Language Courses
The CCCL provides a truly unique immersion for its students, and an effective method of teaching and learning Arabic through a mutual reinforcement, and a quality language instruction. We help students easily immerse themselves culturally by a well structured active engagement and participation. We coordinate all language courses such as Modern Standard Arabic (Fus’ha), Moroccan Arabic (Darija), French and Tamazight, and group classes are designed for study abroad programs only.
Our Resources
The DMLC has developed a variety of academic tools to facilitate language acquisition. The materials used in each class vary according to the level. Besides written materials, CCCL uses audio, video and online material. The CCCL also has a library that contains dictionaries and other resources available for the students learning languages at the Center.
A textbook of Moroccan Arabic colloquial (Darija) designed for beginning learners. It includes 5 chapters of 19 courses teaching reading and writing Arabic script, dialogues, exercises related to grammar, vocabulary and useful situations. Labass also contains a bilingual lexical (English/French) annex and verb tenses.
A textbook in Standard Arabic containing 20 courses intended to strengthen the learner’s abilities in oral expressions, reading, vocabulary, and grammar. Fus’ha Al Markaz also includes reading texts dealing with geography and Arab world culture.
An app on USB stick of a collection of the most frequently used verbs in daily life using different tenses. These verbs are presented according to the verb patterns. The objective is to acquaint the students with the use of tenses, including irregular verbs, to enrich the students’ vocabulary. The 1000+ verbs in Moroccan Darija text is translated into both English and French.
the CCCL Arabic department has developed games as a means for a participative learning approach in the form of crosswords, board games and role playing.
A handbook of a selection of useful expressions specially designed for self-learning. The expressions chosen are among the most needed for various situations, such as emergency cases, restaurants, village stays, post offices, or railway and bus stations. Useful Expressions in Darija contains translations for both English and French.