New to Dubai? Want to learn some Arabic? Been here for 5 years? Still can't speak any Arabic? This course is for you. You will receive a thorough introduction to conversational Arabic for business. A focus will be placed on developing:

• Everyday basic conversational skills in the Arabic language.
• Customized vocabulary for your specific industry.
• Spoken (as opposed to written) Arabic skills.

By the end of the course you will be able to

• Say useful everyday phrases: Greetings, farewells, gratitude...
• Give basic instructions
• Use numbers and dates
• Use question words and build basic conversation
• Use the present tense and basic verbs
• Apply prepositions
• Express possession
• Share your biography
• Set up a meeting
• Speak about your job
• Use important vocabulary for the office
• State polite requests and basic business dialogues
• Use the future tense and other essential phrase

The Trainer
Abeer Hekal is a native Arabic speaker and educator with ten years of experience teaching Arabic for native and non-native speakers. She holds a certification in the training of Arabic letters, pronunciation and grammar.

Class Schedule
The class will meet on Mondays and Wednesday nights for a one month period.

• 1 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 3 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 8 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 10 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 15 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 17 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 22 Oct 2012 (7-9pm)
• 24 Oct 2012  (7-9pm)

Tuition & Class Size
Price: AED 1,250.00 for 16 hours (8 lessons). Class size is limited. Advanced registration required. Certificate provided upon 100% completion of all classes.

Registration and Contact Information:
Gerralyn Lizares-Longakit
Shelter Dubai
gerra@shelter.ae
T +971 4 380 9040 / M +971 55 237 4552