Winter Program in Cairo – Egypt

Winter Program 2023–2024 in Cairo: three weeks of intensive Arabic courses, from GBP 299 = USD 375.

• 20 December 2023 – 11 January 2024
• 75 hours · 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
• 2 free trips to tourist and historical sites in Cairo
• Personal language host (optional)

Registration

Prices

• Placement test, books, certificate and registration: USD 40.
• The cost of the Winter Program excludes airfare tickets and accommodation.
• Entrance tickets for tourist sites in Cairo are paid by each person.
• Students can extend their stay for an extra week at a separate cost.
• Special discount for groups and families.

Your study day

• Studying is 5 hours a day, 5 days a week.
• More than 40% of the classes concentrate on improving conversation and listening skills.
• You take an online oral and written placement exam to find your Arabic level.
• We may provide an apartment with an Arabic-speaking host, to practise your Arabic with them, at a separate cost (optional).
• Leisure activities and trips to popular tourist attractions and historical sites in Cairo (2 trips).

What you will achieve

Students complete 2 of our 12 Arabic levels. An online placement test before you start finds the right level for you. Lessons follow the themes of Al-Arabiyya Bayna Yadaik; for listening and conversation we use the videos of our YouTube channel.

Conversation topics

• Introducing yourself and your family
• How you spent your day
• Emotions connected to our senses
• The country you live in — what you like and don't like
• The four seasons
• Reading, listening to and talking about the news
• Describing your apartment
• Telling a short story
• The importance of Arabic for Muslims
• Where you would like to live and your neighborhood
• The pillars of Islam
• Friendships in your life
• Jobs
• A dialogue with a friend
• Your trips and summer vacation
• Daawa in your country

Listening and speaking videos on YouTube Students' activities in Qortoba