Fadi

Professor Fadi has a unique pedagogic methodology by which one can become an adept speaker of Arabic at an accelerated pace. He encourages you to go out of your comfort zone and communicate in Arabic during lessons, so that you begin to “live” in the language. I have seen a rapid change in my ability and confidence to communicate in Arabic since I began lessons with Professor Fadi. Furthermore, Professor Fadi is a very patient and helpful teacher, so the student never feels worried about making a mistake, and his approach therefore is very effective at building confidence with the language, which is of paramount importance. I would highly recommend Professor Fadi, who goes out of his way to help students as much as possible. He is one of a kind!

I'm scared to keep writing good things about Fadi because I don't want anyone else taking my times! He's definitely the best!

MSA lessons are always exciting, because the highlight my improvement in applying the rules of Arabic grammar. Fadi has done a great job of explaining the language rules to me, and I am now able to see the patterns of letters and related new words to older, more familiar ones.

Wowww, I´ve never met a teacher here on italki that is experienced, prepared, and ready to teach. As intimidating as Arabic is, he makes it easy. We went over verb conjugations in this lesson. Even though I was nervous, he was great at making me feel at ease and guiding me through the lesson. Shoukran yaa Fadi. Bedros ktiir il yom ma3ak. :D

Today we worked on my listening and speaking skills before we progressed in our Syrian colloquial book. It's always fun to look back on my progress and see how far I've come. I wouldn't be able to understand Arabic nearly as well without Fadi's encouragement and knowledge.

We had an excellent lesson in shami today. Though I had forgotten some of the words, I was able to get back on track when Fadi reminded me of the meanings. It's never an issue when I forget something; he is always patient and kind in reminding me.