At Arabic Courses, we teach with quality and efficiency in mind.  We aim to maximise the students time while minimising stress in learning a new language.  The ways in which we have increased the quality and efficiency of our lessons is by the following.

* Small class sizes

* Short lessons

* Group participation

* Completeness in our study

* Engaging homework

* Supplementary notes & extracurricular aids

* Supportive and interactive forum

* Inclusive quality materials

* Flexible teaching styles

* Friendly environment

* Islamic integration

* Public resources

At Arabic Courses, we have a maximum class size of 7 people.  Through our experience, we have found that 7 people on average is the optimum size for a class in order for it to be productive and supportive.  The way in which we structure our lessons depends highly upon group interaction and participation.  Any group larger than 7 begins to become a strain both on the teacher and the student.  Thus we keep our classes small, allowing the teacher to focus upon the students and their development.

Our lessons are no longer than 2 hours.  We have found from experience that the average person begins to loose concentration after 2 hours.  We wish to maximise potential for the student to absorb the information delivered to them and to ease the pressure felt to maintain concentration.  One of the most difficult things a student will have to deal with is the ability to be ‘consistent’ in their studies.  Long lessons learning about something that most have not had any experience with, can have a negative affect a persons enthusiasm.  Especially at the beginning stages when the student has yet to grasp the foundations of the language and cannot use what he has learn in any practical way.  At this stage, small digestible bite size lessons are the best way to maintain consistency and efficiency.

Due to our small class sizes, we teach the class as a group.  Every person is required to read during every lesson, share their homework answers and benefit from each others questions.  This allows for the students to bond with one another, and to build up relationships.  Group participation and bonding is important in order to remove the shyness that often afflicts students, especially as it relates to reading out loud.  Shyness is one of the biggest things that prevents a person from asking questions, voicing their concerns and expressing their need for more clarification.  If a student is struggling and is amongst people he does not know or a large number of people, it is more likely that he will keep his concerns or questions to himself and then fall behind.  We aim to keep the group together and to help them progress as one unit.  It is not always possible to keep the group together, but as a small group we are more capable of noticing when someone is falling behind and then try our best to help them catch up.

What is meant by this title is the method of reading all the material as a group.  Reading is a very important part in learning another language as it strengthens the students ability to pronounce the words correctly, and to make sure that they have covered the material in its entirety.  We, as part of our method of teaching, require all the students to take part in reading the material, and none of it is left as homework without being read in class.  Even the elements that are given as homework are covered as a group in class so that the student can help and support each other, learn from each others mistakes and encourage the students to work together in completing their homework.

We always give our students homework where possible and then cover that homework in class.  This approach allows the student to be corrected by their teacher and piers and to learn from the mistakes of others. This method of ours allows for the student to practice their handwriting, and to constantly review their handwriting as they read it out.

As part of Arabic Courses, we also provide additional notes with the "Madeenah Series" as a means of making the study material more applicable to the English speaking student.  The Madeenah series is a curriculum that is taught in the Islamic University of Madeenah, and is also taught with a collection of other books. So to do justice to this illustrious curriculum we have chosen to aid it with additional material that helps explain the book properly and also focus on other aspects of the Arabic language, like improving the students ability to express themselves, their vocabulary, their speaking and an array of other important faculties.

We also offer the option to take home an iPod Shuffle as part of our scheme called "Shuffle Up".  On the iPod, there will be additional audio supplements that is aimed at getting the student speaking and accustomed to hearing Arabic. This progressive and interactive audio lesson will help make the student more consistent with their homework as it is a small device with a battery life of up to 24 hours of continuos play.  This allows them to take it anywhere and to be studying even when on the way to work or while doing the shopping.

We also provide as part of the "Shuffle Up" scheme, recordings of the lessons so that the student can review previous lessons, make additional notes and catch up on any missed lessons.  This can all be done on the go, wherever they are.

We also provide an online forum for our students to ask questions about their studies, about Arabic, or Islam.  In our forum the is an opportunity to share information, notes, or just socialise and keep in contact with other students.  It is an open forum to everyone, even those who have not yet officially studied with us.

Teaching materials are inclusive in their original form and we do not give low quality photocopies. We provide you, inclusive in the fees, the books needed to complete the course. There are no hidden charges or surprise fees to complete the required lessons.

Although we have fixed times by which our curriculum must be completed, sometimes a class may find the lessons a bit challenging, and may need extra time.  We do not rush people through the lessons and only move on once the lesson has been completely understood.  We believe that we are here to facilitate the learning process, and to make the student feel comfortable. We do not add more stress upon the student by giving them deadliness that ultimately demotivates the student and makes them lose hope when one falls behind the given targets.  So to avoid such potential problems, our classes move with the pace of the students.  So if they can move fast and are able to retain everything that is given to them, we give them more with additional information outside of the normal curriculum, but if they are struggling as a whole, we slow the pace down to suit their needs.

In every lesson and whenever possible we relate our lessons to Islam, as we believe that the focus of studying Arabic is to bring the student closer to Islam and to understanding the revelation.  This is one of the main reasons why we chose the Madeenah series as the core of our curriculum as its focus is around understanding the Qur’aan and the Sunnah.  Early in the curriculum, examples of grammatical and morphological principles are re-enforced with examples from the Qur’aan and Sunnah.  This is one of the many unique features of how we teach.

We have the biggest public Islamic library in London that is available to anyone who wishes to further their knowledge of Islam or the Arabic language.  We have a very extensive collection of books dealing specifically with the Arabic language, from grammar, morphology, literature, poetry and more for public use.  All of this facilitates the learning process as any student will be able to progress with their own self-study and learn about the important Islamic books from our qualified teachers.