Level C2 — Academic & Specialized (Modular)
Lebanese Arabic at an academic & specialized level. NO full fuṣḥā grammar — no cases, no declensions. Only the educated register and specialized terminology Lebanese professionals and writers actually use. Blocks are modular — prioritize your domain (e.g. medicine, journalism).
80
120
Spoken / Written integrated
~10 months · opens after C1 — future enrollment
In-person classes are 40% more expensive than online (covers room rent and travel).
C2 is Lebanese Arabic at an academic and specialist level — but without full fuṣḥā grammar. No case endings, no declensions. Just the educated register and the terminology Lebanese professionals and writers actually use in their own work.
The 80 lessons are arranged in modular blocks, which means you can prioritise your own field: politics and current affairs, business and economics, law, health and governance, technology and science, media and journalism, arts, literature and intellectual life. If you are a doctor, the medical block matters more than the legal one — and the schedule can be arranged that way.
The first block stays common to everyone: educated versus street register, formal address, elevated vocabulary and the selective fuṣḥā-flavoured phrasing of educated speech, rhetorical polish, shades of tone and intent, plus opinion pieces and the cultural essay, both read and produced. This is the level at which the language stops being the goal and becomes a tool you work with.
By the end of this level you can
- Move deliberately between educated and street register, formal address included
- Use the terminology of your own field — legal, medical, financial, technical or editorial
- Hold an expert-level debate and read editorials with all their subtext
- Write an opinion piece or a cultural essay in Lebanese
- Analyse the real Lebanese press and separate fact from opinion
- Choose the blocks that match your profession, rather than the other way round
Full curriculum
Block 1 — Register & refinement (Lessons 1–10)
- Educated vs. street register; formal address
- Elevated vocabulary & the selective “fuṣḥā-flavored” phrasing of educated speech
- Rhetorical polish; nuances of tone & intent
- Opinion pieces & cultural essays (reading/production)
Block 2 — Politics & current affairs (Lessons 11–20)
- Political vocabulary; government & institutions
- Elections; terminology of the confessional system
- Geopolitics; the language of editorials
- Expert-level debate
Block 3 — Business & economy (Lessons 21–30)
- Finance, banking, trade; corporate vocabulary
- The language of contracts & negotiation
- Economic commentary; entrepreneurship
Block 4 — Law, health & governance (Lessons 31–42)
- Legal terminology; courts, rights, civil/notarial vocabulary
- Reading texts with legal nuance
- Medical terminology; expert-level doctor–patient
- Public health discourse; reading medical content
Block 5 — Technology & science (Lessons 43–52)
- Tech vocabulary; internet & media
- Scientific concepts in Lebanese
- Science popularization discourse
Block 6 — Media & journalism (Lessons 53–62)
- News writing; the register of reporting
- Interview technique; editorial voice
- Fact vs. opinion; analysis of real Lebanese press
Block 7 — Arts, literature & intellectual life (Lessons 63–72)
- Literary Lebanese; poetry analysis
- Criticism & review; philosophy & ideas in conversation
- Cultural essays
Block 8 — Mastery & synthesis (Lessons 73–80)
- Interdisciplinary discourse; academic presentation
- Writing specialized texts (written track)
- Spontaneous expert-level conversation
- Capstone project & final assessment
On the written track, the C2 reading material IS the specialized content — the alphabet strand is no longer separate; it becomes the delivery mode.