Instructor: Valeriy A. Bacherikov, Associate Professor
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General chemistry is the foundation of every scientific discipline — from biochemistry and medicine to physics, pharmacy, engineering, and environmental science.
When students learn chemistry through more than one language, something remarkable happens: their understanding becomes deeper, clearer, and more structured.

At Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur Levitin, general chemistry is taught through academic logic, cross-language comparison, and clarity.
Instead of memorizing formulas, students learn why matter behaves the way it does — and how chemical principles remain universal across languages.

This is the third publication in our academic chemistry series taught by Associate Professor Valeriy A. Bacherikov, following:


Why Learn Chemistry in Three Languages

Learning chemistry simultaneously through English, Ukrainian, and Russian gives students:

1. A stronger conceptual foundation

When you see the same idea expressed in three linguistic structures, the essence becomes clearer.

2. Improved scientific literacy

English is the global language of science.
Ukrainian and Russian offer strong academic terminology familiar to post-Soviet and Eastern European education.

3. Better exam preparation

Cross-language clarity helps students entering:

  • medical universities,
  • pharmacology programs,
  • international schools,
  • foundation courses,
  • IB / AP / A-level equivalent chemistry tracks.

4. The ability to switch terminology instantly

Many students use one language at home, another at school, and English for textbooks — this course solves the confusion.


Core Topics of General Chemistry (with Terminology in Three Languages)

1. Atomic Structure and Periodicity

Understanding the periodic table is understanding the logic of the universe.

ConceptEnglishUkrainianRussian
AtomAtomАтомАтом
Electron shellElectron shellЕлектронна оболонкаЭлектронная оболочка
Periodic tablePeriodic tableПеріодична таблицяПериодическая таблица
Ionization energyIonization energyЕнергія іонізаціїЭнергия ионизации
Atomic radiusAtomic radiusАтомний радіусАтомный радиус

Students understand not just terms — but relationships.


2. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry

ConceptEnglishUkrainianRussian
Covalent bondCovalent bondКовалентний зв’язокКовалентная связь
Ionic bondIonic bondЙонний зв’язокИонная связь
Polar moleculePolar moleculeПолярна молекулаПолярная молекула
HybridizationHybridizationГібридизаціяГибридизация
Molecular geometryMolecular geometryГеометрія молекулГеометрия молекул

Cross-language learning helps students visualize structures more accurately.


3. States of Matter and Intermolecular Forces

  • gases, liquids, solids
  • van der Waals forces
  • hydrogen bonding
  • dipole–dipole interactions

Terminology comparison deepens understanding:

EnglishUkrainianRussian
Hydrogen bondВодневий зв’язокВодородная связь
Intermolecular forcesМіжмолекулярні силиМежмолекулярные силы
Phase transitionФазовий перехідФазовый переход

4. Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions

A universal language of equations:

  • balancing reactions
  • mole concept
  • Avogadro’s number
  • mass–mole–volume relationships
EnglishUkrainianRussian
MoleМольМоль
Reaction rateШвидкість реакціїСкорость реакции
CatalystКаталізаторКатализатор

Students learn to solve problems fluently in all three languages.


5. Solutions, Acids, Bases, and pH

EnglishUkrainianRussian
SolutionРозчинРаствор
ConcentrationКонцентраціяКонцентрация
AcidКислотаКислота
BaseОсноваОснование
BufferБуферБуфер

This section supports both school-level students and future medical/pharmaceutical students.


6. Thermochemistry and Energy

Understanding:

  • enthalpy
  • exothermic and endothermic processes
  • Hess’s law
  • energy conservation
EnglishUkrainianRussian
EnthalpyЕнтальпіяЭнтальпия
ExothermicЕкзотермічнийЭкзотермический
EndothermicЕндотермічнийЭндотермический

Chemistry becomes a universal logic system — not a set of isolated facts.


Your Instructor — Associate Professor Valeriy A. Bacherikov

A leading academic lecturer, researcher, and educator with experience teaching:

  • General Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Colloidal Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

He prepares future:

  • doctors
  • dentists
  • pharmacists
  • biomedical researchers

His scientific activity includes reviewing for international journals and affiliation with the Royal Society of Chemistry.

📌 Teacher profile:
https://levitintymur.com/teachers/valeriy-a-bacherikov/


Why Our Method Works

Chemistry becomes clear when:

  • terminology is aligned across languages
  • concepts are explained visually and logically
  • examples connect school chemistry to biochemistry and medicine
  • problem-solving replaces memorization
  • students see the same principle from multiple perspectives

This is the philosophy of our school:

Global Learning. Personal Approach.


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