Best language classes ever
I am having classes with Suzan for a very long time now in an on-and-off basis, whenever I can fit in the time. Not only does she accommodate anything I am interested in at the time, she is also able to
tailor everything to whatever level the student needs.
Suzan is super friendly and fun, and a very reliable person. She speaks English very well, is also very organized and thank goodness very flexible which suits me a lot as sometimes things come in the way or I am in different countries.
When I started having classes, I already knew some Egyptian arabic before but thanks to Suzan it got much more structured and sorted and started to make much more sense as we connected the dots.
We started off in Cairo meeting in person, with lessons I would look at and prepare, we would then go through them together, discuss, look at my questions and then I would usually get homework to go through by myself. This style suited me very well as a beginner as you built up step by step all the necessary basics and you can do it in the speed you need until it all makes sense.
Eventually we switched over to online classes, which works just as well and whenever possible we meet in Cairo again.
By now, I am on a more intermediate level and Suzan constantly looks at new potential material we can go through, whether it is movies, song texts, books or anything else that she comes across often giving great insights into the Egyptian culture. Therefore the lessons are always super interesting and fun. You can ask for something you want to look at and she will go out of her way to incorporate it into your class.
I have learned a lot of languages during the last decades, either by myself or in a class and it was never as profound but at the same time so interesting as with Suzan. She gets never tired to answer my questions. You get a lot out of it and as someone working in Egypt for longer times I especially appreciate the inside into modern slang and proverbs, that you can only learn from a local. As she knows fusha (modern standard arabic) as well she can always point out differences or parallels. In addition, the ability of Suzan to make it work for you personally and encourage you to learn is probably her greatest gift.
5 August 2024
Unprompted review