Calling all expats! Are you facing challenges in your work because you don’t speak the local language? Have you tried asking for directions but instead asked someone’s age because you couldn’t get the pronunciation just right? Would you like to be able to say more than “Bayani bash” to your colleagues in the morning?
Well, now you can! MSELECT Academy is offering new language courses in: Arabic Language for Beginners, Kurdish Language for Beginners, and Kurdish Language for Advanced Beginners. Courses are taught twice per week at MSELECT’s state-of-the-art Training Center in Erbil, just minutes away from Ainkawa. By the time you complete the course, you will be able to have a conversation with your neighbors, order food in a restaurant, and immerse yourself in a new culture.
Below are brief descriptions and information for each course:
Arabic Language for Beginners
Learn how to have a simple conversation in Arabic, order food in a local Lebanese or Syrian restaurant, and communicate easily with Arabic-speaking colleagues and friends. This is 6-week course starts on Sunday, July 17, 2016, and all classes take place on Sundays and Tuesdays after working hours from 6:30PM to 8:00PM. Course instruction is in English and a complimentary Arabic Language Phrasebook is available for students. The total fee for this course is $195.
Kurdish Language for Beginners
Learn how to have a conversation with your Kurdish friends and colleagues, shop at the local bazar, order food at a Kurdish restaurant, and even give taxi drivers directions to your destination. This 5-week course will prepare you to use Kurdish in everyday life, from how to bargain for the best prices at the Citadel market, to how to navigate the streets of Erbil. Classes take place on Monday and Wednesday from 5:30PM to 7:30PM, starting on Monday, July 18, 2016. Course instruction is in English and a complimentary Kurdish Language Phrasebook is available for students. The total fee for this course is $195.
Kurdish Language for Advanced Beginners
Already have some knowledge of the Kurdish language? Ready to take it to the next level? Start by reviewing the basics and then shift gears into learning about past/present tenses, local idioms, and lots more useful vocabulary and phrases for work and everyday life. This 6-week course will help you speak like a pro and is taught by a native Kurdish language speaker in the Sorani dialect. Classes start on Sunday, July 17, 2016, and take place on Sundays and Tuesdays from 5:00PM to 6:30PM. Course instruction is in English, and the total fee is $195.
Interested and Ready to Enroll?
Call MSELECT Academy at 0770 494 5105 or 066 266 4455, or email training@mselect.iq to enroll today.