Where to study Arabic?

Thank you Michael.Assefa for sharing this video:)

Its so great for us, We can understand every word. I found it very useful,I hope everyone share it and watch.

The Easiest Way To Learn Arabic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jKkJKxG6Os

[email protected] ,Miss Amal is amazing

Hey Friends ,You must watch this video , the easiest way to learn Arabic .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jKkJKxG6Os

[email protected]”Ms.Amal has taught me Arabic , I would like to share her amazing video with all of you,enjoy.

Thank you so much Kelesy ,Ms.Aml is one of the best teachers I had. She is very understanding, very creative, and very patient. She is an awesome teacher ,

Ms. Amal often uses hands-on activities via Skype and games in order to teach me . In return, I really enjoy learning and easily remember the lesson. For all lovers of Arabic,I highly recommend her.

[email protected]

Miracles sometimes [email protected] ,Ms. Amal is truly an exceptional teacher. I have had trials with several female and rare male, from other programs.

She is so dedicated to helping my boys with learning arabic. She works so hard to make it enjoyable for them. They love class with her and look forward to it. My younger son is particularly hard to get motivated, interested in arabic. She has managed him so kindly and with a lot of extra effort beyond what I ever expected. He absolutely loves talking with her and spends 2 hrs class easily with her, mashallah. He even called her back for a third hour!

If there is a evaluation system or feedback form I am happy to endorse her as a great teacher.

Miracles sometimes [email protected] ,Ms. Amal is truly an exceptional teacher. I have had trials with several female and rare male, from other programs.

She is so dedicated to helping my boys with learning arabic. She works so hard to make it enjoyable for them. They love class with her and look forward to it. My younger son is particularly hard to get motivated, interested in arabic. She has managed him so kindly and with a lot of extra effort beyond what I ever expected. He absolutely loves talking with her and spends 2 hrs class easily with her, mashallah. He even called her back for a third hour!

If there is a evaluation system or feedback form I am happy to endorse her as a great teacher.

Thank you very much Kelesy,I had a free trial class with”[email protected]” Ms.Amal is truly one of the most competent language teachers I have ever met in my life! She shows PowerPoint slide shows set to music. She makes learning a lot of fun.” I feel blessed for having her as my Arabic teacher!

I had atrial class with”[email protected]” Ms.Amal is cheerful and finds new ways to present both complex and tedious concepts.her patience and cheerful manner during online speaking classes is truly commendable. I have learnt a lot from her, and look forward to continue studying with her:)

She can teach specially prepared syllabuses to all ages (kids, teenage, adult), levels (basic, intermediate, advanced) and courses (MSA, Quranic Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial, Media Arabic, kid's stories).

The prices are as follows:

• 4 hours per month will be for a total of ($40), ($10 per hour).

• 8 hours per month will be for a total of ($64), ($8 per hour).

• 12 hours for month will be for a total of ($84), ($7 per hour).

Trial lesson/ first lesson is free!

Her e-mail is

[email protected]

READY TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR ARABIC SKILLS:WRITING, SPEAKING, READING AND LISTENING)Generally ,the Methodology which is used in my courses for my foreign student is made up of 22 hours a month , as we can divide it into hours based on your work schedule and mine. we can get to a final agreement by meeting ourselves somewhere and discuss the guidelines which we will have to follow during the whole system. contact me through my mobile number :66559307

I'm an arabic Journalist-translator working at Qatar News Agency. im' currently offering Arabic courses during my free time. If any one is still interested please let me know.

66068941

maherabassi7/-a-t-/gmail.com

Offers on Arabic,Quran classes JOIN NOW :)

What is Alif Arabic?

Alif Arabic offers live one on one Arabic & Quran classes with certified instructors specialized in teaching children starting at age 5 (up to any age) via free video calling at your most convenient schedule. Students start at their own level and choose their frequency and schedule of class. Even better, packages start at only $50 a month!

How much will the classes cost?

Alif Arabic offers different packages starting with $50 a month for one hour per week. 1.5 hours per week cost $69 and 2.5 hours per week cost $95

Can we have some offers for them?

