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I've completed my first week of Arabic studies and I now know the alphabet. That might not sound like much for a whole week's worth of work (6-8 hours of work a day), but it is. The Arabic alphabet is complex! I've thoroughly enjoyed learning it and my brain is still recovering from the amount of stretching that it has been through thus far.

It hasn't been all Arabic though. I've also been working on improving my Hebrew. There is a group in Tel Aviv that gets together on a weekly basis providing opportunities for language learners to speak with native speakers. I signed up as an "ambassador" for English. I spent the first half of the night improving my Hebrew with native speakers. Then I spent the second half of the night speaking English to help others. What fun!!!

Polyglot-hood here I come!

A Bunch of Smilies?

I will start learning Arabic in just over two weeks!!! I've been wanting to learn this language for over 10 years. I have three family members who already speak Arabic and I am keen to join their ranks.

So, I started learning the alphabet yesterday. To me, is seems like I'm still making a lot of weird smiley faces. Give it a few weeks, I'm sure it will start looking less like smiley faces. Wish me luck!