Beginning Arabic I

Maryait is genuinely the kindest professor on campus, she has an enormous heart that makes the class such a safe and interactive environment. Obviously when the course itself is challenging, but Maryait has some much concern and care for her students and really wants everyone in the class to do the best that they can possibly do when learning arabic.

Arabic is hard but Dima is incredible, I would take any class with her. She's a bit intimidating but grades very generously, and cares a lot about students. The class is as fast-paced as one would except with languages here, but very good teaching and also very good community. There is nightly homework, but class only meets four times a week, and there's no drill at this level.

I would take any class if its with Maryait. She is the nicest, kindest professor you will ever have. She is always accommodating and she genuinely cares for your improvement in Arabic. She reviews homework and exams with you. She loves to speak and brings in treats sometimes to reward you. Exams are not hard if you study. Grading is super super easy. Highly reccomend

Prof. Ayoub is an incredibly warm and kind person. She's a fantastic beginning Arabic professor, and she cares deeply about each of her students. Our classroom environment was very engaging and I looked forward to class each afternoon. I feel incredibly lucky to have had such a joyful, though challenging, introduction to Arabic!

Greeley makes it exciting. He is a lot of energy (jumps on furniture) and inspired me to learn. There are moments when it is a lot, just in every direction, and it is difficult to connect the language concepts, but it all works out. He accommodated and identified my learning difficulties and was always supportive. Overall, a great introduction to the language.

Amazing professor, I'm sure everyone in the class would agree that he made learning Arabic fun, and having him as a professor convinced me to continue Arabic. I almost dropped the class because of how tough Arabic is but now I look forward to learning Arabic and feel good about completing the assignments. It is a tough class in terms of the work you have to put in outside of lecture hours, but I'm sure that's the case with every language class and the language learning process.

Amazing professor, I'm sure everyone in the class would agree that he made learning Arabic fun, and having him as a professor convinced me to continue Arabic. I almost dropped the class because of how tough Arabic is but now I look forward to learning Arabic and feel good about completing the assignments. It is a tough class in terms …Read more

I really enjoyed this class with professor Greeley. I liked the fast paced teaching style, although at times felt it was disorganized, and genuinely had fun taking the class. Easy to get an A in the class as long as you participate and stay on top of the homework/tests.

Ustaadh Sam is amazing in teaching beginner Arabic, he's very accommodating and very relaxed in terms of allowing late homework, he's very enthusiastic about teaching and explains the reasoning behind difficult grammatical structures/writing systems/etc very well in comparison to other languages. The class environment is incredibly encouraging in terms of speaking even if you make mistakes, and I feel very comfortable presenting in the class. Sometimes he focuses a little bit too much on a US lens, but that's understandable.

Ustaadh Sam is amazing in teaching beginner Arabic, he's very accommodating and very relaxed in terms of allowing late homework, he's very enthusiastic about teaching and explains the reasoning behind difficult grammatical structures/writing systems/etc very well in comparison to other languages. The class environment is incredibly e …Read more

Professor Greeley is one of the most amazing teachers. He made learning a hard language like Arabic all the more fun and exciting. His teaching style might not be for everyone as you have to constantly study outside of class to keep up with the class, but I would highly recommend taking any class with him.

Sam was a great teacher but can be a bit annoying at times when it came to accommodations. He is there for your success though and will give you opportunities to catch up, redo quizzes you did very poorly on, and more. Just make sure you know the material well this semester as the Arabic semester is tough!

I thought sam was not the best teacher, he assigned a lot of homework, but couldnt really teach the material. He also definitely has favorites, and if you are not one of the favorites, the class will be a much different experience for you