Arabic Instructor & Interpreter

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Look for the best answer that suits your needs and fulfill your curiousity, there's no question too easy or too difficult, answers should be serious regardless of how simple they are.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. Knowledge is power! Ask too many questions before you start, you are entitled to all the answers. Your teacher is supposed to be upfront about all what you need, clearly and frankly. There's nothing I don't know about my Language and students say " no one they know have my Arabic linguistic skills"

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. 1-What they really need
2- Seriuos enough to commit the time and effort.
3- Money and scheduling could be negotiable

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I can tailor the class to fit the student in terms of:
1- Biginners, intermediate or advanced
2- Classical or colloquial
3- Flexible with time and scheduling.
4- Competitive rates
5- Classroom group and/or tutoring
6- Will travel

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I like to fulfill the student's needs and wants in this line of language and culture, etc...

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Is Arabic a very difficult language to learn?
Not really, it all depends on the student attitude! If there's a will there's a way, and here's where I come in to pave the way while the student have to do their part=homework.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. Not one in particular, too many to list of equal value, usually will tell in regard to the event!

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. That I can teach them Arabic- read write and speak within 8-10 weeks!
That I can simplify the lessons to make it easy to read and understand because I'm a native of Lebanon and, of my experience in this field. That I can vocalize a sentence or script and edit grammar and punctuations properly. That I can teach them about history, geopgraphy (past and present) how words and culture evolved, go to the roots of things and its different usage.
That I teach all levels, ages and genders, different spoken dialects, anyplace or time.
That I can do interpreting and translation too.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. My peers and country people decided that I'm the guy to go to if they wanted to learn Arabic! I figured if Arabs appreciate me? I must do it as a professional service, and one started to tell the others...

Q. What are your most common types of jobs?

A. 1- Instruction
2- Interpreting
3- Translation
4- Consulting and Localization
5- Public speaking and panel discussions
6- Poetry to fit the occaision!
7- Advisory
8- Companionship and travel assistance.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. USAID program in Washington DC where I was senior interpreter for a group of 24 acdemics from Egypt working for 4 weeks with Global Education Services to accomplish this task.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. I do it daily.

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. Finding new Arabic words for a multitude of new English words being introduced to the Arabic speaking persons on a continuing basis,

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. A teen who's home schooled wanted me to come to his house because the parents can't bring him to me, and the student is too young to have a driving permit, the solution- I came to a mutually agreed place - public library half way for both of us to travel and reasonable to their budget and my expense.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. No nothing is complicated, will meet the students needs no matter what, at a price, of course. I do aim to please as any professional in any field, will negotiate long term commitments and/or time and location; will teach the student/s what they want to learn: subject, grammar, sounds, cultural issues, religious viewpoint, editing, etc.. same hourly rate with discounts for multiple pages or long periods of study. No question is too easy or too hard! Welcome to all questions and inputs.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Get as much education into the field as you can, the more you know, the more often you are hired. The way you speak and descibe yourself and define things will make you distinguished in your knowledge of subject material, grammar, history, religion differences and similarities, the ability to explain issues in a simple and uncomplicated way. I didn't have my goal set to be a teacher! But when people realized my level of knowledge and the ability to penetrate the human mind in a creative method, then I became what I'm today: First rate instructor and interpreter.

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. What's the youngest age I'll teach?
Usually teens and adults of any nationality, unless they're exceptionally gifted, I had some at 8yrs old.