Overview
Our General Russian & Intensive Russian courses are designed to help students make rapid progress in Russian, and focus on the four key language skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking – with lots of additional work on vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
The courses are 4 hours per week, 6 hours per week or 9 and 20 hours per week*.
*Academic hours: each academic hour = 45 minutes class time
Academic profile
Our Academic team continually reviews the syllabus to ensure our lessons are fresh, modern and relevant to today’s international topics. In class we use the most recent up-to-date editions of textbooks by leading Russian academic publishers, while our teachers are experienced and very highly-qualified.
There are progress tests for all students every two weeks, enabling our teachers to closely monitor learning and to guide and support each student more effectively. There are also fortnightly tutorials, during which individual learning targets are discussed and reviewed.
Academic profile
Our Academic team continually reviews the syllabus to ensure our lessons are fresh, modern and relevant to today’s international topics. In class we use the most recent up-to-date editions of textbooks by leading Russian academic publishers, while our teachers are experienced and very highly-qualified.
There are progress tests for all students every two weeks, enabling our teachers to closely monitor learning and to guide and support each student more effectively. There are also fortnightly tutorials, during which individual learning targets are discussed and reviewed.
Students can join our school on any Monday, and can study as long as they wish. Our courses are structured so that new students slot in seamlessly, immediately taking their places in the class and participating in class activities with their new classmates.
Some students study for as little as one week, some for one year or more. It simply depends on the student and his/her needs.
Most of the students in our General Russian and Intensive Russian courses are age 17 – 45, and many of these are current undergraduates or recent graduates aiming to improve their Russian for their university courses or professional careers.
General Russian + Russian for Tourism
This course is designed for students who work in the tourism industry or those who use Russian English when travelling on business or on holiday.
Our classes are small, with a maximum of 8 students. In the lower and higher levels, there are often only 4 – 6 students per class.
Class levels
We have classes at 7 different levels:
A0 (Beginner)
A1 (Elementary)
A2 (Pre-Intermediate)
B1 (Intermediate)
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
B2E (Upper Intermediate exam class)
C1 (Advanced)
C2 (Proficiency)
All new students are asked to complete our online placement test or are tested on their first morning in the school, to check their level.