Yana's Tutoring Blog

Hello everyone, and especially those not so adventurous who have always dreamed of taking up Russian but been scared off by such popular opinion as: «Russian is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn». Today I've prepared for you a set of general facts about Russian language, which will show you that it is not at all as complicated as it seems and there is absolutely no reason to be intimidated.

1. The Cyrillic Script.
Don’t be scared of the Russian alphabet. Yes, it looks different and lots of people starting to learn Russian think it’s going to be the most difficult thing...

Hello everyone,

Today is officially my first time blogging, and is there really a better subject to write about than something you love the most? Learning languages is one of my biggest passions and pleasures in life. But the start was quite rough. My first English teacher at school used to call me a “slabenkaya” which means ‘weak, not bright’. The grades I would get were not so bright either. I hated the classes, didn’t do my homework and even developed a rare pre-English class "head/stomach/tooth/etc. – ache". But one day everything changed. That was the first day of a school year when we...