GROUP COURSE
Advanced Lebanese Arabic
Before you join — please read the full course description, the program, and your instructor's bio. Once the group forms, your seat fee is non-refundable, so it's worth being sure.
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Anyone can view this course. To reserve a place — take the placement test and join the cohort — sign in or create a free account. You only pay later, once the group is confirmed.
About this course
You speak Lebanese. This is where it starts sounding like you. You can hold a conversation. You get through a restaurant, a shop, a taxi without thinking twice. What's left is everything between getting by and speaking freely. This level is about that gap. Telling a story properly — with the pacing and the asides that make someone actually listen. Disagreeing with a reason, not just a word. Explaining what went wrong and what you'd do instead. Saying what you think and defending it when someone pushes back. You'll work on describing people and how you feel about them, talking about your life as it is now rather than as a set of facts, and handling the moments where a conversation turns — a problem, a disagreement, something that needs explaining. It ends with your own story. A final project, in Lebanese, told the way you'd tell it. Sixteen sessions, twice a week, live with Sally. The group is capped at ten, so you speak every class.
Program
Week 1 — Talking about yourself and your life
- Tell me about yourself
- My life these days
Week 2 — Describing people and past experiences
- People, personality and relationships
- What happened?
Week 3 — Telling stories and talking about the future
- Tell me what you did
- My plans and my future
Week 4 — Making plans and real-life Lebanese
- Let's make plans
- At the restaurant
Week 5 — Everyday situations
- Shopping and making choices
- Getting around
Week 6 — Expressing yourself
- What do you think?
- Agreeing, disagreeing and giving reasons
Week 7 — Problems, solutions and storytelling
- Problems and solutions
- Tell me a story
Week 8 — Natural Lebanese conversation
- Lebanese conversation challenge
- Final project: my story
How group courses work
This is a live cohort course. It runs once at least 5 students have signed up (up to 10 seats). You reserve your place first; you only pay once the group is confirmed and a start date is set. Because a cohort is scheduled around confirmed students, fees are non-refundable from the point the group forms.