Moroccan Colloquial Arabic
Beginning Level courses
Colloquial Moroccan Arabic is the language most commonly spoken in Morocco. This course focuses on Spoken rather than Standard Written Arabic and will target Oral / Aural skills, speaking and listening. At this level, knowledge of Arabic orthography is not required and all texts contain phonetic transcriptions. By the end of the course, students will be able to master a number of social and communicative functions. (90 hours.)
Functions students will master include:
- Introducing oneself, getting information about others
- Identifying and describing people, objects and places and Giving and receiving directions
- Narrating daily and habitual actions
- Making appointments and reservations
- Dealing with invitations and offers
- Reading maps
Primary textbooks:
A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic. By Richard S. Harrell and Mohammed Abu Taleb. Georgetown University Press.
Moroccan Arabic, by Peace Corps.