Arabic Class
Student speaking in Arabic
Discussion at ISESCO
Student use Arabic skills for activities
Graduation
Students celebrate their Arabic language success
Oral presentation
Students practice speaking Arabic through presentations
Group lesson
Intensive courses are offered as group or private courses
Rabat National Library
Students can study Arabic throughout Rabat
Graduation ceremony
Academic success is important at Qalam wa Lawh
Visit to the University
Students visit local Moroccan universities
Arabic class
Students learn culture and language simultaneously
Final presentation
Qalam students give presentations in Arabic
Visit to University
Study abroad students visit sites around Rabat
Immersion Classes
Arabic classes are conducted only with the Arabic languageQalam wa Lawh implements a student-centered immersive Arabic program supplemented by an extensive cultural program. Qalam’s academic program puts students first, offering classes throughout the day, all year long. Students can additionally choose private courses or even separate evening Arabic courses or the Arabic program for children. All courses and programs at Qalam wa Lawh include free half-hour tutoring for students looking for extra help, as well as the support of a team of dedicated student advisors and highly-trained, enthusiastic Arabic teachers.
Courses and Programs
Qalam wa Lawh offers a range of different types of Arabic courses, as well as an assortment of content courses for students studying long-term at the Center. Take a look below at the various Course and Program options available.
Arabic Courses
Arabic Courses at Qalam wa Lawh include the Modern Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic language courses, as well as a few content courses in Arabic.
Area Study Courses
Area Study Courses, all in English, cover a variety of different topics about Morocco, the Arabic Language, and the Middle East/North African region. Course categories include History courses, Sociology courses, Religion courses, and more.
Visit the Courses page to learn more about Qalam courses.
Arabic Programs
Qalam’s Arabic Programs include the popular year-round Intensive Arabic courses, as well as Evening Arabic Courses for people living and working in Rabat long-term. For children, Qalam also offers the Children’s Arabic program.
Other Programs
In addition to teaching Arabic to students from around the world, Qalam wa Lawh also provides various types of training courses, especially for people who want to become Arabic teachers themselves.
Learn more about Qalam’s available programs on the Programs page.
Academic Standards
Qalam wa Lawh’s main goal is to provide linguistically and culturally educational study abroad experiences to students from all different backgrounds and nationalities. In order to do so, Qalam must be held to a certain set of standards. Read below to learn how Qalam’s methodology and classroom focuses work to maintain the high level of academic rigor that provides students with the Arabic language education they crave.
Methodology and Goals
Arabic Courses at Qalam wa Lawh are intended to merge seamlessly with Arabic courses taken at home institutions, while at the same time providing an atmosphere where vocabulary can both be acquired faster and retained with greater success.
Professional Arabic Instructors
Each classroom is led by an experienced native Arabic speaker. There is also a team of trainee Arabic teachers available to all students for tutoring sessions and additional support. Qalam Center is the largest training center in Morocco for teaching Arabic as a foreign language. You can find teachers who trained at Qalam wa Lawh in every major study abroad program in Morocco. We have a year-round team of more than twenty professional Arabic teachers and trainees as well as consulting professors for our guest lectures and special events. This makes Qalam wa Lawh Center uniquely qualified to offer an extremely high quality and successful Arabic curriculum.
Essential Communication Skills
At Qalam wa Lawh, highly-trained teachers encourage students to practice and utilize all the different communication skills necessary to master the Arabic language.
Presentational Skills
Arabic student presenting
In the Arabic classroom
Students in Arabic class
Academic Success
Arabic students successfully finish classes
In the Arabic classroom
Students in a traditional Moroccan classroom
Academic Success
Students celebrate their Arabic language success
Leadership Seminar
Students use their Arabic skills academically
Content-based learning
Students practice Arabic writing and calligraphy
Private courses
Students can choose private or group Arabic courses
Class time
Students studying in Arabic class
Presentational Skills
Student presenting in Arabic
ISESCO Panel Q&A
Students using their Arabic skills in the community
Productive Speaking
Acquired vocabulary and grammar skills are useless if the language learner cannot verbally produce fluent language. For this reason, our courses emphasize the development of oral fluency above all other key language skills. Through a communicative and student-centered approach, our instructors give students as many opportunities to practice speech as possible. Our content-based learning immersion activities (like cooking club and calligraphy) give students even more contact time with the Arabic language.
Listening
The primary objective of our Arabic instructors as they speak in class is to model native speech and pronounciation. In practice an immersion curriculum does not rely heavily on grammar drills or assignments in translation. At the beginning level of our Arabic classes, teachers will speak as little English as possible (less than 5%). From the intermediate level onward English will not be spoken at all.
Reading/Writing
Another key skill area, literacy. In order to foster development in reading and writing in Arabic, our instructors insure that the content they are using has connection to students’ interests and that it resonates with them. Many times the difference between success and failure in a classroom is engagement. At Qalam wa Lawh we strive to ensure that all of the material in our classrooms is worth reading.
Presentational Skills
Presenting information clearly and effectively is another vital communication skill. Today, presentational skills are required in almost every field. For this reason, all students at Qalam wa Lawh are prepared for and expected to present in Arabic for 5 minutes and participate in a short Q&A with their peers at the completion of their course.