What My Arabic Lessons With italki Look Like After 6 Weeks

What My Arabic Lessons With italki Look Like After 6 Weeks One of our italki Language Challengers,  Anil Polat runs a self-travel blog called foXnoMad.  Hes been taking sessions even before the Challenge and is already at 6 weeks where he began Arabic with absolutely no ability.  For our Challengers, this is something that you can expect after you complete the Challenge!  He only did 19 hours so far (at 6 weeks) but its pretty close.  Reprinted with permission. Original article here. By The Numbers: What My Arabic Lessons With italki Look Like After 6 Weeks At the beginning of December, I began a 3 month project with the language learning site italki with the goal to be conversationally fluent in Arabic. Having now completed a third of the way, here are the raw numbers on my progress and what I’ve learned so far. 19: Number Of Course Hours I’m taking roughly 5 hours of lessons a week, once per weekday. (I’ve tried two hours sessions but after 60 minutes I begin to lose focus.) 100%: Percentage Of Arabic Script I Can Read And Write Although it was intimidating at first, I can comfortably read Arabic script as well as write by phonetically sounding out words. 2: Number Of Instructors I spent some time trying out several teachers to get an idea of styles as well as evaluate which might be the best fit for me personally. I eventually fell into a good routine with two particular instructors whose structured lesson plans I’m benefiting from greatly. 1910: italki Credits Used That would be the equivalent of about $190 for courses so far. Although every instructor sets their own rates, almost all seem to fall into the 120 italki credit (~$12 USD) range. Here’s a bit more on how italki works  exactly. At Least 100: Words Learned This one’s hard to quantify but it has to be at least one hundred, not including various common phrases as well. Where I’m At Right Now At this point I can conjugate verbs in the past tense from memory and know many of these essential travel word combinations. In a relatively short time, I’ve picked up the structure of Arabic: the rules and grammar which make the language work. Early on I wasn’t sure if laying down this foundation first (prior to speaking skills) would be efficient but the thorough italki instructors have proved me otherwise. I’ll keep you updated with my weekly progress. Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below about the italki process, specifics of what I’m learning, or any tips you might have to make me a better student! What My Arabic Lessons With italki Look Like After 6 Weeks One of our italki Language Challengers,  Anil Polat runs a self-travel blog called foXnoMad.  Hes been taking sessions even before the Challenge and is already at 6 weeks where he began Arabic with absolutely no ability.  For our Challengers, this is something that you can expect after you complete the Challenge!  He only did 19 hours so far (at 6 weeks) but its pretty close.  Reprinted with permission. Original article here. By The Numbers: What My Arabic Lessons With italki Look Like After 6 Weeks At the beginning of December, I began a 3 month project with the language learning site italki with the goal to be conversationally fluent in Arabic. Having now completed a third of the way, here are the raw numbers on my progress and what I’ve learned so far. 19: Number Of Course Hours I’m taking roughly 5 hours of lessons a week, once per weekday. (I’ve tried two hours sessions but after 60 minutes I begin to lose focus.) 100%: Percentage Of Arabic Script I Can Read And Write Although it was intimidating at first, I can comfortably read Arabic script as well as write by phonetically sounding out words. 2: Number Of Instructors I spent some time trying out several teachers to get an idea of styles as well as evaluate which might be the best fit for me personally. I eventually fell into a good routine with two particular instructors whose structured lesson plans I’m benefiting from greatly. 1910: italki Credits Used That would be the equivalent of about $190 for courses so far. Although every instructor sets their own rates, almost all seem to fall into the 120 italki credit (~$12 USD) range. Here’s a bit more on how italki works  exactly. At Least 100: Words Learned This one’s hard to quantify but it has to be at least one hundred, not including various common phrases as well. Where I’m At Right Now At this point I can conjugate verbs in the past tense from memory and know many of these essential travel word combinations. In a relatively short time, I’ve picked up the structure of Arabic: the rules and grammar which make the language work. Early on I wasn’t sure if laying down this foundation first (prior to speaking skills) would be efficient but the thorough italki instructors have proved me otherwise. I’ll keep you updated with my weekly progress. Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below about the italki process, specifics of what I’m learning, or any tips you might have to make me a better student!