A Certified and experienced Farsi tutor

My lesson with Mahdi was great. The speed and quality at which he adapted to my linguistic requirements was astounding. We worked through some of his original teaching material, which were always spot on to my level. And fun - he makes ample use of jokes and asks his students not only to "understand" them, but also uses them to elicit an impromptu analysis by the student of "why this was funny". This holds true as well for exercises in picture analysis and exercises in hearing. Mahdi gives enough room to experiment with the language in the "free talk" section and writes his comments and corrections live. Every single one of his written or spoken comments are invaluable to either clarify aspects of grammar or prompt his students to talk. Mahdi switches consistently and comprehensively through the different phases of a lesson without ever cutting one phase short or lingering too long -- proof of his experience and hundreds of lessons taught. He has an exceptional knowledge of Persian grammar which he however breaks down to a level his students can understand. His knowledge and his application of modern teaching methodology is impeccaple. He has also pointed me to several online resources to improve my learning experience. I'm looking forward to continuing my journey to Persian B2 and onwards with Mahdi.