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How to book a one-to-one lesson with an Arabist: pick a slot, leave a request.

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The platform gives you plenty of solo practice, but speaking still needs a real person. On the "Lesson with an Arabist" page you pick a tutor by dialect, choose a free time and send a request. No account needed — just your name and a way to reach you.

The video is coming soon — read the guide below for now

  1. 1Pick the teacher for your dialect.
  2. 2Then pick a free slot and send the request — we will get in touch.
The “Lesson with an Arabist” page: teacher → time slot → request.

How to book

  1. Open the booking page — the "Book an Arabist" banner sits on the home page, in the courses section and in your account.
  2. Choose a tutor. There are two, and they are listed by dialect rather than by name: an Arabist for Egyptian (Egyptian + MSA) and one for Gulf dialects (UAE, Saudi, Kuwait + MSA). Each card shows the dialects and a line about the lessons.
  3. Choose a free slot. Day-and-time chips appear under the cards; times are Moscow time. Grey ones marked "taken" cannot be clicked.
  4. Fill in the form. It only shows up once a slot is selected. Name and contact are required, "Wishes" is not.
  5. Press "Send request" and wait for the "Request received" message.

What to put in the fields

Name — what we should call you. A first name is enough.

Contact — Telegram, WhatsApp or email. This is how we get back to you, so check it for typos: we have no other way to find you.

Wishes — optional, but the most useful field. Say why you need Arabic and what hurts: "I want speaking practice", "I fly to Dubai in September", "reading is still slow". The text reaches the school together with your request, so the lesson can be prepared in advance. Keep it short: only the first 500 characters make it into the request.

What happens next

Nothing is booked automatically and there is no payment on the site. Your request reaches the school, we contact you through whatever you left us, agree on the details and send a Google Meet link by hand. No confirmation email goes out automatically — the confirmation is the "Request received" message on screen and our reply to you.

FAQ

None of the times work for me. Free slots are set by hand and there are only a few. Pick any free one anyway and write the time you need in "Wishes" — the form does not even appear until a slot is picked, but we will see your note in the request and sort it out.

A slot looked free but turned out to be taken. There is no real calendar yet; availability is marked manually. Once in a while two people ask for the same time — then we offer you the nearest alternative.

The send button complains. Usually the name or contact is empty and the form asks for them. If nothing sends at all, try again a bit later: one address may send up to ten requests per hour, after that the form asks you to wait. One request is enough.

I do not have an account. That is fine, you can book without one. But if you plan to keep going, sign up and fill in "My profile" in your account: your progress and saved words live there, so you have something to open during the lesson. Just note that the request itself carries nothing from your account — put anything important in "Wishes".

How to prepare

  • Analyse one video on the platform and save 3–5 words from it — now you have something to talk about.
  • Decide on your dialect first: Egyptian and Gulf sound different, and the tutor is chosen accordingly.
  • Bring one clear goal ("follow a series", "talk to my husband's family"). One goal beats "I want to learn Arabic".