Russian Lessons in Sheffield. Learn Russian
Language Trainers Russian courses are specifically developed after an initial meeting to discuss learners' needs and aims. Your qualified, native-speaking trainer will provide materials and cover areas of particular interest to you or your company. Individuals, pairs, and small groups are all catered for, and classes tailored to fit the learners. Lessons are arranged for a time that is convenient for you (morning, afternoon, evening; work days or weekends), and can be held at your home or office.
One-to-one General/Business
Russian Course in Sheffield
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 are aimed at those wishing to work in the target language - so a working knowledge of etiquette in Russian business, as well as developing proficient reading and writing skills.
The possibilities are not limited to these two categories, however. Those taking a Business course will generally also learn Russian telephone and email skills, as well as learning the basics for surviving short visits to the country. 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.
We have a wide range of Business course clients for a variety of needs; including people who are off to work for a foreign administration, people working in a corporation with overseas headquarters, and import/export specialists. 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 Sheffield (closed group)
Info about Sheffield
Also known as 'The Steel City' for its massive role in the industrial era, Sheffield is a huge city in South Yorkshire. Though the city has a population of around 530,000 people, the population has fluctuated around this figure since about 1920; though Sheffield's years of decline are thankfully now coming to an end.
While around 85% of the city is Britain-born, the other 15% is a real melting pot of ethnic diversity, making Sheffield a brilliant place to take up a foreign language. People have come from many countries to make a home in Sheffield; India, Pakistan, the Caribbean, Poland, Latvia, China, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria and many others besides. The black Caribbean population of Sheffield is the largest in the UK.
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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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Watch interviews with a few of our teachers, and find out why the best way to learn a new language is with Language Trainers!:
Dear Paula, Hope all is fine for you. Above all, I am sorry because I haven't been able to take time enough to give you some feedback regarding the English lessons since I came back from Birmingham. As I said to Clara before going back to Paris, I was very satisfied and enjoyed a lot my English lessons with her. Of course, 4-hour lessons are obviously intensive, however I didn't see the time passing because it was very interesting for me and diversified. I think I had the opportunity to extend my vocabulary during my stay and to learn and improve some grammar (particularly : present perfect and present perfect continuous). Moreover, the lessons were in total coherence regarding the program of my lessons here in France and the objectives of my stay here in Birmingham. Clara helped me a lot and was very involved in allowing me to get the best out of this experience. I really hope this experience will be a first step in improving my english. I am at your disposal for any further details.
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)
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