The Levantine Institute of Tripoli offers high quality Arabic courses for foreigners, and Arab expats teaching both Levantine Dialect and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
The Institute also provides volunteering opportunities to teach French, English and/or participate in different programs related to education in partnership with local NGOs in North Lebanon.
The purpose is to live 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 classes only give you the keys to express yourself and a great deal of the work needs to be done outside of the classroom. This is why we chose Tripoli: it is a place where any student can easily practice what they learned during the courses. Through partnership with local NGOs and the Maan Center for children located within our premises, we strongly encourage students at the LEVIT to volunteer and interact as much as they can with the local community.
Besides private lessons, the LEVIT offers two programs:
vThe Levantine Immersion program takes the students from the day-to-day basic conversation and vocabulary to more complex subjects depending on progress. The teaching also focuses on using the origins of the words, the similarities and differences between the colloquial and the literal and an explanation of the grammar rules that structure the dialect. You will learn how to speak the Levantine and get background information on the formal shape of the Arabic language. Advanced classes tackle socio-political subjects of our region as well as culture, literature and media.
vThe MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) program for all levels based on the same interactive philosophy. Starting with beginner classes, our MSA program brings the basic of Arabic literacy all the way to specialized subjects focusing on journalism, politics, international relations and sociology for the more advanced levels. To meet international standards of MSA, the LEVIT relies mostly on “Al-Kitaab” book.
The nationality and age mix at Levantine Institute varies over different time periods, courses and levels. Throughout the year, the average age is 25. In the summer, the average age is 23.
LEVIT teaches students from all over the world, including:
Take a cab to the Charles Helou bus station in Beirut. A Connex bus departs to Tripoli every 30mn, wifi is available onboard. Once arrived at the final destination of the bus, Sahet el Nour, you can take a Taxi from Sahet el Nour to Al Mina street, it's a 10 minutes in the car.
You can find our location on google map:
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I had two teachers. The one I had in group lesson was great, she has put lot of efforts to teach outside of the box. I have progressed and improved a lot thanks to her dedication. The second teacher wasn’t very professional and didn’t have a lot of experience teaching foreign students since she has been teaching kids until then. Curriculum very disappointing, with little consistency.
The administration is overall not organised. No one was here for the check in at the house, I had to wait one hour for them to send one of their maintenance staff. There was no wifi in the house and no indication or welcome tips for you to get around. The house was more like an annex of the office institute. The administration staff will often show up without any notice. They also gave the key to one of the student for her to have her class in our house with again no notification. The house had active cameras, I have asked several times to remove them, it’s only been covered one week before the end.
No activities took place, you must pay more if you want to participate. I wouldn’t recommend to book the taxi through the institute as they charge double the price.
We were 4 students in our class, the teacher was prepared to teaching to strangers students the . The School had teaching from everywhere . Very interesting the activities
Show details » Read more...My teacher was great . Her name was Maya and was the best Arabic teacher. The staff was amazing. However , the time outside the school was even better. I made so many new friends. Went to a wedding and grieved with a family due to a death
Show details » Read more...It is possible to live in a rented apartment during your study in Tripoli, but this tends to be more expensive. LEVIT provides some assistance with apartment rentals or you can rent an apartment on your own. Learn more about apartment housing
We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.
Your letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you.
Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Tripoli based on your budget, schedule and preferences.
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Take a cab to the Charles Helou bus station in Beirut. A Connex bus departs to Tripoli every 30mn, wifi is available onboard. Once arrived at the final destination of the bus, Sahet el Nour, you can take a Taxi from Sahet el Nour to Al Mina street, it's a 10 minutes in the car.
You can find our location on google map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Levantine+Institute+of+Tripoli/@34.4537116,35.8134122,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x1521f41dcdf09f8f:0xb2983d266df90c13!8m2!3d34.4537116!4d35.8134122!16s%2Fg%2F11g7c_1kt0?shorturl=1
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