Safiya

Safiya and I are working on practicing what I have learned so far, using real life situations in travel vlogs! It is incredible how quickly I am able to apply what I have learned!

Safiya is an incredible teacher. I have had many teachers over a wide variety of settings, and Safiya is one of the best. I have completed bachelors, masters, and am finishing a doctorate program, and her ability to teach is far superior to my teachers in academia. If you book lessons with Safiya and attend them, you will learn Arabic, even if you do not have several hours a day to study.

I was extremely intimidated by the language. One lesson with Safiya and I feel much less overwhelmed. She teaches in such a clear way that makes it feel extremely easy. So kind and encouraging as well! Looking forward to more lessons.

Safiya has been teaching me both MSA and Lebanese, and she does a great job of showing me the differences, and highlighting the grammatical rules at play!

Safiya and I worked on numbers, and explaining the logic behind them. I am sure with a bit of memorization of the first 20 numbers I know exactly how to make nearly any number in Lebanese! Thank you!

Safiya and I have now completed many lessons together, and we are now practicing conversation, and it makes so much sense! I would recommend working with Safiya because she knows how to give you a base understanding in Arabic; contrast the correct way to speak with your natural accent, and is now using real conversation to quickly acquire grammar and recognize and utilize all the grammatical functions that are impossible to truly understand out of context. If you want to learn Arabic, I promise that Safiya can teach you! I know this because I strongly feel I have been given the toolbox I need to succeed in Arabic!