Understanding It Beyond Grammar Rules “An article is not a word. It’s a decision.”— Tymur Levitin Why Students Struggle with Articles Many students say things like:“I know it’s ‘a’ or ‘the’… but I don’t know why.” That’s the point. Because an article isn’t just grammar. It’s how you identify an object in your mind.It’s how […]

Choose your language: 🔗 Start here Hungarian isn’t just a language.It’s a code — rich, complex, and surprisingly logical once you understand how it works. For many language learners, Hungarian seems like one of the most mysterious European languages. It doesn’t look like German, doesn’t sound like French, and definitely doesn’t follow the familiar patterns of […]

Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Meaning. Practice. Imagine this.A teacher explains a grammar rule. A student listens carefully, then asks:“Why is it like that?”And the teacher, still young and full of knowledge, but not yet full of experience, answers honestly:“Well, that’s just how it is.” The student frowns. That’s not what they were hoping […]

A Study of Emotional Codes in Russian and British Songwriting Author’s column by Tymur Levitin — founder, director, and lead teacher of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur Levitin🔗 Choose your language A Dream Instead of Words — “Пусть тебе приснится Пальма де Майорка” This iconic Russian ballad by Mikhail Shufutinsky, composed by […]

Author’s column by Tymur LevitinFounder and Head Teacher at Levitin Language School🔗 Start Language School by Tymur Levitin How can someone pass B1… but still struggle with A2? Simple: they never truly mastered the basics.They just moved on. This happens more often than most teachers want to admit:A student “graduates” to a higher level, but: Because moving forward ≠ internalizing. […]

Choose your language → https://levitintymur.com/#languages What if learning Finnish isn’t just about the language?What if it’s about discovering a whole new way to think? At Levitin Language School, we believe that Finnish is not simply a language of long compound words and vowel harmony — it’s a key to another mental landscape. A quiet, structured, poetic […]

🧠 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages It’s the Same Words — But Not the Same Message Ask any student of German: “Can one sentence mean five things?”The confident ones will say: “No, not really.”The honest ones will say: “I’m not sure.” The truth? One sentence can have many meanings.Not because the grammar changes.But because the intention, the focus, and the emphasis shift — […]

Part 1 of the series: “Time Is Not Just Grammar” Language is logic. But it’s also identity. Most people think grammar is about correctness. But grammar is about clarity — of thought, of timing, of responsibility. And sometimes, grammar has to fill a hole in logic.That’s exactly what Future in the Past does. The problem English faced […]

Author’s column by Tymur LevitinFounder and Head Teacher at Levitin Language School🔗 Start Language School by Tymur Levitin A word is not just a meaning — it’s a choice You find a word in the dictionary. It looks right.You use it. And something feels… off. The sentence is “correct,” but the meaning — not quite.That’s because a […]

Choose your language: 🔗 Click here Learn Swedish with a private tutor — and start hearing what others don’t. When people hear Swedish for the first time, many describe it as soft, melodic, and… a bit mysterious.To some, it sounds like a secret code — rhythmic, unusual, full of vowels and sing-song intonations that feel both […]