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| I'm With Stupid Senior Member Vietnam Joined 4158 days ago 165 posts - 349 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Vietnamese | Message 1 of 3 06 January 2016 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
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I might be going to work in Morocco for two years soon, and I was wondering what
language/combination of languages people would recommend learning. Basically, it's a choice between French, MSA and Moroccan dialect. My French is limited to half-remembered GCSE French. My Arabic is non-existent. French is obviously a much easier language, and the interviewer recommended that as the language to get stuff done, presumably while learning the odd phrase in the local dialect. But I've read that French is gradually being phased out. The other advantage of French is that it would allow me to work in France later on, which is far more interesting to me than working elsewhere in the Arab world. The other advantage of French is that it would be useful to me far quicker than Arabic would. Arabic is obviously the more difficult option. Firstly, there are obviously a multitude of dialects that are somewhat incomprehensible to each other. There are plenty of resources for Modern Standard Arabic, and I'm told that Moroccans will understand that when spoken, but it would be difficult for me to listen to anyone. But perhaps as a starting point, it could be an option to build on. It's also important for reading. But I wonder, even in Morocco, how many resources are available to learn specifically for that dialect. It would basically be like learning two languages. I've heard that it's best to learn MSA and then graduate to one of the dialects. I think this option would create a better impression with the locals, and MSA is certainly a very valuable language to know nowadays. What would you learn if you were me? And yes, I know "both" is obvious option, but I probably don't have the time to commit to that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 6482 days ago 265 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 3 06 January 2016 at 11:14pm | IP Logged |
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Try posting on www.forum.language-learners.org as
you might get a few more answers. Of course this site is still in use but due to various technical issues an alternative forum was set up and is a bit more active than this one. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Speakeasy Senior Member Canada Joined 4037 days ago 507 posts - 1098 votes Studies: German | Message 3 of 3 07 January 2016 at 1:30am | IP Logged |
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I concur with Rhian's suggestion, most of the "more active" members of the HTLAL have registered with the new/replacement language forum. So, were you to do likewise and post your questions there as well, your chances of receiving a reply would be greater.
I cannot respond to your question as to which language would be most useful. However, I just executed a "G-search" using "Morocco" as my search criterion and it listed 125 discussion threads in which the word appeared. Some of the discussion threads seem to touch upon your question. Try it out, yourself! Edited by Speakeasy on 07 January 2016 at 1:31am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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