Our Fast Track Arabic Level 3 and 4 course is designed for complete beginners who are looking to accelerate their language learning. Classes take place twice a week at our school in Covent Garden. Led by qualified, experienced teachers, our lessons are dynamic, engaging, and focused on spoken communication. Classes include a variety of interactive activities such as group discussions, role-plays, and practical exercises to build fluency and confidence.

Is this course for you?

This course is aimed at students who have already started learning Arabic. It is recommended that you have previously completed Arabic levels 1 and 2 or a course of at least 24 class hours. If you’re looking to make faster progress and can attend classes twice a week, this course is a great fit. However, if you prefer a slower pace or have a busier schedule, we also offer evening, afternoon and weekend courses that take place once a week—perfect for learners seeking a less intense option. If you already have some knowledge of Arabic, we recommend taking our placement test or contacting the Foreign Language Department, as a more suitable course may be available for you. After this course, continue your learning with Level 5 and 6 and beyond. Progression is based on your class participation and self-study—there are no formal tests. To help you better understand our level system, check our level chart.

Course Dates:

Mondays and Wednesdays: 9th March 2026 – 29th April (Easter Break – 30th March – 8th April 2026)
Tuesdays and Thursdays:12th May 2026 – 25th June 2026 (Spring Break 26th and 28th May 2026)
Mondays and Wednesdays: 6th July – 12th August 2026
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1st September – 8th October 2026
Mondays and Wednesdays: 12th October – 25th November 2026 (Autumn Break – 26th and 28th October 2026)

What’s Included in your course?

• Lesson summaries, notes & resources
• Arabic study tips
• Additional study resources
• Support from experienced teachers
• Exclusive workshops and events to IH London students

By the end of your course, you should be able to:

• Interact in supermarkets and restaurants.
• Describe their favourite dishes and give opinions about food.
• Ask and answer questions about past events (e.g., “What happened yesterday?”).
• Join ideas and actions into more complex statements and conversations in the past tense.
• Use vocabulary related to food, packaging, places, and dining.
• Classify and use group words (e.g., categories of food).
• Construct and use past tense verbs appropriately in conversation.
• Ask questions about the past using the interrogative “”what?””.
• Apply plural and dual case endings in past-tense sentence construction.
• Describe past travel experiences and vacations, including where you went, what you did, and how you felt.
• Talk about the weather in different contexts (e.g., during a trip or daily life).
• Use numbers from 11 to 100 in meaningful contexts, such as describing quantities, dates, or durations.
• Use plural patterns, enhancing vocabulary flexibility and grammatical accuracy.
• Construct sentences with numbers from 11 to 100, including the rule for combining them with singular nouns.
• Apply past tense in the plural form to describe group actions and collective experiences.
• Expand written skills through the composition of short texts such as emails and messages.
• Understand the structure of higher numbers in Arabic and their grammatical interaction with nouns. .

Materials

Suggested Coursebook
Wightwick, Jane, and Mahmoud Gaafar. Mastering Arabic 1. 4th ed.
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
ISBN: 9781350367265

For this course we will use units 12 to 15 in the coursebook. Please note we might not cover all activities during the course.