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 A numerous number of private learners mainly from Spain, Switzerland, Germany as well as  from Australia have successfully attended either our normal courses or our specially tailored courses.

Feedback by Dr.Dilworth Parkinson director of BYU

   The Alexandria Centre For Languages was the site of Brigham Young University's Fall 2004 Intensive Arabic Semester Abroad program. Having the center available was a godsend. The staff and the director were extremely efficient, and extremely well-connected. We "descended" upon them with 57 students the first week of September , and within a week we had all the students in apartments in various places throughout the city. Visas and other arrangements were handled with equal efficiency, as well as club memberships and other details. They even helped us arrange a large number of cultural events, including concerts and art exhibits. When crises arose (sicknesses, a students losing their passports, etc.) they knew what to do and who to call. In short, many of the normal headaches associated with directing a program like this, particularly one as large as we had, were handled by the center much to the director's relief.

Experience of an American private learner:
 

   Before I came to Alexandria to continue studying Arabic, I faced the same dilemma that most students encounter when trying to select a program in Egypt that fits their academic and personal goals.  In a country that is home to a seemingly endless list of schools specializing in the Arabic language, how does a person choose from all of the possibilities?  I eventually decided to study at the Alexandria Centre for Languages (ACL)—It did not take me long to realize I made the correct decision.