Alif Arabic will offer them a special group discount; for every 3 students who register, they will take 10% off. For every 6 students who register, they will take 15% off and for every 10 or more students who register, they will take 20% off

Can a student have a special discount if s/he refer another student to Alif?

Yes! We have our ambassador program where you receive $8 off your bill for every student you refer to Alif

Is there a scholarships? How can they take a scholarship?

We offer several scholarships but right now, all the scholarship slots are filled. They can check our website every while to see if the scholarship application is open again

If 15 students join, can we teach two students for free?

We are offering a special discount for them. If 15 students join, each of them will enjoy 20% discount! This means that we are teaching 3 students for free not only 2

Can we give them live lessons? How much will it cost?

Ahmad this is up to you to decide if you want the teachers to give classes in the office and how much they would cost (We don't want to go for tutoring at homes, but if you think we should give classes at the office, it is up to you to decide)

Does the company offer Arabic language only or we can teach them Egyptian Arabic?

We can definitely teach Egyptian Arabic for those who are interested since our instructors are all native Egyptian speakers with instruction background

Why Alif and not any competitive company?

For so many reasons:

1- Our instructors are highly qualified and dedicated

2- The one on one approach is really useful as it develops communication between the student and the teacher

3- The classes can continue after you return to your home country because they are online so yous study doesn't need to stop when go back home

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http://alifarabic.co...

Try Irth Academy.

They offer Arabic lessons.

Call the school for more information.

-44673782

-33724647

Or visit the school in person.

Old Airport area behind THE MALL, D Ring road, Street 608 # 15

*All the teachers are native speakers of the language that they teach

Other courses offered by the school:

-Mandarin Chinese

-English

-French

-Spanish

-TOEFL

-ACT

-IELTS

-DELF & DALF

Did you still teaching arabic...I like to learn arabic........if possible ....

satis

Please Help me to find for speaking local arabic

If you want to learn Arabic yourself, I would recommend this new and free online course in Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Online. Here is a link to promotional video &feature=youtu.be and here to the course itself: www.arabiconline.eu.

Good luck!

Hey

I want to learn spoken arabic at the earliest.

Please help me.

Wahid

Mob:55977195

Hey

I want to learn spoken arabic at the earliest.

Please help me.

Wahid

Mob:55977195

Hey

I want to learn spoken arabic at the earliest.

Please help me.

Wahid

Mob:55977195

You can take Arabic classes online at www.alifarabic.com -- I learned there really quickly. It's 1:1, pretty inexpensive, and the teachers are trained at Al-Azhar.

I want to learn Arabic! Preferably in a group but will also consider one to one as well. Thanks.

hello

i am interested for private Arabic courses...I would like to have more details.can we talk?

thanks

Dimosthenis

I do a 3 months arabic course in different dialects, 2 sessions per week and in 3 months period i take the student to an advanced level of conversational arabic. I also do terminology courses and writing courses.

Don't feel shy to ask, message me

Hi,

Do you know where to find good course to learn Arabic in group ? Thanks.

I would like to inform that, I am an Arabic tutor can teach

Arabic by Intenet. If you are interested you can come online. My.W.Site www.arabictuitiononline.com

Regards

M.Sadiq Ali

I give one on one Arabic lessons for a reasonable price. Call 5281767 for more info

Learn arabic online

http://www.languageguide.org/arabic/

http://arabic.speak7.com/

http://www.arabic2000.com/

http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/index.htm

http://madinaharabic.com/Arabic_Reading_Course/Arabic_%20Reading_Course....

http://www.vegasociety.com/arabic/index.html

http://areg.amaksoud.com/alphabet

Learn arabic online

http://www.languageguide.org/arabic/

http://arabic.speak7.com/

http://www.arabic2000.com/

http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/index.htm

http://madinaharabic.com/Arabic_Reading_Course/Arabic_%20Reading_Course....

http://www.vegasociety.com/arabic/index.html

http://areg.amaksoud.com/alphabet

[email protected]

I'm ineterested in Arabic lessons. Plz get back to me.

Khaled

see above

This is given free of cost. Classe take place for an hour or so in the evenings. I think you will need to check with Qatar Airways.

