What prevents you from breaking through the Intermediate level plateau and how to do it?

“I have a feeling that in the last few years I have been stagnating in Russian.” “Just as I couldn’t express myself in Russian, I still can’t express myself in Russian”, “I guess this is my limit”. Similar thoughts appear in the mind of a person who has hit the Intermediate plateau. Let me tell you how […]

Myths about listening skills

You know that understanding natives when they’re talking – directly with you or when you hear them in the movies – is a very big challenge.How can you finally start understanding spoken Russian?Here is some very common advice you can hear and the hard truth about it.Common advice : Just listen to a lot of […]

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