Three streams that have to grow together
Speaking — short, repeatable conversations about your real life. Reading — short texts and gradually the Quran itself. Grammar — light at first, deeper later. If a teacher only does one of the three, your Arabic stalls.
Our students do all three from week one in different proportions. Beginners spend more time on speaking and reading; intermediates rebalance toward grammar.
Modern Standard Arabic vs. Quranic Arabic
They are 90% the same vocabulary and grammar. Modern Standard Arabic gives you news, books, and modern writing. Quranic Arabic is a more selective, older vocabulary with classical grammar. Studying both at the same time is normal and useful.
We teach MSA as the main rail and we open Quranic Arabic windows every month so the connection stays alive.
A 24-month plan (3 lessons / week)
Months 1–4: alphabet, sounds, basic dialogue, 200 high-frequency words, short Quran phrases.
Months 5–10: present and past verbs, simple sentences, reading short texts, breaking down 5 short suras grammatically.
Months 11–18: nominal and verbal sentences, dual and plural forms, reading articles and tafsir snippets, weekly Quran word study.
Months 19–24: classical Arabic grammar (nahw and sarf basics), reading from Tafsir al-Saadi or al-Muyassar, conversation in Arabic only.
Why this works for non-native speakers
It works because the teacher matches the lesson to your week, not the other way around. If you traveled, last week’s vocabulary becomes this week’s warm-up. If you fell sick, we slow down. We do not skip — we recover.
The other reason: every Arabic lesson connects to a piece of the Quran or a real-world conversation. Arabic that is never used dies.