Doest Qatar Airways provides such kind of language trainings to there employess? Is this training is free of cost or employee do need to pay. Thanks

IF you work in government or semi-government departments you have the option of joining the language institute to study Arabic. They provide a three year course. Just check with your Trainins section/HR guys.

If everyone is set and a few of ud newcomers want to start a class, who is in or interested?

you can buy plenty of good second hand books for learning Arabic in Doha

Closed and started.

Hi,

Whats the latest on learning Arabic ? Has a group already started ?

Cheers.

>the dates were just about proper communications and being informed properly

Just in case you have not discovered, the small numbers under your post is actually the date when you posted it. Not that you probably don't know it, but it is just... to keep you informed.

Whatever amigo . . it may have given that impression to some but not necessary to others . . . the dates were just about proper communications and being informed properly and that should not be giving a desperate impression.

all best . . .

Tango: look at your own posts, companero. "Wednesday night, no return, it's Thursday afernoon nobody contacted me". If you don't want to look desperate don't give this impression. Or hire Sheebu as your imagemaker - she definitely is cool as a cucumber.

Come on friend . . . desperate? not really . .. didn't you read what Aisha wrote in her last posting?

There is no problem at all . . . how come you thought it was a problem . . . did you see any further long postings by me since that last one?

Amigo! If you have no time to read it, then you do not have to and you can simply skip it . . It is about choice! Now everybody is informed and when/if people or some of them are interested, they simply know what to do. I am just practicing my freedom of speech to write, is there a problem?... Welcome to the world of true Democracy!! LOL !!

Just take it easy dude ! All the best to you all . . . .

cheeeeeeeeeers !!

Tango: Man, are you counting days and hours? Are you desperate to start? Why? What is your problem?

Thank you thank you . .. I know that Aisha . . and of course . . if they read it . . . but if they have later-on question, they should/could have read what was written . . . headlines are not enough to know the whole/full story . . .

Saturday has passed without any feedback . . . when/if they are ready ... they can start . . with my best wishes to them . ..

you all have a nice week . .. the weather has started FINALLY to COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL in Qatar . . .

yalla . . .regards . ..

hehe it's fine in the sense that everybody knows everything by now. IF they read it of course :-)

Thank you for your what I can consider your compliments . . Sure, we can make the above so for my course . . . And for your worries, no worries .. . you should be living enough . . . Just let me know you all what have you been up to? there was the proposal for meeting too . . .

As they say; "The devil is always in the details" and my reason was from experience in dealing with such things . . such long posting was to make whoever interested to be fully informed with all possible answers to whatever possible questions. You may see yourself!!

Ooooooooooooops! I better stop now . . . enough long novels!!!

cheeeeeeeeeers !!

WOW!! Thank you for the dictionary information . . . it was a keyboard error where I pushed the wrong button, you know such things happen . .. sure .. sure ! it is "LACONIC" !!!

Anyway, it is afternoon on Friday now. . . Take care and I will keep checking this forum anyway . . .

yallaaaaaaaaaaa ... regards . .

Tango,

Can we make the above words a mantra for your language course? Otherwise, I am worried that I won't live long enough to finish the course.

Tango:

la‧con‧ic [luh-kon-ik]

–adjective using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.

[Origin: 1580–90; < L Lacōnicus < Gk Lakōnikós Laconian, equiv. to Lákōn a Laconian + -ikos -ic]

www.dictionary.com

yaaay

you won it, you won it!

:-D

LOL

No problem my friend . . . no more long postings or being "iaconic" . . did not mean too . . . I have just been enjoying writing the details, trust me.. it would save time and questions . . .

let me know when/if you finalize things . . .

cheeeeers & muitto obrigado senor brasileiro . . .

Aisha - thank you, we do it just to win your heart :)

Tango: that's it? You've been extremely laconic recently.

It is nice to know how Terramax and Richard123 are trying to coordinate things. I can contribute some feedback and remarks in such coordination . . .

1- I have sent an email with my proposal, which was very brief, and Richard123, Terramax, Lou and I guess two more have recieved it.

