Learning to Speak Arabic

[MariamAliJaved]

I am travelling to work in the Middle East and I want to learn how to speak Arabic. Any suggestions?

Hi, yes try www.MyArabicCoach.com. They're really good. You can book online sessions. Teachers know their stuff

Make sure you pick the right dialect for the area you are going to live in. They vary so greatly that they could almost be different languages. Egyptian Arabic is a good choice overall as is the dialect used in most television programmes etc.

I used italki to learn a very niche language. The reason I mention that is because you can pick the country of your teacher. Meaning you’ll speak the ‘right’ Arabic for where you’re going.

You need a tutor to learn the dialect of where you're going. Any online courses will only teach MSA/Fusha which will be useless trying to have a conversation (good for learning how to read, though). As a PP says Egyptian is widely understood because of television and media, but ideally you would get someone with the correct dialect.