Demand for Arabic Surges as intensive Arabic and English summer courses commence at Eton Institute

As over 200 students set about to learn or upgrade their language skills this summer, an increase in demand for Arabic was discovered compared to previous years.

The super intensive summer courses were first introduced in Dubai by Eton Institute in the summer of 2007. Since then over 3000 students have benefited from the programme which follows a highly intensive route of 60 hours in 3 weeks, classroom based study of English or Arabic language.

The classes are conducted every day from Sunday to Thursday for 4 hours daily and learners can choose from morning, afternoon or evening sessions.

Dr. Eli Abi Rached, Managing Director of Eton Institute commented:

"The summer super intensive courses have always been popular as people look for ways to spend their summer wisely and there is no better way than to pick a new skill or learn a new language. Demand for the Arabic language has risen compared to the previous years as more people realize the necessity of knowing Arabic while conducting themselves within the region both professionally and personally."

It may be recalled that Arabic language was declared as the official language in all federal authorities and establishments by the UAE government last summer in 2008. The move was hailed by UAE intellectuals as to enhance the presence of Arabic speaking people in the labor market and to safe guard the national identity.

"As many expats spend a lifetime living and working in the UAE they feel an obvious need to learn the Arabic language and get a sense of the culture and traditions associated with it." Dr. Eli said.

The next batch of super intensive summer courses in Arabic and English will commence on the 19 July 2009, registrations are open for all levels and the course is conducted over a period of 3 weeks. A free placement test can be taken from http://www.eton.ac to determine the level of a student. The free placement tests are available in nine languages namely English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish, Farsi and German.