Do you fancy yourself as somewhat of a traveler? Do you find yourself spending a lot of time in airports and living out of a suitcase? Perhaps your travel is work-related, or maybe you just enjoy exploring and learning about various destinations. While making an itinerary or travel plan ahead of your travels can help make the trip a bit smoother, it can also help to pick up on another language.
While English is the main language here in the UK, there are actually 20 main languages, with English being the most predominant, according to the Office for National Statistics. Another language that appears on that main list is Arabic, sitting in the seventh position. With that in mind, you may be moved to sign up for Arabic courses in London, as it’s one of the most diverse cities in the UK, allowing you to explore even more of the culture and people when you travel from the UK to Arabic-speaking countries.
When exploring the best ways to learn Arabic, the answer is really simple – one-on-one classes are the absolute best way to pick up the language. Arabic classes in London can take what you may assume to be a very tough language to pick up on and make it much smoother. Let’s take a closer look.
How One-on-One Arabic Classes Work
In these one-on-one Arabic classes, you will work with an Arabic tutor in London, such as the tutors available through London Arabic Tuition. You want to be sure that the tutor’s native language is Arabic, as this is the best way to learn any language. The Arabic language is spoken in a variety of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Egypt, and Iraq, so your tutor can be a native speaker in any of those countries.
Here’s the thing, Arabic is hands-down one of the most difficult languages to learn. Perhaps you’ve tried online classes, audio classes, and books in the past and had no luck. What makes working with a tutor one-on-one is that the lesson can be tailored to your abilities and understanding. Not only that but pronunciation is going to be that much easier to grasp when the teacher is sitting right there with you.
Set Goals Before Starting the Class
It is also a good idea to set some personal goals before you start the class. What do you hope to achieve through your classes? Do you want to understand the basics? Do you want to be able to read and speak the language? Do you want to be confident and fluent by the end of the classes?
Sharing your goals with your Arabic tutor London before you get started will help them to figure out the best course of action. It will also give the tutor a better idea of how many classes you’ll need and what you’ll need to focus on. Again, this is a pro when working with a tutor since you can get a more customised experience.
Take Part in a Language Exchange
As you start to pick up on the language, you’ll then be able to engage in a language exchange with your tutor. This is a wonderful way to reinforce what you’ve learned so far, and help you to figure out what you still want to learn. A real-life language exchange isn’t something you can achieve through a book or online course.
Broaden Your Experiences
When you choose to learn another language, whether it’s Arabic or any other language, you are in fact broadening your life experiences. You will be able to open the door to a whole new host of activities and interactions that would have been available to you before.
I’m very disappointed with the service I received from Omar and his staff. The only time I received a timely response is when he was looking for a payment from me. I paid accordingly but one by one class. I was sick once and the other time there was a miscommunication about the time and day of the course. I missed two courses with advanced notice and correspondence. I was never told I would still be charged for those courses because I didn’t cancel 48 hours in advance (who can do that?!). Instead, I was asked to pay for courses in bulk and THEN I was told 2 classes would be taken out of my payment, rather than ahead of time. So read the fine fine fine print people, it’s not an easy to find ‘policy’ nor are they transparent or upfront about how they will take your hard earned money. Such a shame! And then I was told I would get a refund in a month, I inquired about the refund on the day he said it would be sent. Was it sent? NOPE. Does he respond to his emails? NOPE.
Bad integrity, bad business, bad experience. I put my email and website along with this to show I’m a working professional that means no harm, would only like fair service.
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Interesting article. I”m definitely guilty of linking Bernie and Venezuela too closely in my mind, and political forces probably played a part in that. What I would like to see from Bernie is more clarification on how far to the left he”s willing to go. If he admires Denmark is it only the leftist elements of the country that he admires, or is he also open to their more centrist, pragmatic side? Denmark is a small country, more similar in size to a US state does he support federalism and decentralized government? They are restrictive of immigration, taking out ads in Arabic newspapers encouraging people not to come. They have strong intellectual property rights and a healthy private sector pharmaceutical industry. I would like to know his thoughts on that. Most politician are vague, so I can”t really blame him. But Hiliary Clinton at least was willing to put some distance between herself and the far left. I remember Sanders took a more centrist position on guns in the past but seems to have abandoned it.
Thanks for sharing this, Gary!