nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
save yourself! please don't do arabic!
i was in somewhat the same situation in my first year, and decided arabic would be a really good string to add to my bow. however, there were people in my class who were not only fluent but had lived in arabic speaking countries all their lives. further, some lucky people had a-levels in it...something i've never even heard of being offered in scotland, and with parents who are teachers, it's likely that i would have!
anyways, the upshot is that there were about three of us who congregated, and tried very hard to pull each other through, but it was an absolute slog. the tutors went at the level of the most able, and if that wasn't you, well, hard cheese!
things may have changed, as i am now on the point of graduating, but as someone who went in really eager to learn, and came out upset and demoralised, i would advise against it
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Indeed....That doesnt sound to nice....but i do have a basic grasp having lived in the middle east for years so mibbie it'll be easier fir me....but still...you've scared me enough to make me think twice
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