Tatakallam Arabia (Do you speak Arabic?)

As of 2007, I have completed Arabic I & II at Westchester Community College. I have taken great enjoyment in learning the language, and am constantly fascinated by its complexity and vast difference from English. My instructor was an American-born former journalist from Lebanon at WCC so most colloquial (slang) terms I know are for Lebanon.

I originally began taking Arabic because I needed the Humanities credit for my college degree. I had already taken four years of Spanish through my time in the Texas Education System, and I still barely speak any Spanish. This was mostly due to my general lack of interest in foreign languages as a child. Since that time, I have always regretted not paying attention in my classes and being fluent in at least one foreign language. The fact that Lia is fluent in four languages: Greek, English, French, and Spanish with basic understanding of German and Russian did not help the matter.

I am looking forward to continuing my studies of Arabic, and try to practice the language whenever I get a chance. I have looked into taking courses at New York University in order to get a Certificate in Arabic language, but am still debating due to current college schedule. I am also a member, although not a very active one, of the New York Arabic Language Meetup group.

In hopes of helping others with Arabic, I have uploaded several documents that were either given as handouts of my class or that I created myself during my own studies. Please feel free to browse through these documents and use any of them to help you learn Arabic. These documents are each available as sub-topics on the left-hand navigation bar under Learning Arabic.