You have tried an app and learned some nouns. What you do not have is a sentence you can say to a person who answers back. That gap is not closed by more vocabulary; it is closed by someone correcting you in real time, which is the entire point of a private lesson.
Online, one to one. I set the fee by lesson length and how often we meet, so tell me what you have in mind.
The lesson is in Turkish from the first minute. Not as a purist gesture — because it is faster. You are learning a language whose grammar is almost entirely regular, and hearing that regularity in use is worth more than hearing it explained in English.
I use English outside the lesson: scheduling, what we are doing next week, a question you want to ask in writing. If a point genuinely will not land any other way, we step out of Turkish for a minute and step back in.
We start with sound and the alphabet, because Turkish spelling is honest and you can use it immediately. By the end of the first month you will be reading aloud words you have never seen and getting them right.
No. Absolute beginners are the group I plan for. We start at the alphabet.
If you already know some, tell me what you can do rather than what level you think you are, and we will start from there.
In the first lessons, not every word — and that is the design, not a problem. What you will understand is what is being asked of you, because I teach the way a language teacher is trained to: with objects, pictures, gesture, repetition and a very controlled vocabulary.
My English is workable rather than fluent, and I would rather say so than sell you a lesson that is half in English and half an apology. If you want Turkish explained to you in fluent English, I am not the right teacher and I will say so on the first call.
With two lessons a week and homework actually done, most adults are having short, real, clumsy conversations within three to four months. Clumsy is the point — waiting until you are correct is how people stay silent for two years.
Anyone who gives you a date without knowing how much time you will put in is guessing.
Yes. Every lesson on this track is online. I am in Istanbul, on Türkiye time (UTC+3), and I keep slots that work for Europe and for the Gulf.
If you are many hours away, say so when you write and I will tell you honestly whether I have a time that suits you before we go further.
Nothing on day one. I bring the material and share it after each lesson.
If you already own a coursebook you like, bring it and we will use it rather than making you buy another.
Tell me what you are after and roughly where you are starting from. I answer within one working day with a price and two or three possible times.