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“You’re Not a Parrot”: Why Literal Thinking Builds Real Language Skills
“You’re Not a Parrot”: Why Literal Thinking Builds Real Language Skills | LEVITIN SCHOOL
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

“You’re Not a Parrot”: Why Literal Thinking Builds Real Language Skills

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 […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 29.12.2025 • 3 min read
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Real Language Is Never Literal | LEVITIN SCHOOL
30.07.2025

Real Language Is Never Literal

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

Words are not what they seem. They’re never just words. Every day, students ask me how to say something.They have the words. They have the grammar.But something still feels off. The meaning doesn’t land. The listener doesn’t react the way they expected. And then they realize:They translated the sentence — but they didn’t express what […]

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