Russian Lessons in Cardiff. Learn Russian
The individualised Russian courses offered by Language Trainers will incorporate your language needs and goals (personal or business), as well as provide interesting study materials. Our trainers are all qualified native speakers who specialise in one-to-one, two-to-one, and small group learning. We will arrange for your trainer to conduct lessons at your home or office, at a suitable time for you, whether it be morning, afternoon, or evening, during the week or on weekends.
One-to-one General/Business
Russian Course in Cardiff
It's no problem if you need to take Russian lessons specifically for personal use or to help with your career - our trainers mould the lesson plan to your precise needs.
General Russian courses will cover Survival Russian, allowing you to be comfortable during short visits to the country; polite conversation, practicable vocabulary and a strong grammatical foundation. Business courses will centre more on formal, business communication, and focus more on reading and writing skills as you advance further.
Our Russian courses would not be fixed to a specific curriculum, however. You know the specifics of what you will need from your new language, and all you need do is tell your teacher. Perhaps if you are taking a Business course, you may want to focus more on Russian telephone or email skills, or a specific vocabulary for your line of work. Likewise, a General course can include specific elements that are integral to your needs, for example if you need vocabulary specific to buying property overseas.
Typical Business course students include those in international import/export, those hoping to gain acquisitions in foreign countries, those within multinational corporations, and people who do business with foreign institutions and governments. General courses are not simply for those who need to reach a certain level of Russian for an exam - they are perfect for those wishing to pack up and move abroad, those marrying a Russian national, as well as those travelling to the country for any other reason.
› Two-to-One and Small Group - Russian Course in Cardiff (closed group)
Info about Cardiff
The capital of Wales has a fast-growing population, and with an increase of around 35,000 people in the last 7 years it is one of the fastest growing cities in northern Europe. Cardiff also has an interesting linguistic background - Welsh, English, Latin and Norse have all held sway at different times throughout history.
Today Cardiff houses around 100 different languages around the city, mainly due to the constant influx of foreign students and the community of Welsh speakers - around 11% of Cardiffians can still converse in Cymraeg; over 600,000 people. Cardiff also has a long-established Muslim population, dating back to the 19th century; making it a great place to pick up Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi and other Middle East and south Asian languages.
Cardiff Facts
- Average Age in Cardiff: 38.6
- Twin City of Cardiff: Nantes, France
- Most desirable neighbourhoods in Cardiff: Roath Park
- Famous Movies set in Cardiff: Human Traffic (1999)
- Airports in Cardiff: Cardiff Airport
Info about Russian
As the most popular Slavic language with around 275 million speakers worldwide, Russian is the official language of Russia, and is spoken widely in countries that used to form republics of the now-dissolved USSR; for example Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Russian is an extremely challenging language to learn for those with no experience of Slavic languages. First of all there's the hurdle of the Cyrillic alphabet, of which the Russians use their own 33-letter variant. Then there's the pronunciation - almost a world apart from any English dialect. Russian is classified as a 'level III' language (the second hardest level) in terms of difficulty for native English speakers, according to the Defence Language Institute of California; but the doors that learning Russian opens to you cannot be underestimated.
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Typical course length:
• 30 hours per level
(classes are usually 2 hours each)
We also offer packages of:
• 20 hours
• 50 hours
• 100 hours
(with discounted rates)
