Lessane Arabi Center

If you already have some knowledge of Arabic, want to fully focus on learning from native Moroccan teachers (speaking little English) and like a straightforward, no-nonsense method: this is the right school for you. But, if you start at 0 and learn best by getting cultural and historical context, a lot of practice and diversity in methods, I advice you to go to a different school, in Fez, Casablanca or Tangier, or even Egypt.

My level was extremely basic upon arrival, and I took 2 weeks with 20 hrs each of class. If there are no other students at your level, they propose to have private class instead but in half of the hours, which meant that I got 2 hrs of private class each day, for two weeks. Classes started off by learning the Alphabet, using cards and practicing pronunciation, reading and writing all at once. We then went to fruits, vegetables and then to a whole conversation. The method was: I say something, you repeat, and then you just practice these lists of words at home. Between not knowing any Arabic, grammatical structure etc and having to read, write and remember whole sentences in one week was plain frustrating.

In the second week of class, after having two days of quite stressful classes I decided this wasn't my method and I quit early and studied on my own. With a study book and duolingo, I learned more in a few hours then I learned in private class, and it was a lot more fun.

I have to say, the other people at this language school seemed happy about the classes and my teacher was a kind woman. Just my experience wasn't good.

I've had language classes in Spain and Bolivia before which were a lot more exiting and efficient.

Nice housing, nice lessons, nice teacher (khadija), the director always available and drove me back to airport. I recommend!