Best Arabic Language Learning Resources

This is the only online course dedicated to all the major spoken varieties of Arabic.

Each dialect has a structured ten-module course with progress tracking, plus HD video with interactive subtitles, a verb explorer and a reading & writing course for the Arabic script - all made by native speakers from across the Middle East and North Africa.

Varieties offered: Egyptian, Levantine, Iraqi, Saudi, Moroccan, Sudanese, Tunisian, Algerian.

This is an excellent Arabic course in the form of audio podcasts and downloadable lessons.

As well as podcast-style lessons, you’ll find videos, a vocabulary database and dictionary, grammar explanations and various other useful features.

This site is focused on the Moroccan, Egyptian and Modern Standard dialects.

This is one of my favorite online courses which has some of the highest quality Arabic dialogue material available.

Rocket Arabic doesn’t follow a ‘cookie cutter’ approach like other well-known programs such as Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur, and it has a tonne of excellent audio content for all levels ranging from beginner to advanced.

This Arabic resource is focused on the Egyptian dialect only.

Pimsleur is a household name and one of the most famous Arabic courses ever made.

There are actually several dialects available: Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian and Eastern (Levantine).

It’s a research-backed, proven method that is audio-only and gets you speaking quickly through spaced-repetition of situational phrases.

One of my personal favorites.

Read my Pimsleur review.

This is another very unique product that improves your fluency through a highly repetitive ‘listen and repeat’ approach.

It is, in my opinion, one of the the most useful Arabic resources I’ve seen for training Arabic listening comprehension. Definitely not a conventional course but you’ll be amazed at how effective it is at improving your Arabic fluency if you use it daily ( here’s my Glossika review ).

This product currently offers Modern Standard, Egyptian and Moroccan.

These high quality audio packs teach you every essential verb for conversation in spoken Arabic. The packs are hugely popular learning supplements and ideal for every serious Arabic learner.

Packs are available for all 8 dialects ($19 each, inside the Talk In Arabic app).

UPDATE: A lifetime plan for a dialect includes its verb pack free, and All Dialects lifetime includes all eight.

We just released an excellent new book called Egyptian Arabic: Easy Stories With English Translations. It’s aimed at high-beginners to low-intermediate learners and a great way to build vocabulary and comprehension.

UPDATE: Full audio of this book is free with any TalkInArabic.com account.

Not too long ago it was really difficult or impossible to practice Arabic without actually traveling to the Middle East.

Thankfully, tools like italki have made it possible to connect with native speakers from all over the world to practice or to take personalized video lessons (see my italk review).

The great news is, Arabic lessons through italki are incredibly cheap compared to most teachers in person (many are as low as $6-8 an hour depending on what language you’re learning!). All the frustration of payments and scheduling is handled brilliantly by italki too which makes it very easy and stress free to arrange sessions.

Teachers of most dialects are available.

Although the interface is a bit dated, Path To Arabic is probably one of the best courses and overall value for money for Quranic Arabic that I’ve seen.

The Arabic they teach is very formal so it’s probably better suited to religious students. I found the advanced levels particularly useful.