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The beauty of the Arabic language will never fail to amaze me.
I can read Arabic (one of them people), half Pakistani. I suppose that's a head start. Would help as I frequently holiday that side...Algeria,Jordan,Morocco so far.
That's a good beginning. However the best way to learn a foreign language is to be exposed to it. So either being around Arabs who speak Arabic in the UK (London is the best option for that in the UK), watching Arabic movies, series, news, documentaries, listening to Arabic radio and music or maybe the best way; traveling to an Arab country for an extended period of time and trying to learn the language by only communicating in Arabic. That way you will force yourself to practice Arabic on a daily basis in many various situations. So just go for it if you want to if not then do not.
From there one you can begin to read Arabic newspapers, books, poetry etc.
As far as I am aware of (only heard about it), there are several Arabic "language programs" on the internet. Not sure how effective they are but I have no doubt that many people have found them to be useful.
Anyway Arabic is one of the more difficult languages in the world to learn for foreigners but it is not as hard as claimed. It needs hard work like everything else IMO. We are only limited by ourselves here in life and how much energy we want to put into things. Nowadays almost everyone can learn any language in the world if they want to.
But IMO a combination is the best option from my own experience of learning foreign languages.
When I studied in the US, I and many of my friends used to teach local Americans who wanted to learn Arabic or become familiar with it either for free (I did it for free when I had time, energy and wanted to do it) or for a symbolic amount of money. I believe that this also happens in the UK with students from KSA and other Arab countries. Since most of them speak Arabic and English, they would be able to help you a lot as well. It would give you access to the female lot as well if you take the right steps.
You can help the new arrivals with practical things and showing them around etc. That way you can also meet new people. It's a good thing to be open and meet people with a smile. In most cases it will be returned. Take it from someone who has lived in a few countries and studied abroad in more than 1 foreign country.
Lastly many of those students are exchange students, thus they sometimes live with local families at their home. Those with limited English abilities tend to be such people. It's done to make them learn English quicker and it usually works.
Anyway enough of writing.
