Marhaba 
about 3 years ago I made a similar post and ended up teaching a comrade for almost 2 years, and I loved teaching my native tongue so I wanna go on that journey again, especially now that I have so much experience and already made the “course material”, it’s a fun “side hustle”.
Ofc I make sure to adapt the lessons and study plan to the student’s interests and pace. I try to incorporate Comprehensible Input as much as possible even though it’s very scarce to find input made for learners. I think language learning has to be fun, engaging and things need to make sense, and believe me Arabic makes a lot of sense unlike English.
You can dm me from a throwaway account if you want. Let me know if you have any questions about Arabic or my approach to teaching. And dw about money, really!
And if there is enough interest we can have group lessons as well… just let me know if you’re interested and we can try to make it work ت
Arabic is nowhere near as intimidating as you 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 Standara 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.
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I’d be interested.
The language transfer app has a decent arab introduction course. And its free and open source software. Im already 15 lections in.
Most name-brand language learning textbooks, in my experience, are based around “units” of vocabulary, usually with a certain theme for each unit. These are then awkwardly interspersed with grammar units.
And this method is terrible. People take the classes for 2 years, maybe they’re good enough to do the homework and pass the tests but they’re still rather useless. Even 3-4 years is scrapped almost as soon as the classes end.
The best way to start is to learn all the words/morphemes you need to make sentences and basic expressions of concepts. Conjunctions and common adverbs are not introduced until later in the conventional curriculum, but it’s important to learn them early on, along with at least a few verb tenses, possessives, and other common morphemes. Once you get the first 2000 words down, then it makes sense to start doing thematic content.
Hey Sporg
most Arabic learning textbooks suck which is why I never relied on one and decided to make the lessons myself.
Am half Arab but never learnt Arabic and always wished I had :(
It’s never too late!
There’s two reasons i want to learn arabic: 1) the poetry is beautiful, and B ) I need to be able to joke with my Algerian coworker in private.
hello I am also interested ^^
Just dm’ed you
I do
I’ll dm you in a minute.
please dm me!
After uni I did a couple of weeks of intensive Arabic classes my uni offered to all students, and then went and did another two weeks of study in Morocco. I had the best time. And the language was fun and not too hard to learn! I don’t remember much though. Thanks for offering to teach that’s awesome
If you ever wanna get back to Arabic just let me know :D
I do, though english is not my native language but I should be okay learning through it.
It shouldn’t be a problem.
I’m also interested
I dm’ed you
I remember your Arabic lessons from last time. Glad you’re back!
I’m interested in learning Arabic
I just dm’ed you
I would love to try, I got somewhat far in Japanese in college, but it’s been a minute and Arabic script is so pretty it’s appealing. My only worry is that I have a very odd schedule due to working night shifts and long hours 4 days of the week. If I can fit it into a schedule I’m in
Dw, we’ll work around your schedule.
I can attest to how cool prof is, very kind, patient and all round lovely person. Glad to hear you’re still at it :)
Hey Layla, that is very kind of you to say
Glad to hear you’re still at it :)
Someone has to get these nerds to learn Arabic :)
