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Langotalk: Talking with an Arabic-speaking chatbot to improve your speaking skills

In this post, I’m going to talk a bit about a fantastic new tool I’ve found to help you improve your speaking skills in Arabic: voice-enabled chatbots that are specifically trained to act as language partners. The media has recently been all abuzz about artificial intelligence. Most of the attention has been focused either on …

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Arabic lessons with Dr. Bulbul

Are you interested in taking Arabic lessons with Dr. Bulbul, the author of Bite-Size Arabic? He is currently taking on new beginning and intermediate pupils and can offer online lessons at €25 per hour. Send him an email at <info@zotezeggen.nl> to schedule a lesson! &lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=”Stats2″ width=”1″ height=”1″ src=”//my.stats2.com/101039415ns.gif” /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;p&gt;

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Dr. Bulbul’s Videos

In February 2022, Dr. Bulbul began posting very short videos in simple Arabic to TikTok and YouTube. Each video has a page on this site with a transcription and translation. Happy learning! Clip 0007: أتَناوَل الإفطار ‘I’m eating breakfast’ Clip 0006: عندي سبع تفّاحات ‘I have seven apples’ Clip 0005: كلب أحمر، قطة… حمراء Clip …

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Arabic 2 syllabus, April-June 2019

The following is the overall syllabus for UvA Talen Arabic 2, April–June 2019. The syllabus is based on a previous course and will be updated each week with current information as the course progresses. A couple of useful links: Audio vocabulary flashcards on Memrise. Mastering Arabic official resources. And also a couple of important points: …

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Arabic 1 syllabus, April–June 2019

The following is the overall syllabus for UvA Talen Arabic 1, April-June 2019. This syllabus is based on the syllabus for a previous course and will be updated with current information as the course proceeds. Some useful links: Bite-Size Arabic website. And also a couple of administrative points: Please write to your instructor if for …

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children’s books by Safeer

The Egyptian publisher has a number of children’s books in Arabic that are available as e-books and can be purchased, for example, on Google Play. I have taken a look of all their offerings and have identified the following as appropriate for a beginning or intermediate foreign learner. The links provided are for the book …

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Arabic 2 syllabus, August 2018

The following is the overall syllabus for UvA Talen Arabic 2, August 2018. The syllabus is still a work in progress and may be updated gradually with more details as the the course progresses. A couple of useful links: Audio vocabulary flashcards on Memrise. Mastering Arabic official resources. Lesson Material Covered Lesson 1 Monday 6/8 …