Hala Alzeat

Hala is great! I have been taking lessons with her a while and it has been a pleasure throughout. She is a warm and approachable person who is easy to talk to, and makes it easy to breakaway through any self-doubt while speaking/learning a foreign language! her podcast lessons provide an interesting and relatable way to become familiar with the language in your own time and she is always supportive both in and out of the lesson. can only recommend!

I heard a metaphor recently that drew a comparison between learning languages and swimming in the ocean - no matter how confident you are in your swimming ability, your energy is finite, and you will eventually grow fatigued from the effort. Meanwhile, the ocean is infinite in its width and depth. To survive, you need to find "islands" to rest upon - "islands" of core vocabulary and common expressions. Hala has been an outstanding "swim" instructor, building my confidence in braving the waves to get to the next "island". Here's to conquering the sea, or at least, our fear of it!

I have studying Arabic for close to 7 years, and I have been taught by a variety of teachers and tutors in every setting imaginable, and I have to say Hala is my favorite. She is patient as she helps me with my pronunciation errors or particularly hard words. She also provides a wealth of audio recordings and stories that I can use outside of class for listening- which is often the hardest skill to master. You can tell Hala is the type of person who loves what she does, and also loves being great at it. Since I am taking advanced Arabic- lessons become discussions about life itself. There is never a shortage of topics to discuss, and the conversation flows easily. For beginners, I imagine this comfortable environment she fosters to be a great benefit- we are all scared in the beginning. Encouragement and kindness paired with consistent correction make for a great teacher. I highly recommend anyone with a desire to learn Arabic and the passion for learning to take lessons with Hala.

The pace was good and the podcast had a lot of grammar so we could learn how to make useful grammatical sentences using it later ourselves. Useful new vocabulary and Hala explained things well.

I enjoyed my lesson with Hala. She made me use my brain muscles;) so I'd actually learn, but when I couldn't get something after really trying, she would help. She did a great job teaching, encouraging and empowering!

Amazing! Never tried learning a new language via podcasts and written texts. Sounds really exciting.