The curriculum at the Levantine Institute of Lebanon (LEVIT) relies on several manuals such as ‘Al Kitaab’ from Georgetown University Press, Rajaa Chouairi’s ‘Shu fi mafi’, and “Easy Arabic Reader” by Jane Wightwick that are used in most Arabic departments around the world. 

Our classes provide a balance between all technical aspects of language learning: The grammar, the rules, the exceptions and the intuitive, as well as integrating musicality, mnemonic triggers, oral traditions and pronunciation into our teaching experience in order to achieve the four key competencies: oral and written production and oral and written comprehension.

The overall goal is to experience and learn the Arabic language as a whole, through its culture, history, anecdotes and actual connections and communication with the context and the humans who populate it. The LEVIT considers that classroom learning only gives you the means to express yourself and a great deal of work needs to be done outside of the classroom as well.

This is why we chose Tripoli: It is a city where any student can easily practice what they learned during the courses. We also strongly encourage students at the LEVIT to volunteer and interact as much as they can with the local community.