On Trust in Language Learning

How Silence Builds Confidence and Real Fluency 🎧 Tymur Levitin Podcast — August 16, 2025 🎙 Video Blog: Tymur Levitin PodcastCategory: Language Learning Insights — Watch All Episodes 🌍 Read in other languages: A pause in language learning is not a mistake.It’s the moment you take to think, choose the right words, and speak them […]

Choose your language The Popular Myth You’ve probably heard it: “You don’t need grammar or phonetics. Just learn 3000 words — and you’ll speak.” But let me ask you: what will you do next? How will you connect those words so that people understand you — and so that you understand what they want from you? One […]

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect © Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director and Lead Educator of Levitin Language School & Start Language School by Tymur Levitin “A word is not the thing. And that’s where all the trouble starts.” What Are False Friends? In translation, not every word that looks familiar is your […]

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect © Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director and Lead Educator of Levitin Language School & Start Language School by Tymur Levitin “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein Introduction If you’ve ever tried translating from Ukrainian or Russian into English, […]