Jawaid H.

Let's speak Urdu!. My name is Jawaid, and I look forward to teaching you. I currently reside in my home country of Pakistan, but I've also lived in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Sudan for several years apiece. I hold a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business from a university located in New York.

As my native tongue, Urdu comes naturally to me, and I have experience teaching conversational as well as written Urdu and English to adults. I am patient and encouraging with my students, ensuring I adapt to their needs and provide them with the knowledge and confidence required to speak a foreign language with ease. Don't worry about making mistakes when learning with me: I will always guide you toward improvement.

I provide conversational as well as reading/writing courses in Urdu. If you have any topics of interest, please go ahead and suggest them, and I will adjust my course to fit them in. Alternatively, I use scenarios of my own in order to teach, which include business settings, shopping, traveling, etc. There's an immense difference between learning a language and learning to speak it confidently, and I intend to help you bridge that gap and overcome your hesitation.
Urdu is a beautiful language that is spoken by more than 200 million people worldwide in countries like Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates and other parts of the world. Urdu started developing in North India around Delhi in the 12th century. It was based on the language spoken in the area around Delhi, and was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian as well as Turkish.
Urdu originates from Hindi, sometimes referred to as the 'sister' language of Urdu due to its grammatical basis. However, Hindi is written in 'Devanagari', a script similar to Sanskrit, and its vocabulary is influenced more by Sanskrit than by Persian and Arabic.