He Cancelled His Subscription After 4 Hours. Look at Him Now.
Intermediate (B1) · Language Learning · 7 min · Free
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In January, a man subscribed to Arabic All The Time, spent four hours on the site, and cancelled. This is the story of what happened next.
I wrote him an apology email. He wrote back with his reason: not enough beginner videos yet. He was right, the library was still young. So I offered him a free crosstalk session while I kept building, and he said yes. He was 49 years old and starting Arabic from absolute zero.
Six months later, he has more than 300 hours of listening. We work in Modern Standard Arabic: I speak Arabic, he answers in English, and today I can talk to him about any topic and he follows all of it. He says a few words when he feels like it, no pressure, because speaking arrives on its own once the understanding is there. Give him six more months.
He's still my student. This video is my thank you to him.
