Arabic lessons online in Australia

Learning Arabic from Australia

Arabic is one of the most widely spoken home languages in Australia, especially in Sydney and Melbourne. Many learners are children and adults of Lebanese, Iraqi, Syrian, Egyptian or Palestinian heritage who understand some spoken Arabic but cannot read or write it. Others are Muslims wanting Quran lessons, university students, or people with a Moroccan partner.

Lisanova Academy is an online academy run from Morocco. It has no classroom, branch, agent or locally based tutor anywhere in Asia or the Pacific: every lesson is a live one-to-one video lesson with a Moroccan teacher.

Heritage Arabic and Lisanova’s varieties

If your family speaks Levantine, Iraqi or Egyptian Arabic, MSA is usually the right course: it gives you reading, writing and the formal Arabic shared across the Arab world. Lisanova does not teach your family’s dialect, and says so plainly. Lessons are explained in English.

Lisanova teaches two kinds of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, Fusha) — the formal Arabic of books, news, documents and Islamic scholarship — and Moroccan Darija, the everyday spoken Arabic of Morocco. Quran lessons are a separate path. It does not teach Lebanese, Iraqi, Egyptian or any other Arabic dialect besides Moroccan Darija.

Modern Standard Arabic lessons in Australia

MSA suits heritage children and adults learning to read and write, school and university students, and professionals who need formal Arabic.

Moroccan Darija lessons in Australia

Darija online suits Australians with Moroccan partners or friends and travellers to Morocco who want everyday spoken Arabic.

Quran lessons online in Australia

Private Quran lessons let children revise memorization after school and help adults improve Tajweed or study the meanings.

Quran lessons available: reading from the first letters, recitation with correction, Tajweed rules, memorization (Hifz) with revision, and understanding the meanings. Lisanova’s Quran teachers hold Ijazah in recitation and Tajweed. Lessons are arranged on WhatsApp so the academy can confirm the teacher, the explanation language and a realistic scope; no memorization outcome is promised.

Quran and Islamic Studies: single class $12 per hour; Monthly Package 1, 8 hours per month, $80; Monthly Package 2, 12 hours per month, $110. Families get 15% off for each additional sibling. Discover Islam sessions are free.

Brisbane, Perth and other cities

Learners in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra follow this page; Sydney and Melbourne have their own pages. Perth’s time zone (UTC+8, no daylight saving) is closer to Morocco, which can widen the choice of evening times.

Lesson times

Australia is on several time zones. Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra are on UTC+10, or UTC+11 during daylight saving (October to April); Brisbane stays on UTC+10; Adelaide is half an hour behind Sydney; Perth is on UTC+8. Morocco is on UTC+1 for most of the year and UTC+0 during Ramadan, so the east coast is usually nine or ten hours ahead of Morocco and Perth seven hours ahead — one hour more during Ramadan. An Australian evening falls in the Moroccan morning.

When you book the free trial or ask on WhatsApp, send your city and two or three preferred local times. The academy replies with a proposed time in your local time and in Morocco time; the lesson is fixed only once you both confirm. No timetable is published in advance and no hour is guaranteed.

Explanation language

Lisanova has teachers who explain lessons in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as in Arabic; not every teacher speaks every one of these languages. Lessons are not explained in other languages. The Arabic you learn is a separate choice from the explanation language. Tell us your preference when you enquire and we match you with a suitable teacher.

Prices and getting started

Private Arabic and Moroccan Darija: one 60-minute lesson $20; 8 hours $120; 12 hours $170; 16 hours $200. Prices are in US dollars; no local-currency price is offered. The first trial lesson is free.

Book the free Arabic/Darija trial with your name, WhatsApp number and preferred package; the academy arranges the time with you on WhatsApp. You can pay by bank transfer, by card or through a money-transfer service such as Western Union. Quran enquiries are arranged on WhatsApp. Cancellation and refund conditions are on the Terms page.