2- For the Mall Roundabout nightmare, sure! I agree that driving there is hectic but if you have noticed that the traffic has become less in recent weeks after the Airport Roundabout was opened(not fully yet) and Al Tadamon(Solidarity) Rounabout with the new traffic lights. The real dilemma was two months ago. I believe you or we are trying to find a place that has as light or smooth traffic as possible.

3- A blunt comment: It is to easy to say that a meeting can take place anywhere if this place accross from LuLu does not fit some people. Sometimes, if we try to find a spot, you will/may realize it is not as easy as you may think. On my own, I will see what I can do on that later today and Friday and Saturday since it is my day off. . so I will have some time to check on this. I should have a better idea by Saturday.

4- Hallooo ... hallooo ... hallooo ... The Asian Games is around the corner and if you are freeking out from the Mall Roundabout but what about other areas? The bottom lines ... there should not be worries about the issue of traffic. .. whatever spot is agreed upon, people should plan to leave from where they are like 20-30 minutes earlier and being in class little bit early has an advantage too for exchaning ideas or questions that some of you may have not time to discuss openly and with more details while in class . . . trust me. . . i know it!

5- In case more than one group of formed. . . no problem ... If two or three groups are formed, they do not have to be in the same area or with the same teacher . . . the students can make their minds on what maybe convenient for them . . . .ooooops . . lets not forget what is convenient for the teacher too. At the end, it is all mutual.

6- That is why I said earlier that I could be open to having to a group of 5 or 6. There more students are there in a group, the more diverse opinions can be shared. But the bigger the group, the less attention each student may have part of a group. Plus, some of you insisted and preferred a group not more than 4, but to balance all feedbacks is ok but having eight maybe something others do not feel comfortable with. Then, if two groups can be formed, they can be formed with different sizes. One group have 8 and the other 4 or 5. The student may need to choose which one he or she may feel more comfortable with.

7- For the possibility of having two or three groups, well, then this maybe difficult to be done/arranged/taught by the same tutor or teacher. Then, another teacher may get in the coordination process and teaching does not have to be in one group by a teacher, the same like another group by another teacher.

8- Two people contacted me. It seems they got to know about all of this from the forum, but each one of them requested a person-to-person intensive tutoring. They are still negotiating, but I said for a person-to-person tutoring can not go less than QR100 which I believe is very fair. When/if each of them is interested, they have my email and phone to proceed.

9- Interesting remark to share with you all since I have noticed this during my stay in America with people who want to pursue studying Arabic. People in universities or on academic grants were the ones who were kind of committed learning. Plus, teaching professionals or people who work during the day, is different from people who are students in universities. At the end of the day, professionals get tired in the evening and they look for a enjoyable class, easy going, with diverse material to be covered in one hour to keep them up. Covering three or four topics in one hour is much better than one topic for the whole hour.

10- Kindly make note that tutoring classes do not involve teaching only. One class may be to cover or teach new material and the following class may not have any new material but an atmosphere to talk, practice, exercise what was covered the session before. When you are a professional(not a full time student) the class is your full new territory to force yourself to expose yourself to the language without distractions, while at home or work, you have other things . . . plussssssssssss . . do not forget the pets if you happen to have a cat or dog at home too!! LOL !! just kidding!

11- Last but not least and accordingly . . . I have a suggestion . . for those interested, how about if we have a coffee getting together somewhere in Doha on the evening/early night of Friday or Saturday - so by then you have given this a thought - to discuss a plan and you have nothing to loose . . . if at least 4 people confirm to show up, I should show up too. My other suggestion beside the other feedback that one of you is waiting for from QF is . . . We can start a workshop of 5-6 sessions. Each session will be for an hour or a session of two hours where a 10-minute break is in between. The sooner we start this workshop, the earlier we can finish them prioer to the start of the Asian Games where the city is expected to go crazy! In those 5-6 sessions we will have a broad coverage to the main topics in the Arabic language like some cultural background, common vocabulary, pronouns, masculine and feminine usage in the language, pronounciations, alphabets, writing, connecting the letters, distinguishing the letters from each other, the accents which are tha notations that give each letter a different sound. This should give a good intro to a language you are curious to check out. If you like it, then you plan what you see convenient and if you were not satisfied, you will not regret what you have learned in those 5 or 6 sessions. Only the first session of those 5 to 6 sessions will be like an hour an half for introduction and orientation so time is well spent on whatever material to be covered.

