Another factor making Arabic challenging is that you might speak it perfectly well. You still find it challenging to converse with another Arabic native speaker.
This is due to the fact that what we commonly refer to as a "language" is actually a catch-all phrase for a wide range of related dialects. These dialects can occasionally be very similar; for instance, people who speak Australian English can typically comprehend people who speak American English with little to no trouble. However, dialects can also vary greatly. In the Arabic-speaking globe, this is the case. Egyptian Arabic speakers might not fully comprehend Yemeni Arabic speakers, who might not fully comprehend Moroccan Arabic speakers.
Which dialect then ought to be studied? It is challenging to even begin learning the language because of this conundrum. Students in many Arabic programs, particularly those in the US, begin with Modern Standard Arabic. In the Arabic-speaking world, Modern Standard Arabic is used as a common tongue in official situations and is regarded as a literary, educated language rather than the language that individuals learn to speak as children.
We have also chosen to educate this variation. We are teaching a spoken, less formal form of Modern Standard Arabic, not the kind that would be used in formal newscasts or poetry, but rather the kind that would be used once the newscaster stopped reading from the script and began conversing with the interviewee.
