Hi listeners, I hope you are all really well. Sorry that I took a while to record the next episode. Today I'll be speaking again with my friend Adam (also known as Ahmed) from Gaza about the reasons behind him choosing to study international social work. Very important to this conversation is the fact that Adam is blind and, as a result, has had to face a lot of significant challenges. However, he is using his lived experience as a disabled man to help others; through studying international social work. If you want to know more about his story you can check out his GoFundMe page linked at the ..read more

*Vocab below Hi everyone, I hope you're all really well. Today I'm going to be talking to Adam about a really important topic; psychology and mental health. We actually recorded this episode last year (apologies for the delay in publishing) just before Adam made a very long and difficult journey from Gaza to the Netherlands in order to start his studies at Han University. I'm mentioning this a) because Adam is a remarkable person b) he is currently running a GoFundMe to support his studies in International Social Work. Adam has been blind all of his adult life, but this has never stopped his d ..read more

Hello and welcome to all the listeners. I disappeared for a while because I was overloaded with work and travel and didn't have enough time to make new episodes for you. And, to be totally honest, I was being a bit lazy....but i've shaken off the laziness and here I am, back to share a new episode with you which is a conversation with my brilliant friend Melissa. We'll be hearing a conversation between Melissa and I where we will discuss her work in the world of theatre, Armenian culture, her experiences growing up as Armenian in Lebanon and how she combines multiple languages and cultures tog ..read more

Hello and welcome to all the listeners and a Happy Christmas! I hope you are all well and in good health. I'm finally ready to make new episodes and this week i'll be talking to my friend Adam from Gaza about our experiences in learning languages.  Adam is also an Arabic teacher and I advise you to have a go studying with him because he really knows and understands the nuances within Arabic and English and he's super patient with his students. I also benefitted a lot from my conversations with him because he has a Gazan accent (which I am not used to) and I like to be flexible with unders ..read more

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Nine and Happy Christmas! I've just started an instagram page where I will post podcast episodes and more content including videos, vocab and tips on language learning and differences between accents - check it out here @learnlevantinewithlivi https://www.instagram.com/learnlevantinewithlivi/?hl=en I hope you are all well even though the world is rather...upside down.  Thanks to all of you who sent suggestions and thoughts about the podcast via email. I’d encourage you to send more as I love hearing your feedback. Please feel free to get in touch at l ..read more

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seven! Apologies that we disappeared for a month. But now we are back with a new episode where Ramzi and I will ask each other questions about travel and transport.   Getting to grips with how you structure questions in Arabic is something I certainly struggle with so there will be an element of translation in this episode (English-Arabic & Arabic-English) to help give some examples in the different question structures the two languages have. Here are some of the new words we will be hearing in today's episode: سياح - Tourists موقع - Website ..read more

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Six. Today we are going to try a slightly different format where Ramzi and I will ask each other 5 questions.  Getting to grips with how you structure questions in Arabic is something I certainly struggle with so there will be an element of translation in this episode (English-Arabic & Arabic-English) to help give some examples in the different question structures the two languages have.  It's also a chance for us to express our personal opinions about a range of subjects. Feeling like you can truly express yourself in another language is qui ..read more

Hi everyone and welcome to episode five - as always, thanks so much for listening.  Today you will hear a conversation between Ramzi and I about the virtual world and what we feel are the positives and negatives of being 'online'. We've got a whole bunch of new vocabulary today, 19 words in total!  We fall into the trap - منوقع في الفخ Based on / built upon - مبنية You (m) distinguish - بتميز بين Radically / in a radical way - بشكل جذري Screen / screens - شاشة / شاشات Duplication - الازدواجية All the possible ways - كل الطرق الممكنة Doubt - شك Influencers - المؤثرين Loneliness/ alone ..read more

Welcome to Episode Four! Thanks so much for listening. Today Ramzi and I will be talking about the memory and memories, in general.  Here are 15 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast. The Memory - الذاكرة Memory/Memories - ذكرة/ ذكريات To swear - اسب Naughty - مشاغب Out loud (in a loud voice) - صوت عالي Flexible - مرن Emotions - عواطف Linked / related - مرتبط / مرتبطة Pandemic - وباء Ambiences - أجواء Selective / انتقائية In return بمقابل Evoke - استحضار Your strength - قوتك Attack ..read more

Welcome to Episode Three! Thanks so much for listening.  Today I will be talking to Ramzi about our experiences of and opinions on dreams and dreaming.  Here are 15 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast.  I grew up - نميت Recurring dreams - أحلام متكررة The main role - الدور الرئيسي I improvise - برتجل Psychology - علم النفس Obsession - هوس Failure - فشل Metaphorical - مجازي Literal - حرفي Behaviour - سلوك Negative - سلبي Positive - ايجابي Just - مجرد Mental training / mental exercises - تمرين ذهني It’s not coming to my mind ..read more