“Yashar is a fantastic teacher! I’ve been studying with him for mora than a year, and I’ve gone from having zero Farsi to understanding complex sentence structures and advanced verb tenses. He is sharp at discerning a student’s proficiency level and areas of weakness, and he comes up with creative, effective exercises to strengthen those areas. He’s also flexible and accommodating. And on top of all that, classes with him are fun! You will laugh a lot and learn a ton. (That wasn’t meant to rhyme.)”

“Yashar was great! He has a really charming personality & is easy to talk to. For the sake of our lesson we spoke in English to start, since that’s my primary language. I’m coming from basically 0 background in Farsi and felt like I left the 45 minute lesson with not just a handful of convenient everyday vocab and phrases, but also some grammar/etymology/culture breakdowns, which is exactly what I want from a language learning experience. He’s very aware of grammar & context, which is useful and reassuring and I expect it will make gradually knowing Persian much easier than with someone who didn’t speak to etymology or grammatical roles at all, as I disclosed that I’m familiar with formal language structure because of my own language learning background. Thanks again, Yashar! See you soon! Merci, taa ba’d!”