Who we teach
Lessons planned around the student
A twenty-minute lesson for a five-year-old and a forty-five-minute lesson for an adult are not the same lesson at different lengths. They are planned differently, expect different things at home, and start from different places.
Student groups
The groups we build lessons around
Each one records its own lesson length and weekly frequency, so what you see here is what we actually plan.
Young Children (ages 4–7)
Usually no Arabic letters at all, and often no experience of a structured lesson. Reading ability in their first language may still be forming.
20-minute lessons · 3–5 a week
Children (ages 8–11)
Often part-way through a Qaida, or reading slowly with errors nobody has corrected. Some arrive having memorised surahs by ear without being able to read them.
30-minute lessons · 2–5 a week
Teenagers (ages 12–17)
Extremely varied. Some read fluently and want Tajweed or Hifz; others stopped at eight and are self-conscious about being behind.
45-minute lessons · 2–4 a week
Adults
Often reading slowly with errors carried since childhood, or starting from nothing. Adults usually know exactly what they cannot do, which makes diagnosis quick.
45-minute lessons · 1–3 a week
Sisters
As varied as any adult group. Many have not studied since childhood and want a setting where asking a basic question is comfortable.
45-minute lessons · 1–3 a week
Complete Beginners
No Arabic letters, no prior study. Sometimes no experience of the script at all, including which direction it runs.
30-minute lessons · 2–4 a week
New Muslims
No Arabic, and often no background knowledge to hang it on. Frequently learning to pray at the same time as learning to read.
45-minute lessons · 1–3 a week
Older Learners
Often learned as a child decades ago and retained fragments. Eyesight and screen size are practical considerations more often than learning ability.
30-minute lessons · 1–3 a week
Working Professionals
Usually able to read at some level but inconsistent, having started and stopped more than once.
30-minute lessons · 1–2 a week
Families
Mixed levels within one household, which is the actual scheduling problem to be solved.
45-minute lessons · 1–3 a week
Not sure which group fits?
The trial lesson ends with an assessment of where the student actually is, which answers it better than a page can.
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Their age and what they can read now is enough to start. We will match a tutor who teaches that stage.
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Before you book
Questions about who we teach
How do you decide how long a lesson should be?
By the age and attention span of the student, not by the course. Young children do better with shorter, more frequent lessons; adults usually take longer ones. Each profile above gives the length and weekly frequency we plan around.
My child has never read Arabic. Where do they start?
With Noorani Qaida, which begins at the individual letters and builds to joined words. No prior Arabic is assumed, and the first lessons are deliberately short because that is what works at that stage.
Do you teach adults who are starting from nothing?
Yes, and it is a common reason families come to us. Lessons are one to one, so nobody is learning in front of a class.
Can siblings be taught together?
Where their levels are close, yes. Where they are not, separate lessons serve both better, and we will say so rather than sell a family package that suits neither.
What happens between lessons?
You receive notes after each lesson saying what was covered and what to practise. What is expected at home changes with the age of the student and is set out on each profile.
If your question is not here, ask it. We would rather answer honestly now than have you find out after enrolling.
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