Intermediate Arabic I, Beginning I, Beginning II

I agree that Jamil is a nice man. Having had him for three semesters, I found him very helpful for the first year and not helpful for the second. At a time when we should have been speaking Arabic most of the time, he preferred to always use English. I feel that he probably valued his ability to make jokes above our listening skills: after all, we wouldn't understand any of his jokes in Arabic. While classtime was most enjoyable, I felt very frustrated by the lack of rigor and the lack of emphasis on actually using Arabic. Now that I have a different teacher, I find that I'm behind the other students.