American English for
Arabic Speakers
Arabic and English have very different sound systems. Our curriculum targets the exact sounds that Arabic speakers find most challenging.
Start Free TrialWhy Arabic speakers have a distinct accent
Your native language shapes how you hear and produce sounds. Arabic has only 3 vowels while English has 15+, and lacks several consonants, creating predictable challenges:
P vs B - #1 Challenge
Most ImportantArabic has no /p/ sound - only /b/ (ب). This is THE signature challenge for Arabic speakers, causing "park" to sound like "bark", "pen" like "ben", and "happy" like "habby".
English has 15+ vowels, Arabic has 3
Arabic has only three vowels (a, i, u), but English has over 15 distinct vowel sounds. This causes confusion with word pairs like "bit/beat/bet/bat/but" which all sound similar to Arabic speakers.
Consonant clusters are difficult
Arabic syllables follow CV or CVC patterns - no initial consonant clusters. Words like "street", "spring", and "splash" require inserting a vowel, making "spring" sound like "ispiring" or "sipring".
TH sounds require new articulation
While Arabic has ث (thā') and ذ (dhāl), English TH sounds are produced differently. Speakers may substitute /s/ or /d/, making "think" sound like "sink" and "this" sound like "dis".
The American R is unique
The American R sound doesn't exist in Arabic. It requires curling the tongue back without touching the roof of the mouth - very different from the Arabic ر (rā'). This affects words like "red", "car", and "computer".
What you'll master
Our Arabic curriculum focuses on the exact sounds that will make the biggest difference in your pronunciation.
P Sound
Distinguish P from B
Practice pairs: park/bark, pen/Ben, cap/cab, rope/robe
Short Vowels
Master English vowel distinctions
Practice words: bit, bet, bat, but, boot, book
Clusters
Pronounce consonant clusters
Practice words: street, spring, splash, texts, asks
TH Sounds
Master voiceless and voiced TH
Practice pairs: think/sink, this/dis, three/free, that/dat
American R
Learn the unique American R
Practice words: red, car, right, computer, work, better
How it works
Listen to minimal pairs
Train your ear to hear the difference between similar sounds like "park" vs "bark"
Practice speaking
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Build muscle memory
Unlimited practice until the correct pronunciation becomes automatic
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