Sorry Terramax . . . I did not mean to get you upset by writing a thousand posting . . . .lol! I check the forum regularly and upon the feedback, lets see whether we can confirm a time to meet . . . let me know . . . and sorry all for being 'little bit' long and self explanatory. At the end, it is there for all of us to be well-informed . . .

For Lou . . . thanx for the email and getting back with us.

For Camilla . .. thanx for updating us and you have not missed anything yet by me or Richard123 or Terramax . . .

yalla . . ciao !!

Good luck learning Arabic guys!

Good, good.

I'll wait patiently then. :)

Good work.

C

Don't worry Camilla you haven't missed anything yet. We are still gathering info. You won't be left out.

Oh, I can see that the first meeting is tonight. Unfortunately I have already made other plans i cannot cancel...

When will the next meeting be?

Camilla

You are absolutely right about the Mall roundabout. It is a complete nightmare. In any event, I am not precious about location. It could be anywhere.

As far as separating groups, yes we need at least three groups. I am still waiting for a response from Qatar Foundation and will get back to you.

Oh, Bugger. Sorry for the late reply.

My email is [email protected].

I've actually been in Doha for almost six months, and have been here almost as long. :)

But I want to join in.

Please send me details, yes?

Cheers, Camilla.

We should probably separate the group from your office from the group from Qatarliving, because of the number of people.

Also, my concern about D-Ring and the location of your office is the The Mall Roundabout. For those who will be coming from your side of D-Ring, we can always use "backyard routes" but for those who will need to cross the The Mall Roundabout at the proposed time, it will be a nightmare. Nobody will arrive at the right time.

Dear all interested Arabic students. I have conducted some research in addition to that provided by Tango.

There are six people in my office who wish to learn in addition to the 9 or so on Qatar living who have expressed an interest. So it makes sense to have several options and several potential teachers.

We met yesterday with a teacher called Ahmed who is a professional language teacher teaching Arabic at QP and other places. He is very structured and has proposed the following:

1. 7 stage course, each stage comprising 20 hours of study.

2. Minimum of 2 lessons per week (he really wants us to have 3).

3. He thinks that 8 people in 1 class is the ideal number because he believes that people get more out of it through interaction but is happy to do two classes of 4.

4. Cost is 50QR per peron per hour.

5. Location propsed is our office on the D Ring opposite LuLu Hypermarket.

6. Timings Friday AM 9.00 or 10.00 for 1 - 2 hours, Monday at 5pm wednesday at 7pm

We also have a proposal from Tango and I am speaking to Qatar Foundation today to see what they have to offer. Will get back to you.

Ooooooooooooops . . . did not mean not to be not cool my friend . . . I just saw the interest and excitement, so I just wanted you guys to be informed . . . so it was another follow up but just kind of detailed . . thats all... no worries . . .no more long messages . . .

As I saw by now, there is one person not in the country yet and the other one expressed interest but did not provide email or further remarks . . .

So .. what have you guys decided? shall we communicate by phone later today, Wednesday?

cheeers . . .

Tango, cool down, man. Why writing a thousand follow-ups?

It is afternoon on Wednesday now. I hope you all got to receive my email to you who mentioned your emails on this forum with the information on rates and possibilities.

Regards to you all . . .

I'm still not in Doha but tomorrow i should know for shure when i'm coming. sometime next week, probably thursday.

For now i am very flexible on my schedule.

D ring sounds good, not to far from my place, if i'm not mistaking the place.

When we'll have 'final results' with number of people, possible teachers and fares we can make final plan.

But i see this is a group determined to find a way and study. that's excellent!

I hope you all who showed serious interest for learning Arabic are doing well. I had to wait for a couple to three days to see the feedback. Again, this is for scheduling and planning purposes.

I guess we have gone one significant step forward.

