pm, Monday through Friday. Weekend Courses can also be accommodated upon request. The majority of our students will attend at least one 90-minute session a week, however many will choose to do more if work commitments allow so. Intensive Arabic Courses are also available and can be run on a client’s premises or in residential centres either in the UK or abroad. Intensive Courses consist of 6 hours of Arabic Training a Day, Monday through Friday.
The focus of your Arabic Course in Edinburgh will be tailored to your previous experience and future goals. Prior to starting the course, we will make a comprehensive assessment on your level of Arabic experience, and speak to you in detail about your desired focus and goals. You may be starting to learn Arabic from the level of a complete novice, or you may be slightly more advanced and wish to develop your fluency for when it comes to business topics such as banking and marketing. No matter what your needs, you can be confident that our highly experienced Arabic Language Trainers will work with you on an Arabic Language Course that is tailored for you.
At SIMON & SIMON we can also offer assistance in your preparations for an Arabic Language Examination, whether of a business nature or otherwise. Our students boast a 95% pass rate for such examinations, which we believe highlights the value of working with Language Trainers in Edinburgh who hold above average experience. SIMON and SIMON can take care of the registration for and administration of such examinations, as well as issuing your Results Certificates.
Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. Arabic has more speakers than any other language in the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as a first language, most of whom live in the Middle East and North Africa. It is the official language of 22 countries and it is the liturgical language of Islam since it is the language of the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book. Arabic has many different, geographically distributed spoken varieties, some of which are mutually unintelligible. Modern Standard Arabic (sometimes called Literary Arabic) is widely taught in schools, universities, and used in workplaces, government and the media.
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland’s 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30-square-mile (78 km2) rural area. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea. Owing to its spectacular, rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture, including numerous stone tenements, it is often considered one of the most picturesque cities in Europe. Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of the major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, earning it the nickname Athens of the North. The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. There are over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. In May 2010, it had a total of 40 conservation areas covering 23% of the building stock and 23% of the population, the highest such ratios of any major city in the UK. In the 2009 mid year population estimates, Edinburgh had a total resident population of 477,660. Edinburgh is well-known for the annual Edinburgh Festival, a collection of official and independent festivals held annually over about four weeks from early August.
The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions across the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their Arabic language trainer in Edinburgh can expect to move from one level to another after 50 hours providing they also commit to a similar number of hours of self-study.
Of course, some people find learning languages easier than others, and some students will have more opportunities to practice Arabic in the course of their work and leisure, so these factors also need to be considered when trying to assess how long it will take to move from one level to another.
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