What Does That Actually Mean — And Why English Forces You to Choose Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect When One Line Refuses to Decide There are phrases that look simple — until you try to translate them honestly. One of them stayed with me long after a conversation that had […]

Why “Побыть с тобой” Cannot Be Translated — Only Understood Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect One Question That Didn’t Belong — But Stayed One of my students once asked me a question that caught me off guard — not because of the word itself, but because of where it came […]

Category: Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect When “Let’s Discuss It” Means Nothing: How Managerial Language Shifts Responsibility in Online Education In many organisations — especially in education, consulting and service industries — problems are often not solved through systems. They are dissolved through language. Teachers describe the same issue again […]

Global Learning. Personal Approach. Before you choose a language, choose the way you want to understand it. At Levitin Language School, language is never reduced to vocabulary lists and grammar tables. It is always connected with thought, culture, identity and real life. Explore the languages and subjects available at https://levitintymur.com/#languages. There is a sentence I […]

Before people argue about money, they argue about value. What one culture calls cheap, another calls affordable.What sounds like a bargain in one language can sound like an insult in another. This is not simply vocabulary.It is the linguistic expression of how societies evaluate effort, quality, and respect. Explore all language programs:https://levitintymur.com/#languages Author: Tymur LevitinLevitin […]

Before choosing a language, you can always explore the available directions here:https://levitintymur.com/#languages In the previous article, I explained a simple idea: Students are taught rules, but not reasons. Many readers recognized themselves in one sentence: “I studied English for years. I know the grammar. But I still hesitate when I speak.” Today we move from […]

What Really Happens Between Knowledge and Communication (Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin) In language teaching there is a situation that almost every experienced teacher recognizes immediately. A student understands grammar. The student has learned the rules. The student can even explain those rules correctly. But when a real conversation begins, something stops working. The sentences […]

Before you start learning a language, you will hear dozens of confident opinions. “Communicative method is the best.”“Grammar-translation is outdated.”“You must learn like a child.”“Total immersion is the only way.” Everyone seems to know the answer. But the truth is much simpler — and much less fashionable. There is no universal method that works for […]

What 22 Years of Teaching Languages Revealed About the Gap Between Knowledge and Communication One of the most common statements I hear from students is this: “I know the language — but I cannot speak it.” At first glance, this sounds contradictory.If someone knows a language, why can’t they speak it? After more than 22 […]

What 22 Years of Teaching Languages Revealed About the Limits of Rules Many language learners believe grammar is the key to speaking. Learn the rules.Understand the structure.Apply the pattern. The assumption seems logical. But after more than two decades of teaching languages in real classrooms and online environments, one conclusion has become unavoidable: Grammar rules […]