Shababeek's experiential approach to learning Levantine Arabic is divided into 5 phases, with each phase having an estimated amount of time needed in Arabic learning sessions to be ready to move on to higher phases:

• Phase 1, "foundations", is roughly 100 hours.
• Phase 2, "visual story telling" is around 200 hours.
• Phase 3, "shared stories" is 300 hours.
• Phase 4, "deep understanding" is 500+ hours.
• Phase 5, "Arab discourse" is also 500+ hours.

It's the "+" that comes after the 500 hours in phase 5 that Jenn addresses in this episode.

*There are 2 acronyms that Jenn uses here, L1 and ACTFL.

L1 is someone's first language, native language, or mother tongue.

ACTFL is the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. ACTFL assessments are commonly used to assess a person's language proficiency in a second language.

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