Apps and websites for learning Arabic

Tools for learning Arabic on your own: apps, websites, dictionaries and reference tools, each checked against its official site or app-store listing. Each shows its level, the language it explains in, whether it is free, and the devices it runs on.

This section lists Modern Standard and Quranic Arabic only, as the whole site does: anything that also teaches colloquial dialects is left out. Prices are not given — only whether something is free or paid — because they change; the official site has them.

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Learn Arabic with Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera Media Network

Website

Lessons built on real news, media articles and literary texts across seven levels, with grammar lessons, a placement test and an Ask-the-Teacher form.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: All levels (seven)
  • Explained in: Arabic, English, French, Turkish, Spanish
  • Runs on: Web browser
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Madinah Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Website

A long-known site of free reading and grammar lessons for self-starters, also offering paid one-to-one lessons in Arabic, Qur'an and tajweed.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic, Quranic Arabic
  • Level: Beginner to advanced
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: Web browser
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Arabic for All (Al-Arabiyya Bayna Yadayk)

Arabic For All (العربية للجميع)

Website

Publisher of the widely used «Al-Arabiya Bayna Yadayk» series; its site hosts the series' audio, an online platform and teacher resources.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: Zero to advanced (eight parts)
  • Explained in: Arabic, English
  • Runs on: Web browser
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Elementary Arabic I — MSU Open Books

Michigan State University (Sadam Issa and Ayman Mohamed)

Website

A free university open textbook for first-semester Arabic with audio, self-check quizzes and six themed units; usable for self-study.

  • Arabic taught: Modern Standard Arabic
  • Level: Beginner (first semester)
  • Explained in: English
  • Runs on: Web browser
Free Visit site

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