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  Who We Are  
  Mission
Pacific Arabic Resources offers quality language instruction and publishes superior learning materials for students of Afro-Asiatic languages. We directly teach students in the San Francisco Bay Area, and develop quality materials for the study of these languages by English-speaking students everywhere. By this means, we hope to promote inclusiveness, multilingualism and internationalism.

What We Do
With five academic sessions per year, chances are good that a course is starting soon. Registration is limited, ensuring support and personal attention for all students. All classes meet in downtown San Francisco, at 55 New Montgomery Street, Suite 713 (only a half block from the Montgomery Street MUNI / BART station). Make friends and learn Arabic in a comfortable, but serious, environment.

Arabic Curriculum
We believe that Arabic is a living language and should be taught as such. This means that every class is infused with oral drills and conversation practice, and that we offer not only Modern Standard Arabic but also a variety of dialects from across the Arab world, taught just as they are spoken on the street.

Students with no prior exposure to the Arabic language must start in our Introduction to Arabic class, where they will learn the writing system and basic conversation. From there, they can continue to Modern Standard Arabic 1 and work their way up to Level 7. Or they can choose to begin studying a dialect. In addition to our core curriculum, we offer classes in conversation, authentic materials, calligraphy, and a variety of workshops on pronunciation, grammar, and more.

Visit our adult classes page to see when the class you want is starting!

We are pleased to now also offer beginner, intermediate and advanced summer intensive programs. These classes meet three and a half hours a day, Monday through Friday, for 8 weeks and each cover the equivalent of one year of college Arabic study. Our beginner intensive program was started in Summer 2007 and our intermediate and advanced programs will be offered for the first time in Summer 2008.