Russian courses

Conversational Russian

Private and group lessons with professional native teachers

Course introduction

This Conversational Russian Course seeks to provide an intensive speaking immersion to students of all levels, starting from everyday situations and moving on to formal communication.

Course details

A1 Level (30 hours)

A1 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I provide personal information about me and other people;
How can I describe some events in the past;
How can I give and receive a phone number and an address;
How can I describe my family;
How can I describe the weather;
How can I speak about my hobbies.

A2 Level (30 hours)

A2 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I describe my flat;
How can I order food in a restaurant;
How can I buy food in a supermarket;
How can I describe my daily routine;
How can I buy food;
How can I talk about date and time;
How can I describe my health;
How can I describe a person;
How can I describe basic emotions and states.

Level B1 (40 hours)

B1 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I ask the way;
How can I buy a metro ticket;
How can I buy a plane ticket;
How can I speak on the phone;
How can I book a room in a hotel;
How can I buy tickets to the theatre, cinema and circus;
How can I describe objects;
How can I describe a trip;
How can I speak with a doctor;
How can I buy medicines;
How can I send a letter or a parcel;
How can I describe natural phenomena;
How can I describe emotions and states in detail.

Level B2 (40 hours)

B2 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I handle a job interview;
How can I describe the school and university system in Russia and in my country;
How can I describe technical problems at home or in a hotel and ask for help;
How can I describe my favorite food and understand recipes;
How can I open a bank account;
How can I choose a tour in a tourist agency;
How can I give a detailed description of a person;
How can I describe computer problems and ask for help.

Level C1 (30 hours)

C1 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I describe a person, an object or a situation using some slang words and expressions (everyday Russian words and expressions and phraseology);
How can I describe and analyze a specific historical or a literature phenomenon;
How can I speak on the phone (advanced level);
How can I describe a business situation.

Level C2 (30 hours)

C2 Level of Conversational Russian Course covers following topics:

How can I describe and compare a political or an economic situation;
How can I give my opinion about different events and phenomena;
How can I organize a debate and participate in it.

Class materials used

Караванова Н.Б. Говорите правильно! – М.: Русский язык. Курсы, 2004;
Говорим по-русски без переводчика. – М.: Флинта, Наука, 2009;
Максимова А.Л. Месяц в России. – СПб: Златоуст, 2011;
Одинцова И.В. Что Вы сказали? – СПб: Златоуст, 2003;
Аннушкин В.И., Акишина А.А., Жаркова Т.Л. Знакомиться легко, расставаться трудно. – М.: Флинта-Наука, 2004;
Короткова О.Н., Одинцова И.В. Загадай желание. – СПб: Златоуст, 2006;
Попова Т., Юрков Е. Поговорим. – СПб: Златоуст, 2000;
Володина Г.И. А как об этом сказать? – М.: Русский язык, 2003;
Videos, texts and images from the Internet;
Blog materials: www.learnrussianweb.com.

Teachers of the course "Conversational Russian"

Our online Russian school Russificate is made up of a collective of highly experienced Russian teachers who believe in using cutting edge technology to facilitate language learning. Our teachers strive to provide high quality yet affordable Russian lessons.

Tatiana R.
Speaks: English, German, Spanish, Swedish
Tatiana is a certified Russian language teacher with extensive teaching experience. She has been teaching Russian for 7.5 years in read CV
Natalia
Speaks: English, Spanish, Ukrainian
Natalia is a qualified tutor of Russian as a second language. She has been teaching Russian for about 10 years read CV
Alyona B.
Speaks: English, Spanish
Since 2010 Alyona has been working as a Russian tutor of Pushkin State Russian Language Institute. She currently teaches Russian read CV
Alexandra
Speaks: English, Italian
Alexandra is a certified Russian language tutor with extensive teaching experience. She has been teaching Russian for more than 17 read CV
Svetlana
Speaks: English, French, Spanish
Svetlana is a professional Russian as a foreign language teacher with a great deal of experience and an educational background read CV
Yulia
Speaks: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Yulia has been offering Russian classes via Skype since 2005. In 2005-2013 she worked in the Spanish Embassy in Moscow, giving read CV

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Testimonials of our students

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Mara,
France

Evgenia is always enthusiastic, motivated, and in a good mood. She knows how to explain grammatical questions, the structure of the language, how and why. She does all this while introducing her students to elements of Russian culture, as it is impossible to understand a language without considering its culture.

Jivorad,
Serbia

I have heard many good things about Mikhail Yurievich from my course-mates during my first year at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Viennese University. In the summer semester 2014 I had the opportunity to meet him personally during my exchange at the MSU in the name of Lomonosov in Moscow. For me it was a big surprise, as I did not expect to meet a lecturer in Moscow who has worked earlier in Vienna. Mikhail Yurievich established himself as a literate lecturer, perfectly knowing his subject, possessing modern knowledge and skills in the area of pedagogy, psychology and methods of teaching. He thoroughly approached the choice of the contents of the course, responsibly regarded the choice of tasks set for the students. Lectures were always led in an interactive form. Mikhail Yurievich built connections with the students, taking into consideration their individual and age related qualities. I especially enjoyed that with him we studied not only the literary language but also the speaking language, which is very important in the everyday life in Moscow. Also the discussion topics were very interesting and we had the opportunity to get to know a lot about each other.
The materials used by Mikhail Yurievich were not only interesting and helpful, but also very well developed didactically, due to the fact that he always, for example, tried to put the stress into the spoken word and explain everything in Russian instead of just translating into English.
The atmosphere in the lessons was fantastic, no-one was afraid to speak in Russian, even if they made mistakes. Mikhail Yurievich always found ways to correct mistakes without offending anyone. Studying with Mikhail Yurievich does not only mean language improvement but also a good time pass and a great mood. I definitely recommend lessons with him!!

Valentina,
Italy

I met Alexandra three years ago. At that time I was a post-graduate student at the Catholic University of Milan and I was conducting research for my doctoral dissertation in Moscow. I approached a Russian language school because I wanted to improve my spoken Russian, and I registered for individual classes with Alexandra. She is an extremely competent teacher – friendly, with an excellent command of her subject. Perhaps most of all I appreciated the fact that she was interested in linguistics, and we could discuss some of the topics that I was examining as part of my research. I still have the book by M. Kronhouse that she gave me!

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Prices for the course "Conversational Russian"

Private lessons

Lesson duration	1 lesson	10 lessons	20 lessons
30-minute lessons	10 €	95 € 9.5€ per lesson Save 5€	170 € 8.5€ per lesson Save 30€
45-minute lessons	14 €	135 € 13.5€ per lesson Save 5€	250 € 12.5€ per lesson Save 30€
60-minute lessons	18 €	175 € 17.5€ per lesson Save 5€	330 € 16.5€ per lesson Save 30€
90-minute lessons	25 €	245 € 24.5€ per lesson Save 5€	470 € 23.5€ per lesson Save 30€

Group lessons

Lesson duration	1 lesson	10 lessons
45-minute lessons	6 €	55 € 5.5€ per lesson Save 5€
60-minute lessons	7 €	65 € 6.5€ per lesson Save 5€
90-minute lessons	10 €	95 € 9.5€ per lesson Save 5€