I’m very frustrated with my lack of language learning right now. I don’t really have the time (or funds) to enroll in a course but am dying to learn more Arabic! The little bit I learned, I enjoyed so much- particularly practicing the strong pronunciation of certain sounds such as "kh" or "gh." I find the language to be so interesting. I especially enjoy finding the commanalities between Spanish and Arabic, of which there are many. In the classroom, I used to teach my students about the various cognates found in Spanish and a variety of other languages- not just English. These commonalities are what link so many languages around the world. The kids seem to enjoy that as much as I do.

Since I cannot immerse myself in it, I am not quite sure what approach to take so that I can resume my studies. I was thinking about contacting the Islamic Center in DC, which I heard offers classes. Perhaps that would work for me. I think that the combination of learning with a group of peers, combined with being around the culture and native speakers of Arabic would be beneficial. I thought about trying the Rosetta Stone program again, however, I think its too unstructured of a learning device for me. Perhaps it would work nicely coupled with the structured classes. I am going to have to look into this.