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Watching Videos Is Easy. Understanding Language Is Not.
27.12.2025

Watching Videos Is Easy. Understanding Language Is Not.

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Watching language videos feels productive. You press play.You understand the explanation.You nod.You move on. And yet, weeks later, nothing has really changed. This is not a motivation problem.It is not a discipline problem.It is not even a talent problem. It is a thinking problem. Why Understanding Feels Like Learning — But Isn’t Understanding something once […]

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Chinese Is Not Spoken — It Is Tuned
24.12.2025

Chinese Is Not Spoken — It Is Tuned

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Why Tones Are Not Pronunciation, but the Architecture of Chinese Thinking Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages/Read this article in:English (current) · Deutsch · Українська · Русский · Español · 中文 中文 — https://timurlevitin.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_33.html Deutsch — https://timurlevitin.blogspot.com/2025/12/chinesisch-wird-nicht-gesprochen-es.html Українська — https://timurlevitin.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_25.html Русский — https://timurlevitin.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_52.html Español — https://timurlevitin.blogspot.com/2025/12/el-chino-no-se-habla-se-afina.html Introduction: When Sound Becomes Meaning Most people believe Chinese is difficult […]

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Revision Lesson – Review and Practice
22.12.2025

Revision Lesson – Review and Practice

Conversational English

🔁 REVISION 5 (Lessons 21–22) Bakery • Toy Store Continue the course (full lessons):Lesson 21 — At the Bakery: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%a5%90-lesson-21-at-the-bakery/Lesson 22 — At the Toy Store: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%a7%b8-lesson-22-at-the-toy-store/ All Video Lessons (website hub): https://levitintymur.com/videos/YouTube course playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLunccfqAabpKJXYDlgIrcDxEBxbJuwvok Created by Aliya Siddique, professional teacher at Start Language School by Tymur Levitin (Levitin Language School). © Aliya Siddique. […]

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Revision Lesson – Review and Practice
22.12.2025

Revision Lesson – Review and Practice

Conversational English

🔁 REVISION 4 (Lessons 16–20) Library • Playground • Police Station • Coffee Shop • Clothing Store Continue the course (full lessons):Lesson 16 — At the Library: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-15-at-the-library/Lesson 17 — At the Playground: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-17-at-the-playground/Lesson 18 — At the Police Station: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%9a%94-lesson-18-at-the-police-station/Lesson 19 — At the Coffee Shop: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%e2%98%95-lesson-19-at-the-coffee-shop/Lesson 20 — At the Clothing Store: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%91%97-lesson-20-at-the-clothing-store/ […]

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Revision Lesson – Review and Practice
22.12.2025

Revision Lesson – Review and Practice

Conversational English

🔁 REVISION 3 (Lessons 11–15) Beach • Swimming Pool • Pharmacy • Hospital • Daily Routine Continue the course (full lessons):Lesson 11 — At the Beach: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%8a-lesson-11-at-the-beach/Lesson 12 — At the Swimming Pool: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-12-at-the-swimming-pool/Lesson 13 — At the Pharmacy: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-13-at-the-pharmacy/Lesson 14 — At the Hospital: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-14-at-the-hospital/Lesson 15 — Daily Routine: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/%f0%9f%8c%9f-lesson-15-daily-routine/ All Video Lessons (website […]

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Revision Lesson – Review and Practice
22.12.2025

Revision Lesson – Review and Practice

Conversational English

🔁 REVISION 2 (Lessons 6–10) Hotel • Shopping Mall • Supermarket • Park • Zoo Continue the course (full lessons):Lesson 6 — At the Hotel: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/lesson-6-at-the-hotel/Lesson 7 — At the Shopping Mall / Buying Clothes: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/lesson-7-at-the-shopping-mall-buying-clothes/Lesson 8 — At the Supermarket: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/lesson-8-at-the-supermarket/Lesson 9 — At the Park: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/lesson-9-at-the-park/Lesson 10 — At the Zoo: https://levitintymur.com/interesting-information/lesson-10-at-the-zoo-2/ All […]

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Revision Lesson – Review and Practice
22.12.2025

Revision Lesson – Review and Practice

Conversational English

🧠 MINI QUIZ 1️⃣ Choose the correct answer Where do you eat food?a) Schoolb) Restaurant ✅c) Airport 2️⃣ Choose the correct word The _____ helps sick people.a) Teacherb) Doctor ✅c) Pilot 3️⃣ True or False We buy tickets at the airport.✅ True 🎤 Speaking Task 👉 Say one sentence about your favourite place.

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THE LANGUAGE OF INNER PEACE
22.12.2025

THE LANGUAGE OF INNER PEACE

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Why Mature People Don’t Chase Emotional Highs Watch the video podcast:This article is based on the video podcast “The Language of Inner Peace”.You can watch the full episode here: ▶️ YouTube — The Language of Inner Peace Inner peace has its own language.It is quiet.It is stable.And it does not need constant stimulation. Many people […]

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Free Video Lessons Don’t Teach You a Language. They Teach You How to Think
22.12.2025

Free Video Lessons Don’t Teach You a Language. They Teach You How to Think

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

For years, people have been asking the same question: “Do you have free video lessons?” The question itself is understandable.The assumption behind it is the problem. Because free video lessons don’t teach you a language.They never have. And they never will. What they can do is something far more valuable — if they are designed […]

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Als vs Omdat
17.12.2025

Als vs Omdat

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

How Dutch Separates Condition from Reason Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinFounder & Senior Teacher, Levitin Language SchoolStart Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. Before Grammar: One Simple Question Dutch does not start with grammar.It starts with thinking direction. Before choosing als or omdat, the Dutch speaker answers one internal question: Am I describing […]

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