Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — On Identity, Words, and What We Become When We Speak All the world’s a stage.And every stage has a script. We don’t just speak to communicate.We speak to play roles — son, father, partner, boss, teacher, stranger.Every sentence we say is shaped by who we are, or who we […]

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”Shakespeare understood what most textbooks don’t: we speak to play roles.And sometimes, saying the wrong line can cost you more than a grade — it can cost you your safety, your dignity, or even your life. I’m not here to dramatize. I’m here […]

Why English Is Not About Rules but About Perspective People often ask whether teacher profile is “correct English” or whether it should always be teacher’s profile.This question looks grammatical on the surface.In reality, it is not about correctness at all. It is about how English encodes perspective. English does not simply describe objects.It describes how […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director and Senior Teacher at Levitin Language SchoolStart Language School by Tymur Levitin | Global Learning. Personal Approach.🔗 Choose your language You Made a Mistake? Good. “I have 22.”“I am Ukraine.”We’ve all heard learners say things like this. Some teachers rush to correct them: “That’s wrong. Say I […]

People often ask why language keeps changing.Why words disappear.Why expressions sound outdated.Why what once felt natural suddenly feels foreign. The simple answer is uncomfortable:language does not belong to rules — it belongs to people. Every generation speaks differently not because it is careless, but because it lives differently. Language Does Not Age. Context Does. What […]

How Word Order Actually Works in Swedish (and Beyond) In the previous article, “The Verb Is Not Second. Your Focus Is.”, we intentionally avoided examples. Not because they are unimportant —but because examples without understanding only create new confusion. Now that the frame is set, we can finally look at how this logic works in […]

Swedish Word Order Explained Without Rules An adult student once told me something that sounded confident — and confused at the same time: “In Swedish, the verb must always be in the second position.And honestly, it just doesn’t make sense to me.” This sentence contains a truth — and a misunderstanding.And the misunderstanding is far […]

Before you start:👉 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages Why Correct German Can Still Sound Wrong Many learners reach a point where: And still — something feels off. Native speakers understand you, but they hear immediately:you are not thinking in German. The reason is not words.The reason is sentence melody. This article continues the series on natural […]

Author’s work by Tymur Levitin — founder, director and senior instructor of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. Most people are taught that English has many tenses.Twelve. Sometimes sixteen. Sometimes more. They memorize tables, formulas and timelines — and still hesitate every time they speak. That happens because […]

Start here: Choose your language. Most online language courses are designed as if all learners were the same.They aren’t. Adults learn differently — not because they are slower, but because they think, compare, doubt, analyze, and question meaning. At Levitin Language School (Start Language School by Tymur Levitin), this reality is not treated as a […]