Surely, having more than 4 people per group is not a good idea if I will set up a group, unless under very very exceptional circumstances for just one more person to join but that extra person has to hurry up and give his or her final word since he or she will be part of a group. That is why I will try to have one more posting on the website and I hope it will appear on the webpage front page . . just below this posting on Aljazeera that has been there for days now.

I will send an email to all those who provided their emails. If everything is set, we can have our first meeting as early as this Thursday evening for orientation. Your all feedback is also appreciated.

Having another group is possible, but this will depend on the available people. I have done group tutoring before and I know how of a hassle it can be, but no worries!

For Camilla, you just joined the forum but you did not mention an email of yours if you want to be part of the coordination for setting a group. That was just a note!

From a previous experience . . . it is easy for many people to say that they would learn Arabic and stick themselves with a certain schedule. For whatever reason, it is understandable sometimes; either they got other commitments in life, work, family, or money, travel, more difficult than expected or maybe I did not meet some student's expectations or style or demands . . things happen friends! ...

From the feedbacks I got directly on my email or from the exchange of ideas on this forum . .. I thought of something that maybe fair and objective for all:

To go for 5-6 sessions first so you get a sense of what you are about to get into and also to check whether you will be comfortable with my style, personality and way of tutoring and your learning capabilities and how comfortable you may or may not be.

We will have a blunt style of communication but in a straight forward, honest and charismatic way. When I say 'Inshalla' I meant it sincerely and when I do not meant it sincerely, I prefer not to mis-use such a beautiful word in Arabic like many do, so I use something else. Also, when/if you have a comment or a remark or suggestion or 'constructive' criticism on something, please get it out of your heart. So, lets put it this way!

It is in the evening on Tuesday now. Expect an email within short!

Yalla . . . cheeeeeeeeeers !!

Aw, I'd love to join in.

Maybe there can be two groups then?

Camilla

Yes. I will send invites after I meet these guys tomorrow.

Richard, I also would prefer a professional teacher, so your approach is perfect. The group however shouldn't be bigger than 4, otherwise it makes no sense. Where to have lessons we can discuss at the first group meeting. Can you send an invitation to everyone concerned?

I promised to attempt to coordinate this and have arranged the following:

1. I have two qualified Arabic teachers coming to my office tomorrow morning. They both teach Arabic at the Qatar Institute and have defined syllabus and teaching aids.

2. Both potential teachers are Egyptian and are also fluent in other languages.

2. Potentially we could have late afternoon lessons at my office on the D Ring (or anywhere else for that matter)

3. I will discuss fees with them tomorrow. They quote 100QR per hour but this is one on one so for groups of three should be less.

4. If Tango is interested in teaching us that's also fine by me as we seem to have 9 people who want to learn.

Please let me know what you all think?

Lou, are you already in Qatar? Tango - my email is [email protected]

For me the preferred time is afternoon as I work until 3-4pm

Well, i see everyone's multilingual here so we could have, beside the arabic lessons, an evening a week where we meet, go for a drink and only speak spanish or any other language that we feel like we're forgetting. my spanish is also fading...

Tango (or you have a name?), my email is [email protected] so please send me details for the fares, though i'm determined to study it so i don't think that'd be a problem.

Does anyone prefer morning or early afternoon maybe?

The price is not of a big concern. The idea is to organize a group (it's easier and more fun to to do it in a small group). I didn't e-mail, although I started this thread, exactly because we left it to Richard, who volunteered to get the things organized.

Actually I speak fluent Spanish (but I am not a native speaker), and could help you to maintain the language, unless... you learned it in Argentina :)

Hello All again . . .

I tried to post something but for some reason did not appear on the home page and just went directly to the 'Latest Postings' section where this story on Aljazeera has been on the front for more than 3 days now. Anway . . .

I received two emails as of now; one was asking only for one-to-one and asked for fares. The other asked for fares for both one-to-one sessions and group sessions.

Those who provided their emails on this site or emailed me first . . . I will send an email with information on the fares so you give things a thought first. Whats the point of talking about learning or getting a group or two separate groups and the price may be a major for some of you. As they say: "If not going all the way, why going?"

