About Tharwat Wasfy

Tharwat Wasfy is the author and owner of this blog as well as other language learning websites. He is a multi-lingual who has studied 9 different languages, speaking some of them and knowing basics of the other ones, with 10 years of experience in learning and education, as a language teacher and learner, he is so keen and passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience in teaching the spoken Arabic dialects, specifically the Egyptian Dialect.

Tharwat has majored in English Literature and Linguistics with Bachelor Degree from Sohag University 2006. Moved to Cairo in 2007 where he completed the Groundwork Arabic/ English studies in Simultaneous Interpreting at the American University in Cairo in 2009, then studied for one year Applied Linguistics in Cairo University 2009.

Born in Southern Egypt, he was raised speaking Southern Egyptian Arabic Accent which is very close to formal Arabic than the accents of northern Egypt and Cairo. His exposure to all different accents in the Egyptian dialect as well as his knowledge of other dialects spoken in other Arabic-speaking countries in Northern Africa and Gulf gave him unique experience in teaching spoken Arabic to students, diplomats and business people in 4 different countries.

His educational background in languages, linguistics, translation, teaching & coaching methodology has massively supported him in developing very contemporary communicative skills in teaching Arabic. Some of his qualifications as follows;

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• (2012) Certified English Language Teacher for Adults by Cambridge University by the British Council Krakow, Krakow (Poland)
• (2011) Certified Practitioner - Neuro-Linguistics Programming by the American Board of NLP through Firedragon Academy, Cairo (Egypt)
• (2011) Certified Practitioner - Time Line Therapy by Firedragon Academy
• (2010) Certificate in Teaching English to Hotel Staff, Train of The Trainer Program by Amideast, Cairo (Egypt)
• (2009) IBM Certified Data & Soft Skills Trainer, Training of The Trainer program by IBM Daksh, Cairo (Egypt)
• (2009) Certificate of Groundwork in Simultaneous Interpreting (English/Arabic) by The American University in Cairo, Cairo (Egypt), Subjects Studied: Terminology and Lexicography - Arabic Editing Skills - Research Tools for Translators - Contrastive Analysis - Translation Linguistics - Conference Procedures.
• (2010) Pre-Masters Courses in Applied Linguistics by Cairo University, Cairo Egypt. Subjects Studied includes; Research Methods in Applied Linguistics - Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL - Contrastive Linguistics - Discourse Analysis - Assessment and Testing - Advanced Phonetics - Syntax.
• (2006) Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics by Sohag University, Sohag Egypt.
A Quote from his book on learning strategies 'As a language Learner myself who studied approximately 9 languages I have been involved in such process for more than 14 years of my life in learning languages from different families; Semiotic, Germanic, Slavic, and finally Scandinavian. I can confirm that the process is almost the same when it comes to our mental functioning and interaction. We all need to learn how to have a clear vision concerning learning by simply understanding at which stage of learning we are and where we want to go from there. From the familiarity and general understanding, to memorizing and finally applying what we have already learned.'