Youssef Ajjoub

I feel so lucky that I've bumped into Youssef's profile when looking for an Arabic teacher. Over the last few months, he's been accompanying my first steps in learning this wonderful language and he's provided me with a highly fruitful methodology and a lot of motivation. From a professional point of view, Youssef approaches the teaching and learning process with a remarkable knowledge and linguistic expertise. His proven skills acquired thanks to his high academic profile and engaged career and practical life have been paramount in my first experience with Arabic. What is more, he's so well-organised and punctual, highly responsive and kind. From a personal point of view, he's honest and modest and his sense of humous contributes positively to our lessons. In light of this, I've always had the impression that my knowledge of Arabic has been improving quantitatively and qualitatively. Thank you, Youssef!

Teacher Youssef Ajjoub has brilliant teaching skills, and his guiding is patient and supportive during the lesson. He is good at giving examples and tests to help me remember the new grammar, I enjoy our every lesson and I'm happy that my Arabic is improving through the lessons. I'll recommend him to anyone who wants to learn Arabic grammar and writing, he has nice sense of humor and experienced teaching skills to make you learn with smiles!

This was an excellent lesson. As a former language teacher myself, I am glad that Youssef understands the concept of reducing teacher talk time and I appreciate how he encourages and facilitates student production of Arabic during his class. You will speak more than your tutor speaks, which is quite important for learning how to speak a language.

The teacher was focused on optimal learning outcomes and modified the approach to be more learner focused.

Youssef and I had another great lesson today. We chose a topic and asked each other questions to go deeper and use the vocabulary. I liked that he had me ask him questions too so I was active and not just answering them.

In this lesson we focused on speaking (which is my wish), a lot of vocabulary was integrated, repeated with examples, and pronunciation was emphasized. As a student I’m learning in context and improving my communication. All new words are documented to be revised later so that I can take something with me from the lesson.