Why I Tell My Students to Stop Trying So Hard

The Core Principle of the Tymur Levitin Method One of the most common mistakes in language learning is surprisingly simple. Students try to memorize the language. They memorize: At first this seems logical. After all, languages consist of words and structures. But memorization alone rarely leads to real communication. Because language is not a list […]

The Tymur Levitin Method: Thinking Instead of Memorizing in Language Learning There is a silent problem in language education that many teachers prefer not to discuss. Some students simply do not learn from textbooks. Not because they are lazy.Not because they lack intelligence.And not because they don’t want to learn. They simply don’t think the […]