“I Look Like a Grandma Now, Right?” — When Words Misfire She shaved her head and asked him with pride,“So? Do I look like a grandma now?”He paused. Blinked. Then said:“No, sweetheart… Now you look like a grandpa.” That’s not a joke. That’s a breakdown of communication. She wanted to reinforce her identity. He saw […]

🔗 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages It’s Not About Language. It’s About Understanding. To an outsider, it might look like we’re just chatting. Not a lesson. Not grammar. Not vocabulary. Just some open-ended talk. But the truth is: this is the lesson. Because real teaching doesn’t start with content. It starts with connection. It starts with […]

One small mistake. One big message. 🔗 Choose your language What Students Say. What the World Hears. Every teacher knows this moment:A student says, “You was there yesterday.” Or worse: “What you is?” It’s a small slip.It seems harmless.And most people would just say, “Oops, wrong verb form.” But here’s what I tell my students: […]

📌 Article available in other languages: 🇷🇺 Russian version: Понимать грамматику — не значит уметь ею пользоваться 🇺🇦 Ukrainian version: Розуміти граматику — не означає вміти нею користуватися 🇩🇪 German version: Grammatik verstehen bedeutet nicht, sie verwenden zu können 🇪🇸 Spanish version — Entender la gramática no significa saber usarla 🇫🇷 French version — Comprendre […]

Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinFounder, Director, and Head TeacherLevitin Language School | Start Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. 🌍 Choose your language: 👉 https://levitintymur.com/#languages Why Some Languages Stay Invisible — And Why That Matters Some languages dominate the global conversation.Others remain almost invisible — even when millions of people speak them every […]

Saraiki is one of those languages that millions of people speak every day — yet few outside South Asia have ever heard its name. It does not dominate headlines, it is rarely taught at universities abroad, and it is often mistakenly reduced to a “dialect.” In reality, Saraiki is a fully developed language with its […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director, Senior Teacher of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. | Speak free! Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages Why this article exists People often meet this topic not through ideology, but through language: The problem is simple: many terms look “translatable,” but […]

An Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin People ask this question constantly — sometimes openly, sometimes silently: When are you ready to teach? Is it when you’re young?When you’re experienced?When you’ve collected enough diplomas, certificates, hours, years? The honest answer is uncomfortable: There is no formula. And that’s exactly why this question matters. Age Is a […]

Before we talk about money as economics, we should admit something uncomfortable:money is first a word, and only then a number. Every culture names its currency, its smallest unit, its “nothing,” its “almost free.”And those names are never neutral. They encode how a society understands value, loss, effort, progress, and scale. This article is not […]

What a Coin Name Reveals About Language, Memory, and Measure Before money becomes a matter of economics, it is a matter of language.Every currency reform begins not with coins, but with words — and words never change neutrally. The recent Ukrainian discussion about replacing kopiika with shah as the name of the smallest monetary unit […]