Nice to know about the diversity of the backgrounds . . . Let me add one more comment then . . . I have been two Russia(when it was the Soviet Union) which was very nice. For Croatia . . sure! I have been there too when it was part of Yogoslavia. . . Split and Dobrovnik were amazing cities and pretty nice beaches too. So, now we are talking! LOL ! just kidding!

Again and again, I can switch Arabic lessons for someone who speaks Spanish . . since it is a language I have learned but I am afraid I am starting to forgetting it since I came to free-zone-Spanish Doha less than a year ago . . . por favooooooooooooor yo quiero hablar y practicar Espanol !!

Yalla . . . take care you all . . . all the best . . .

Hello All again . . .

I tried to post something but for some reason did not appear on the home page and just went directly to the 'Latest Postings' section where this story on Aljazeera has been on the front for more than 3 days now. Anway . . .

I received two emails as of now; one was asking only for one-to-one and asked for fares. The other asked for fares for both one-to-one sessions and group sessions.

Those who provided their emails on this site or emailed me first . . . I will send an email with information on the fares so you give things a thought first. Whats the point of talking about learning or getting a group or two separate groups and the price may be a major for some of you. As they say: "If not going all the way, why going?"

Nice to know about the diversity of the backgrounds . . . Let me add one more comment then . . . I have been two Russia(when it was the Soviet Union) which was very nice. For Croatia . . sure! I have been there two when it was part of Yogoslavia. . . Split and Dobrovnik were amazing cities and pretty nice beaches too. So, now we are talking! LOL ! just kidding!

Again and again, I can switch Arabic lessons for someone who speaks Spanish . . since it is a language I have learned but I am afraid I am starting to forgetting it since I came to free-zone-Spanish Doha less than a year ago . . . por favooooooooooooor yo quiero hablar y practicar Espanol !!

Yalla . . . take care you all . . . all the best . . .

:)I'm impressed that you know Croatia well.

I tried studing Arabic by myself but it's not working. I mean it's so different from any language i know sofar. However, i absolutely love it and i have a good feeling about learning it, hopefully fast!

Hm, as long as the gropu is fun i don't mind who's in it!

I always loved the one- work hard, fun hard :)

You are from Croatia (beautiful country that I know well) and Terramax is from Russia (also a country I know well). You both write better English than most of the native English speakers on this site and like Terramax you are multi lingual. You Eastern Europeans are far too talented.

I think the two of you will be speaking Arabic in no time.

I think we need to have two groups at least. A fast track group for you and the Russian impaler and a duffers group for the rest of us like me.

You're the best!

If you need any help... i'm good in coordinating things and don't have much to do so anything i can do by emails- no prob!

Thanx again!

Okay, I will attempt to coordinate this language group. Will be in touch over the next couple of days.

:)

Richard here's another one who wants to learn arabic. starting from zero. also i'll be in doha end of November.

pretty please! :)

My email is [email protected]

Still don't have qtel phone.

Also, if anyone wants to study some Croatian, Italian, German or French i can be of help. we could form a group and exchange our knowledge of foreign languages :)

Tango69: Of course we all are interested, and Richard volunteered to coordinate everything. Can you please get in touch with him at 5959577 ?

Hasta pronto!

Hello you all who posted comments or who initiated the idea for finding a way to get tutored in Arabic.

I posted a topic about the subject a day ago but for some reason did not appear on the front page then it went somewhere on the website, which was kind of strange. So, I have decided to post another again and lets see the responses. Lets give this another 24 to 48 hours and see the responses for time management and schedule planning. My email was posted and I have made note of your email addresses and you all maybe contacted for arranging something. Lets see!

Yalla . . . take care you all.

Well...Richard, I think we belong to the same group. Knowing alphabet doesn't really help, if you don't understand what are you reading, and my "arabic" lexicon mostly consists of phrases like "Today no halas. Tomorrow halas." :)

Anyhow if you need my help in organising things, just let me know.

Salam, Hello, Bonjour, Hola & Oi !!

To all those who were looking for possible Arabic tutoring by a native speaker . . . I am a native speaker from Palestine. I am educated but I have tutored Arabic for non-Arabic native speakers for many years during my stay in the States, whether for Arab Americans who do not speak Arabic well or Americans, Mexicans, Brasilians, Europeans and some Asians. I set up my own notes and lessons into three different levels; Beginner, intermediate and advanced. I do so to organize things and meet certain expectations of what the student is looking for.

