What I teach
Two different things, for two different people. If you speak English and want Turkish, there's a course you work through yourself. If you speak Turkish or Farsi and want English, there are live lessons where I explain it in your language — which is the part almost nobody in Australia offers. AMEP and most tutors teach English in English, and that is exactly what defeats a nervous beginner.
Turkish Beginner course
Twelve modules, fifty-nine lessons, and 813 exercises that take you from nothing to holding a real conversation. You work through it in your own time, at your own pace.
English for Turkish and Farsi speakers
One-to-one English lessons where the explaining happens in your language. Ask the question in Turkish or Farsi, get the answer in Turkish or Farsi, then go back to English. Job interviews, IELTS and PTE, workplace English, and the confidence to speak. Online, A$60 an hour.
Native-speaker audio and spaced review
Every phrase in the course is recorded by a native speaker, so you're learning how Turkish or English actually sounds, not a textbook version of it. Spaced review brings words back just as you're about to forget them, so they stick.
One-to-one Turkish lessons online
Live video lessons for English speakers learning Turkish. This is where the course turns into a language you can actually use.
Monthly review session
Once a month we sit down together and go over what's working, what's not, and where to put your effort next. It keeps the course honest and keeps you moving.
Culture notes
Little bits of context an app would never think to teach you: what to say at the dinner table, what not to say to your mother-in-law, how people actually talk. It's the part that makes the language make sense.
What you actually learn
Twelve modules, each ending with a mission — something to say to a real Turkish person that week.
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01
First Words & GreetingsAvailable now
Hello, introducing yourself, how-are-you, please and thanks — then your first full conversation.
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02
Sounds & Survival
The alphabet and the sounds English speakers cannot hear yet (ı, ö, ü, ş, ç, ğ). Numbers 1–100.
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03
Family & People
Family words, my/your, describing people, ages.
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04
At the Family Dinner
Food and drink, afiyet olsun and the table phrases, I would like, compliment culture.
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05
Out & About
The market, prices, the café, ordering and paying, var/yok.
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06
Daily Life
Daily routine verbs, present tense gently, days and time.
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07
Places & Directions
Places in town, nerede, location suffixes, taxis and buses.
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08
Likes & Wants
I like / I do not like, hobbies, want-to, making simple plans.
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09
Travel Turkey
Airport and hotel, tickets, asking for help, the tourist survival kit.
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10
Past & Stories
Past tense gently, what did you do, telling a simple story.
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11
Connect Deeper
Phone and messages, bayram and weddings, the terms of endearment families actually use.
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12
Consolidation
Big review, guided conversations, speaking assessment, your next 90 days.
Module 1 is available now. The rest are recorded as you reach them — you will never be waiting on me to keep going.