Offered:

Term 2 (May-Jun) and Term 4 (Oct-Dec) each year.

Date & Time:

This course next meets in 2023 Term 2 on Tuesdays in the 6:00-7:30pm time slot and meets for nine consecutive weeks (due to the final missed class in Term 1). The first day of our Arabic 102 course is on Tuesday 2 May and the last day is on Tuesday 27 June 2023.

Time Zone equivalents:

for live-streaming Zoom Sessions from New Zealand. If your Time Zone doesn't suit our live-streamed class, you can also access our courses by watching the live-recorded sessions that are posted to the course webpage each week, usually within 1-2 days.

  • Honolulu, Hawai’i: begins Mon 1 May 2023, 8:00-9:30pm

  • US Pacific: begins Mon 1 May 2023, 11:00pm-12:30am

  • US Eastern: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 2:00-3:30am

  • London, UK: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 7:00-8:30pm

  • Paris, France: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 8:00-9:30pm

  • New Delhi, India: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 11:30am-1:30pm

  • Bangkok, Thailand: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 1:00-2:30pm

  • Singapore: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 2:00-3:30pm

  • Tokyo, Japan: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 3:00-4:30pm

  • Sydney, Australia: begins Tue 2 May 2023, 4:00-5:30pm

Description :

Our Introductory Arabic 102 course for beginners continues our study of the Arabic language and builds upon the knowledge of the Arabic script gained in the Arabic 101 course. Over the eight weekly sessions during this Term, students will continue to gain reading and writing practice, continue their study of elementary Arabic grammar, learn new vocabulary, and gain additional conversational skills.

Who can take this course?

New students who may already be familiar with the Arabic script (e.g. may currently speak or may have previously studied a related language like Persian or Urdu) but do not know any Arabic, are eligible to enrol in our Arabic 102 course.
Contact us

Meet our Instructor

Arabic Instructor Alaa Abdalla

My name is Alaa. I was born and raised in Syria, I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English Translation. I am married and have 6 children. I moved from Syria to Lebanon in 2012 because of the war. I used to work there teaching kids the English language and math. I moved with my family to New Zealand in 2017 and it was a great start, but couldn't do much because I was busy with my kids all the time. I'm currently involved in different community projects such as volunteering with HMS trust to support refugees from different cultures.

Location:

We're located just a couple of shops north of the Hamilton Central Bus Station (on the same side of the street), on the first floor above Copier Word. Our Entrance is on the left side of the building. Those looking for parking for our evening classes can park just in front of the building in any of the available car parks. Daytime parking can be found in our dedicated car parks, or free 2-hour on-street daytime parking can be found just in front of Anglesea Street.


EarthDiverse Centre, 401 Anglesea Street, Hamilton, New Zealand

Distance Learning:

This course has distance-learning options for those unable to attend the live class sessions in Hamilton. Students have three options for attending our courses once they have registered:

  • Attend in-person classes in our Hamilton classrooms at the regularly scheduled day and time.

  • Attend our live on-line classroom sessions via Zoom at the regular scheduled day and time.

  • Watch the live-recorded class sessions at your leisure, at a time, day and place more suited to your schedule.

Distance-Learning options:

  • In addition to our in-person classes in Hamilton, our courses offer distance learning options for those unable to attend classes in-person. Live-streamed Hamilton classes are available via free Zoom software for those living outside the Waikato. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in the physical classroom.

  • Those unable to attend the scheduled date and time of the actual class sessions, or those who need to miss a class or two due to previous engagements or unexpected illness, can watch any or all of the live-recorded video sessions on their computers, laptops, tablets or mobile devices and study at their own pace and in their own time.

  • Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web-camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You will also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device. Those accessing the video recordings will be able to do so with a simple web browser on any device.

Pricing options:

All prices in New Zealand dollars and includes GST. Unwaged includes students, seniors and retirees.

Course curriculum:

Week by week new material will be posted throughout the duration of the course. Video recordings of each weekly session will be posted here 1-2 days after each class.

    1. EarthDiverse Course Information

    2. EarthDiverse Zoom instructions

    1. 20230502 T2.1 Arabic 102 PDF

    2. 20230502 T2.1 Arabic 102 video

    1. 20230505 T2.1 Arabic 202 video

    2. 20230509 T2.2 Arabic 102 PDF

    1. 20230516 T2.3 Arabic 102 video

    2. 20230516 T2.3 Arabic 102 PDF

    1. 20230523 T2.4 Arabic 102 video

    2. 20230523 T2.4 Arabic 102 PDF

    1. 20230530 T2.5 Arabic 102 video

    2. 20230530 T2.5 Arabic 102 PDF

About this course:

  • Video and PDF content of class presentations or whiteboards notes are uploaded weekly 1-2 days after each live session
  • Begins on Tue 2 May 2023
  • NZ time: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm

Notes:

Those who cannot make the class meeting day and time either in-person or via live Zoom sessions may consider accessing this course through the weekly recorded video sessions. Class videos are posted within 24 hours of each live class session and are available for your own personal learning session on a day and time of your choosing.

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites for this Arabic 102 course are: Arabic 101 Students already familiar with the Arabic script (e.g. those who can read and write in another similar language like Persian or Urdu), but who cannot speak Arabic or who do not know any Arabic grammar, are also eligible to enrol in this course.