English is the second language here -- but in general English language levels are still very weak (at least to a native speaker's ears). In fact, I would say that Moroccans tend to have much better pronunciation, if not better overall mastery of the language as well. Omanis have an incredibly difficult time with distinguishing between 'b' and 'p' -- and in fact my Arabic teacher who has a PhD in Arabic-English translation and lived in Britain for years, still has trouble with that (even though he is Syrian).
I think learning French and the presence of lots of languages in Morocco is good for Moroccans' pronunciation. So, here is a fun thing we noticed at the hotel where our orientation was being held a sign for a beauty saloon....unfortunately misspelled....
(It says Beauty Saloon, in case you can't see!)
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