# Going to Palestine in 5 months

**URL:** <https://community.talkinarabic.com/t/going-to-palestine-in-5-months/79>\
**Category:** Levantine Dialect\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.talkinarabic.com/t/going-to-palestine-in-5-months/79 "2018-03-28T23:33:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![baraa](https://community.talkinarabic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@baraa](https://community.talkinarabic.com/u/baraa)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.talkinarabic.com/t/going-to-palestine-in-5-months/79/1 "2018-03-28T23:33:30Z")

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Marhaba,

My name is Baraa, and I’m from California. My ethnicity is Palestinian, both my parents are from the west bank. This September I am flying out to Palestine to live there for a little while. I’d like to improve on my speaking Arabic beforehand and that is why I have joined Talk in Arabic.  
My Arabic is very week at the moment and I can barely carry a conversation, small talk at best. I hope to get at least to an intermediate to an advanced level by September. Where should I start?

Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![iamnikki001](https://community.talkinarabic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/7ab992/32.png) [@iamnikki001](https://community.talkinarabic.com/u/iamnikki001)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.talkinarabic.com/t/going-to-palestine-in-5-months/79/2 "2018-04-11T22:48:33Z")

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Marhaba Baraa!

I’m going to Palestine in the fall to learn Arabic as well 🙂 Where will you be living?

One of the best things I can recommend is starting to take private lessons with a native speaker. I’ve improved SO fast (even though I started only being able to do small talk). There are a few different websites you can use and the prices are pretty reasonable at about $15/hour. I do 2-3 lessons a week which might sound like a lot of $, but group classes are MUCH more and I’m learning a lot faster.

The website I use is [verbling.com](http://verbling.com). My teacher’s name is Raghda from Palestine. She’s absolutely wonderful if you need a recommendation 🙂 [italki.com](http://italki.com) is another good option

Good luck!