Learn Levantine with Livi: Introduction

Learn Levantine with Livi: Introduction

Author: Olivia Furber April 9, 2020 Duration: 2:22

Welcome to an introduction to Learn Levantine with Livi.

*Below is an English translation of the text you will be hearing in Arabic)

This is a podcast for intermediate students of Levantine Arabic.

In each podcast you will hear a conversation between me and a native speaker. At the beginning of each podcast I will introduce some new vocabulary that you will hear in the conversation.

My Arabic is not perfect at all, so I really hope that I can help you by offering you the chance to learn from my mistakes.

In each episode, the native speaker will correct me and my pronunciation whenever I make a mistake and, whenever I get stuck I will ask them for help too.

I have been really lucky to have had amazing teachers but the biggest thing that helped me improve my speaking was when I stopped caring about making mistakes and just started talking. Fortunately, I have lots of patient friends who are native speakers, so I try to speak with them as much as possible in Arabic and I stopped caring about making mistakes. Instead, I just talk and talk and I see the mistakes as chances to learn.

I hope you enjoy the podcast and don’t forget - try and practice talking as much as you can and don’t be scared to slip up! I do it all the time, and it's always the case that we learn from our mistakes.


في بودكاست Learn Levantine Arabic with Livi، تقدم ليفي (أوليفيا فوربر) مساحة فريدة للمتعلمين في المستويات المتوسطة والمتقدمة. الفكرة الأساسية هنا ليست تقديم دروس جافة، بل خلق تجربة استماع حية تشجعك على التحدث بثقة وتقبل الأخطاء كجزء طبيعي من الرحلة. في كل حلقة، ستستمع إلى محادثة حقيقية بين ليفي ومتحدث أصلي للغة العربية، تغطي مواضيع متنوعة من الحياة اليومية إلى الثقافة، مما يوسع مفرداتك بشكل عملي. ما يميز هذا البودكاست هو أن ليفي نفسها ليست متحدثة أصلية، لذا ستشهد بشكل مباشر كيف يتصرف المتحدث الضيف كمرشد، يساعدها في تحسين نطقها ويصحح أخطاءها بلطف. هذا الجو الودي وغير المثالي يجعل الاستماع مريحاً وتعليمياً في الوقت نفسه. ستسمع كيف تُستخدم العبارات في سياقها الطبيعي، وستتعرف على الفروقات الدقيقة في اللهجة الشامية. إنه مصمم لأولئك الذين يرغبون في تجاوز الأساسيات ودمج أنفسهم في إيقاع وطبيعة اللغة كما تُستخدم حقاً. من خلال هذه المحادثات الواقعية، يهدف البودكاست إلى بناء فهم أعمق وأكثر عفوية للهجة، مما يعزز ثقتك في مهارات الاستماع والتحدث.
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Learn Levantine Arabic with Livi
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