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Marhaba marx-hi About 4 years ago I made a similar post and ended up teaching @prolepylene@hexbear.net 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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[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months 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

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you so much! If there ever is a group learning session keep me in mind, I could only pay a token amount unfortunately

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No problem, thanks for the daily ping!

[–] malak@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

هل أنت متأكد أنك لا تعرف خط النسخ؟ ههه

[–] malak@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

ولكن هداك هين (سهل) بزاف 😆

الخط النسخ ماشي صعيب باش نكتب.

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just kidding :D

[–] malak@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago
[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@redhex@hexbear.net @bubbalu@hexbear.net @Wakmrow@hexbear.net @SoloboiNanook@hexbear.net Some of the comrades I taught last year, if any of them wanna share their experience and feedback.

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Maybe I should've contacted them first lol.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was a great joy to study with mu3allim last year! They are very committed to language learning and internationalism. Over about four months I was able to get a good grasp of the alphabet, phonics, and simple declarative sentences. I am an early elementary teacher and work with a lot new arrival students and mu3allim helped me build the vocabulary to help them feel at ease and teach English phonics.

I recommend any comrades seriously interested in learning Arabic to take lessons with them!

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

This means a lot to me, comrade!

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months 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!

[–] CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Imsomking@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Bill is a good guy.

[–] grillgamesh 7 points 5 months 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

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

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

[–] RedDawn@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months 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.

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

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

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months 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

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months 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

[–] heartheartbreak@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ive got a decent grasp on the characters cuz of duolingo, but learning words and grammar is soo slow. do you have any advice/resources? preferably palestinian/jordanian dialect

[–] Prof_mu3allim@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

I'll get back to you on this.