The Arabic language is spoken today by around 300 million people in the Middle East and North Africa. It is recognised as an official language in 27 countries (third in the world) and is used as a religious language by the world’s Muslims, who total around one billion people, making it a truly global language.

The Arabic course will require your enthusiasm and commitment, particularly as you will be aiming to reach GCSE standard in only two years. Your studies will concentrate on the four key skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. These four skills will be tested in the final GCSE examinations. All students will sit an exam paper in each of these four skill areas and there are no tiers of entry for foundation and higher.

Instead, each exam papers cover grades 1-9. You will learn the kind of language you will need if you find yourself in a variety of everyday situations in the Arabic speaking world.

Topics and themes studied include:

• Media
• Travel and culture
• Leisure
• Education
• Working life

As the GCSE is studied in two years the course is open to students that have a background in Arabic, and you need to be able to write using the Standard Arabic script. Your ability to write will be tested before starting the course in Year 10. Please note that the course will only run if enough students choose it. Arabic is a culturally diverse language steeped in history and tradition. There are currently 26 recognised dialects of Arabic in the Arabic speaking world. The GCSE Arabic course will focus on learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSI) الحديثة المعيارية العربية اللغ

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