Meet the Founder
About Storyinteracters founder
Mike is a linguist, teacher, and lifelong polyglot who speaks five languages fluently, including Levantine Arabic — the everyday language in his own family. With a PhD in Linguistics and over 20 years of teaching experience across France, the UK, and the UAE, his mission is to provide the World with the method and materials he so desperately needed when he started learning Arabic. That's why he created Storyinteracters: a research-backed, story-driven method that empowers learners to speak real Arabic with confidence.
Storyinteracters Blueprint for Language Learning
No Arabic Script Needed
We teach using Roman alphabet letters so you can focus on speaking and understanding — no need to wrestle with a new alphabet first. Plenty of time for that once you can understand and speak.
Rooted in the Best of Language Acquisition Science
Comprehensible Input is King. Everything we do is based on Stephen Krashen’s core idea: language is acquired when we understand messages. That’s why we speak clearly, go slow, and use context, gestures, and visuals. Our blueprint is built on decades of solid research. Click here to dive deeper into the ideas behind our method!
Tested in Classrooms, Not Just in Theory
We’ve spent 3 years refining this method for Arabic with real students — adults and kids alike. It works. It’s fun. It delivers progress people can feel.
Input First, Output Later
We don’t force you to speak right away. You understand first — just like children do — through simple, clear input. That’s how your brain builds the system it needs to speak later, naturally. You speak when you are ready.
Interact to Activate
Once you’ve heard enough, we help you activate what you know. Through simple speaking games, story retells, and verb drills, you start using the language which you have acquired unconsciously, at your own pace.
Your Brain Builds Grammar Automatically
Instead of long grammar lectures, we give you short drills and exposure to correct forms over and over again. Bill VanPatten’s research shows your brain creates its own ‘grammar’ from what it hears — so we feed it the right stuff, at the right time.
High-Frequency Vocabulary Only
We don’t waste your time with rare words. Everything you learn is useful, everyday Arabic that real people use, right from the start. We focus on high-frequency verbs so you can build meaning quickly.
Repetition Through Smart Questions
We repeat language naturally by asking questions about every part of the sentence — who? what? where? when? why? — so grammar and vocab sink in without you even realizing.
Stories Make Language Stick
Our method uses characters, fun plots, and real-life situations to hook you emotionally and keep you engaged. When you care about the story, you remember the language.
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