Quranic Arabic Foundations for New Muslims — Male Teacher
Quranic Arabic Foundations for new muslims, taught with a male teacher in 45-minute lessons, 1–3 lessons a week. The vocabulary and grammar that account for most of the Quran’s words.
45-minute lessons1–3 per weekMale teacher
Lesson length and why
Forty-five minutes, with time set aside for questions. Nothing is assumed as already known, including vocabulary other students take for granted.
Where most students start
No Arabic, and often no background knowledge to hang it on. Frequently learning to pray at the same time as learning to read.
What is expected at home
None.
How long it takes
Quranic Arabic Foundations typically runs 24–52 weeks at 1–3 lessons a week. The range is wide because it moves with revision between lessons more than with anything that happens in them.
What is covered
- 1The most frequent 300 words
- 2Noun and verb patterns
- 3Pronouns and particles
- 4Reading short surahs with understanding
What usually gets in the way
Specific to new muslims — these are the things that actually derail progress for this group.
- Being taught by people who assume prior knowledge
- Terminology used without explanation
- Needing salah before reading fluency
By the end
- Follow the sense of short surahs unaided
- Recognise recurring roots