Media Classes

Ahlan offers three different media programs

1. Media Tester

Perfect for students enrolling in MSA classes but wish to add a new angle to their language learning. The Media Taster provides an excellent opportunity to experience what it might be like to be a journalist through exposure to materials, articles, and contemporary discussions. 5 hours per week, 60$ per week.

2. In-depth Media Classes

The In-depth Media program provides an excellent opportunity to experience what it is like to be a journalist. Students analyze Middle Eastern media such as Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic, and al-Arabiyya. The course offers both language and cultural insights and allows students to engage and apply their MSA skills in a stimulating and critical learning environment. 15 hours per day, 240$ per week.

3. Ten-Week Program (Ahlan Jordan only)

Ahlan’s comprehensive media and language Ten Week Program offers students an unparalleled journalistic study into Arab media through a intense six week communication-orientated language course and one full-time internship with the internationally renowned Petra News Agency. This course is designed to provide students with versatile skills for a variety of future career paths, such as a media, professional or academic environments.

The programme schedule is divided as follows:

4 weeks of MSA + JCA courses with Ahlan

2 weeks of Media classes with Ahlan

2 weeks of theoretical and practical courses at Petra News Agency

2 weeks of an internship at a local media organization (to be determined in-country)

4 weeks of MSA + JCA courses with Ahlan

8 one-to-one classes during the final weeks, to support work done at the internship

Price: 2,400 USD

(for students of intermediate or advance level)

Ahlan World offers Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) courses across 8 levels, from absolute beginner to advanced. MSA is the standard Arabic that forms the basis of all Arabic dialects across the Arab world.

Alongside the almost universally spoken Modern Standard Arabic, the Arab world also contains a plethora of colloquial local dialects that grew within their own particular context.

Arabic Courses

Ahlan World offers Arabic courses in Amman (Jordan), Alexandria, Cairo and Luxor (Egypt) and Rabat (Morocco), with highly qualified teachers. Enjoy cultural activities that offer the opportunity to practice Arabic with native speakers, and meet local people on our weekend trips and make friends in our Language Exchanges.