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Myth: Children Learn Languages Better Than Adults | LEVITIN SCHOOL
18.08.2025

Myth: Children Learn Languages Better Than Adults

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

🧠💬 The Assumption We All Grew Up With From childhood, we’ve been told: “Start young — children are language sponges!”Teachers, textbooks, and even scientists have repeated it for decades. But is it true? At Levitin Language School, we don’t follow myths. We follow results.And results show: adults can learn languages just as effectively — and in some […]

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Comparative Lexicology: Understanding Language Through Words and Context | LEVITIN SCHOOL
12.08.2025

Comparative Lexicology: Understanding Language Through Words and Context

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

At Start Language School by Tymur Levitin, we don’t just teach languages — we explore the very DNA of words. Comparative lexicology allows us to see how languages connect, differ, and evolve, revealing the unique identity of each tongue. What Is Comparative Lexicology? Comparative lexicology is the study of vocabulary systems across two or more languages, focusing […]

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Rare Languages Worth Discovering: More Than Just Popular Choices | LEVITIN SCHOOL
11.08.2025

Rare Languages Worth Discovering: More Than Just Popular Choices

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

At Start Language School by Tymur Levitin — also known as Levitin Language School — we teach not only the world’s most popular languages, but also rare and unique ones that many learners have never considered. These languages, such as Sindhi, Afrikaans, Pashto, Hindi and Punjabi, carry centuries of history, cultural heritage, and linguistic beauty. They connect continents, preserve identities, and offer ways […]

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You Understand More Than You Think: Learning Slovak | LEVITIN SCHOOL
10.08.2025

You Understand More Than You Think: Learning Slovak

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

Category: Interesting Information Choose your language: Click here Learning Slovak may seem like a niche choice compared to more globally studied languages, but for students from Central and Eastern Europe—or anyone fascinated by Slavic languages—it can be surprisingly rewarding. Slovak is the official language of Slovakia and shares a high level of mutual intelligibility with Czech, which […]

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It’s Not Urdu. It’s Not Punjabi. It’s Saraiki. | LEVITIN SCHOOL
09.08.2025

It’s Not Urdu. It’s Not Punjabi. It’s Saraiki.

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

Why This Language Deserves Its Own Place in Your Mind and Map What Makes Saraiki Different? At first glance — or rather, first sound — Saraiki may seem like a close cousin of Urdu or Punjabi. It shares the same script, borrows heavily from both languages, and is spoken in the same general region of […]

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A Familiar Sound, a Unique Identity | LEVITIN SCHOOL
08.08.2025

A Familiar Sound, a Unique Identity

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

Why Learning Bosnian Is More Than Copying a Dialect ➡️ Learn Bosnian➡️ Explore all languages➡️ Related article: Croatian You Think You Know It — Until You Listen Closely Bosnian sounds familiar.To learners of Serbian or Croatian, it may even seem like the same language. But when you listen longer, something shifts.It’s not just the accent […]

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It Looks Like Serbian — But It Sounds Like Something Else | LEVITIN SCHOOL
06.08.2025

It Looks Like Serbian — But It Sounds Like Something Else

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

What Makes Croatian a Language Worth Learning On Its Own Terms ➡️ Serbian➡️ Croatian➡️ All languages One Language? Two? Three? To many outsiders, Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian may seem like one language. And in a way — they are mutually intelligible.But the truth is deeper.Croatian has its own logic, rhythm, and identity. It’s not just […]

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You Thought It Was Germanic — Then You Heard It | LEVITIN SCHOOL
06.08.2025

You Thought It Was Germanic — Then You Heard It

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

Why Danish Is a Language of Sound First, Words Second ➡️ German➡️ English➡️ Danish➡️ All languages It Looks Germanic. It Sounds… Not Quite. Danish may share roots with German, Dutch, and English, but when you hear it spoken — it’s something else entirely.Soft, blurred consonants. Melting vowels. Half of the word swallowed. Even native speakers […]

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Vorsicht ist kein Fehler: Why Caution Is Not a Mistake in German | LEVITIN SCHOOL
05.08.2025

Vorsicht ist kein Fehler: Why Caution Is Not a Mistake in German

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

🔗 Choose your language Is it a mistake to be careful? In many languages, caution is often seen as hesitation. Being careful can be interpreted as being afraid, indecisive, or slow. But in German, it’s different. The word „Vorsicht“ doesn’t carry negative weight. In fact, it is often seen as a strength. In German: Caution is not fear For many […]

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Sorry vs Excuse Me — One Mistake, Two Cultures | LEVITIN SCHOOL
05.08.2025

Sorry vs Excuse Me — One Mistake, Two Cultures

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

What Politeness Really Means in Different Languages “In English, you say sorry when you bump into someone.In some cultures, you say nothing.In others — you’re expected to explain your soul.”— Tymur Levitin At Levitin Language School, we don’t just teach students to memorize polite phrases — we teach them to feel the logic behind them. Because […]

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