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21 Best And Worst Online Arabic Courses (Expert Opinion)

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1. TalkInArabic.com – All Dialects. Naturally Spoken. Dialects: Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Sudanese, Saudi, Iraqi. Cost: $12.95 monthly $97 annually $197 lifetime.
2. Rocket Arabic. Dialect: Egyptian. Cost: Starts from $99.95 (auto-applied discount) I’ve always enjoyed the Rocket Languages series and the Arabic edition is always one of my top recommendations.
3. Glossika Arabic. Dialects: Modern Standard, Egyptian and Moroccan. Cost: $30 a month. Summary: Glossika is one of the most unique language products available and, in my opinion, one of the very few that uses a natural, research-grounded method.
4. ArabicPod101 (Innovative Series) Dialects: MSA, Egyptian and Moroccan. Cost: Starts as low as $4 a month. Summary: ArabicPod101 has come a long way in the last two years.
5. Mango Languages Arabic. Dialects: Egyptian, Levantine, Iraqi and Modern Standard. Cost: $7.99 a month. Summary: I have to admit (to my own shame) – in the almost decade that I’ve been running this site and reviewing language products, I only recently tried Mango Languages (Arabic).
6. Transparent Language: Arabic. Dialects: Levantine, Iraqi and Modern Standard Arabic. Cost: Starts at $12.49 a month. Summary: Easily one of the most surprising online Arabic courses I’ve tried – I was blown away at how comprehensively Transparent Language have covered the Iraqi dialect especially.
7. Pimsleur Arabic. Dialects: Levantine, Egyptian and Modern Standard. Cost: $14.95 a month subscription (or $119.95 per level) Summary: Pimsleur’s a household name that’s been around for many decades and earned its reputation as one of the best courses for Arabic (and other languages).
8. Egyptian Arabic Absolute Beginner’s Workshop (Andrew Dempsey) Dialect: Egyptian. Cost: ~$30 (much cheaper if you wait for a Udemy discount) Summary: I’ve actually known Andrew Dempsey since my very first trip to Egypt almost two decades ago.
9. Rosetta Stone Arabic. Dialects: Modern Standard Arabic. Cost: Starts at $6.49 a month. Summary: My chief complaint about Rosetta Stone used to be for its high price but it recently switched over to a subscription model and now is unbelievably cheap.
10. Madinah Arabic. Dialect: Classical. Cost: Free. Summary: So, I’ve included Madinah Arabic here for those who want to learn Classical (Quranic) Arabic. Despite having a very old design, it’s actually quite comprehensive in its course content and is 100% free to use.

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