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Marhaba marx-hi About 4 years ago I made a similar post and ended up teaching @[email protected] for almost 2 years, then last year I did the same thing and taught a couple of comrades. I can honestly say I love teaching my native tongue, especially to comrades!

So I wanna do it again! doggirl-happy

I have my own course material, and ofc I make sure to adapt the lessons and study plan to my student’s interests and pace. I try to incorporate Comprehensible Input as much as possible. I believe language learning has to be fun, engaging, and things have to make sense. And believe me Arabic makes a lot of sense unlike English.

Let me know if you have any questions about Arabic or my approach to teaching. And dw about money, really, this is just a 'side hustle' that I enjoy, and so you can pay what you can!

You can dm me from a throwaway account if you want.

Arabic is nowhere near as intimidating as some of you might think, it actually has internal logic and consistency.

I'm just gonna quote what @prolepylene said about his experience learning Arabic:

 

Learning languages is hard, but I find it very rewarding. My lessons are fun, the language itself makes sense in a way that allows me to infer meanings and uses I don't explicitly know, and it teaches me about English almost as much as Arabic. Arabic as a language makes a lot more sense than English. A big part of it is that Arabic isn’t a bastard language of Germanic and Romantic influences, though the history of the Arabic world has left it with many loan words from the west. The other big thing is MSA (Modern Standard Arabic), though not really spoken colloquially, is actively managed to make it universal and easy to learn. In my opinion, the script is the least intimidating part of the language.

The [Arabic root system] is pretty great. At first I wasn’t sure how it was substantially different from the Latin root system, but comparatively to English the Arabic root system is everywhere throughout the language. As you learn the forms and patterns you can break down basically all verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to a base form and a pattern that you can use to infer meaning.

 

And if there is enough interest we can have group lessons as well, let me know if you'd be interested in that.

Group LessonsMight make it less 'intimidating' to give the language a shot or if someone has social anxiety. It will be a pay-what-you-want (or nothing at all) so the money barrier should be completely gone.

I'd expect scheduling to be a problem because of all the different time zones, but we can do it on the weekend and see what works best.

 

I'm more than happy to do trial lessons, commitment-free.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Already focused on learning a different language right now but I wanted to say that this is a really cool thing to do, comrade!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Yeah same, just hopped on the bandwagon and started learning Mandarin shrug-outta-hecks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Everyone is learning Mandarin these days, which is great, but where is the love for Arabic doggirl-cry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Not mandarin for me, rather not specify but it's one I've been learning for a few months now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Bill is a good guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm happy with dipping my toes for now, I'm brushing up my Mandarin before hopefully travelling there this year. But after that... phoenix-think

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

You know, I'd love to go teach Arabic in China, if only it were in such hot demand like English is there obama-sad

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I would love to some day, but for now I am already studying several other languages and I couldn’t possibly commit to learning another one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

Nice! Honestly we leftists should try to learn at least a second language, those who can ofc.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

أنا نعرف غير جوج ديال الخطوط، 1 خط مغربي و 2 خط نستعليق/تعليق.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

هل أنت متأكد أنك لا تعرف خط النسخ؟ ههه

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

ولكن هداك هين (سهل) بزاف 😆

الخط النسخ ماشي صعيب باش نكتب.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just kidding :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No problem, thanks for the daily ping!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

ottoman calligraphy is what made me fall in love with arabic. i could spend hours as a kid adoring the ornaments of mosques and sultans grave even though i had no idea whats going on

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That is wonderful! You'll probably like this video, it has subtitles btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

sadly I gotta say no..... I'm already studying JP, and god forbid I learn two languages at once.... that's gonna mess me up so bad lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

It's best to make some good progress in the language you're learning before starting another one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Some of the comrades I taught last year, if any of them wanna share their experience and feedback.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 29 minutes ago

Maybe I should've contacted them first lol.