Final Darija Academy Course Review

Final learning outcomes

After completing the full course, the learner should be able to:

• Pronounce the main sounds of Moroccan Darija
• Introduce themselves and exchange personal information
• Speak about family, nationality and marital status
• Tell the time and discuss dates
• Use numbers and money
• Shop and negotiate prices
• Order food and drinks
• Talk about daily routines
• Describe past, present and future actions
• Give instructions and commands
• Express preferences, needs and obligations
• Compare people and objects
• Use conditional sentences
• Ask for and understand directions
• Use public transportation
• Reserve hotel accommodation
• Rent and furnish a house
• Visit the post office
• Explain health problems
• Communicate with doctors and health workers
• Describe work, projects and organizations
• Discuss environmental and community-development activities
• Respond to unsafe situations
• Report theft or harassment
• Understand common Moroccan cultural expressions
• Discuss important Moroccan holidays and traditions
• Use a broad range of Darija verbs in the past and present tenses