Note to the visitors of this website -- since this posting, i will check the website daily just in case. Otherwise, if you are interested, you can email me at

[email protected]

I have kept my tutoring notes that I used with students and I do use a small writing board or a big writing board with colors to make it easy on the student on how to read and how the letters are connected to gether. Plus, I make the tutoring process an enjoyable(non-boring) experience for both me and the student.

In the Beginner level, all students need to know about certian things. But in the intermediate, things can go in different directions depending on the person and what he or she wants and for how long. There is the formal Arabic and there is the dialect. The major dialects in the Arab world are: (1)North African(Morocco, Algeria and Morocco), (2)Laventine (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan),(3)Iraq, (4)Gulf and (6)Egypt/Sudan. The Laventine and the Egyptian dialects are the ones under demand the most of students who seek to explore the world of the Arabic language. The first meeting or session is always free since it is important for the student to know what he or she is about to learn. This may include some grammar and background about the language, the regions and the different dialects.

Being native Arabic, fluent in English(Reading and writing) and backgrounds in Spanish and French helped me alot in dealing with the different students according to their backgrounds and ways of thinking when it comes to learning a new language. Sometime, I used refereces from German, Dutch and Portogese to explain something about Arabic to make things clearer. My fares are not cheap, but they are not expensive at all. But my fares are very fair both for the student and me.

I can tutor person to person but for those who want to set up a group to have better savings, it is better not to have more 4 people. For me, it does not matter, but I do not want you to loose the benefit of having a small group. At the end, I am getting paid but you will learn less in a larger group and it will be more headache for me, LOL!

This is not my main line of work, of course! But it has always been my work in my space or spare or leisure time as well.

BUT BUT BUT - IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKER(either from Spain or Latin America), then you have an advantage. I am willing to switch lessons for free if that is fine with the person. An hour in Arabic for an hour in return in Spanish because since I moved here, I am afraid I am starting to loose my background in Spanish, which I try not to. In order to keep it and improve it . . . then as they say in Spanish: Necessitas dos para tango en cada aspecto de la vida! y la lingua es un exemplo muy bueno! Gracias!

If you have msn chatting, you can instant message me and hopefully I will be online to write you back.

Excuse me for being long but it is nice to be informed in advance. So, who is interested, feel free to contact me for further information and/or clarifications.

Yalla . . . regards and best of luck for you all . . .

Rich, count me in, when you have details please email me @ [email protected]

The Qatar Guest Centre offers free Arabic courses. I think they have a website so you can contact them. The class I went to was great.

Richard123 - sounds good to me. Give me a buzz at 513 66 35.

I also want to learn Arabic. Are you guys interested in getting together and finding a tutor to keep costs down?

PS I am a native English speaker

Hello

I recommend you to have lessons plus practice by speaking to Arabic person or group, which will increase your ability to hear and understand some of it, is general language

Since I am Arabic, I want to say that Arabic language has basic roles, but the general language accent will vary, depend on the original of the speaker

The libanon, egyption, Syrian, Jordanian, and gulfian each have

Accent and some unique words so I recommend you to communicate with each and much you can this to reduce the time

Any way I am available for any help

Regards

Amy, thank you for your answer. I however would prefer a native speaker. The reason being is that if I will start learning Arabic with you, I will inevitably acquire your accent, and this is something I would like to avoid. Sorry and thank you very much!

I just logged on to post the same question. We are the poor non speaking Arabic twins!

Hello,

I'm an american here on a fellowship to study Arabic at Qatar University. Unfortunately it is too late to enroll in classes there and class sizes are usually pretty big.

I, however, have been studying Arabic for a long time and am basically fluent, I'm here to perfect my language skills. If you are looking for a private tutor I am available everyday after 2pm. My Arabic is quite good and as a non-native speaker I'm very familiar with how non-natives learn the language. I have teaching experience.

if you are interested please email me.

[email protected]

Hope to hear from you

Amy