What do my learners say?

“I have taken intensive conversation classes with Ahmed in Egyptian dialect, meeting three times a week for a period of several months. In general, our classes consisted of one hour of discussion followed by one hour of listening comprehension.  I have found Ahmed to be a wonderful teacher with a fine sense of humour and a good sensor for my individual needs. He manages to create a relaxed, yet concentrated atmosphere that allowed me to focus on my needs while, most importantly, enjoying the lesson. We have used a wide range of material, spanning both audiovisual material and texts. Ahmed is very open-minded and I have had very interesting discussions with him. His attitude toward his profession as a teacher is impeccable and you will always find him to be on time and well-prepared. Overall, I can only recommend Ahmed as a highly professional Arabic tutor. For further questions, feel free to contact me at ferdinand dot eibl at politics dot ox dot ac to uk.”

Ferdinand Eibl, PhD Student, Oxford University.

“Having recently expanded the business into the Arab Region, especially Egypt, I wanted to improve my Arabic quickly. I contacted Mr. Farrag, the Arabic Tutor, for one on one tutoring and have been impressed with his high-quality standards. Unlike 'quick fix' teachers, my instructor was determined to focus on core grammar first; this stood me in good stead as we progressed. I would certainly recommend him for those who are serious about learning Arabic”.

Sattidin Attique, Turkey, Projects Controlling Manager of Avak Int'l

“I wanted to get more fluent in Arabic and approached Arabic Language tutor. I have had Mr. Farrag as a professional Arabic language Tutor recommended to me and he has greatly helped me to become more fluent in Arabic. I have received consistently excellent and interesting Arabic lessons and would definitely recommend him to people wanting to improve their Arabic.”

Mike Poling, Denver, CO, Art Director, Ripple Applications Egypt

“The lessons were well established: first out loud reading stories, so I could try to figure it out myself, then the translation, then the pronunciation. Afterwards it was good to do the exercises with grammar, vocab., structures…..etc, but in the beginning I felt we spent much time on doing all the exercises. Towards the end of the lessons, the teacher, Mr. Ahmed Farrag, skipped unnecessary exercises, if I would understand the clue and that was good. I liked the fact we made a lot of sentences with the new verbs in the beginning, so it actually helped me to practice new words in the street. Sometimes, the teacher seemed a bit disturbed by people around us, but that may be the fault of our place, where the lessons were held; in a (sometimes crowded) cafeteria at the AUC dorms. The teacher was friendly and gave compliments if you did well and that is very nice. Another good thing was that if the book said something which is not used in daily life, the teacher would inform me about that”. 

Nadja Van der Veer, AUC graduate student, Amsterdam