By the end
What you'll build
- Use Russian proverbs and set expressions naturally
- Explain душа, авось and тоска as Russians use them
- Recognise and produce Russian humour — irony, absurdity and the anekdot
- Build and defend an argument in a room that expects pushback
- Hold a room: pacing, stress control under pressure, presence and recovery
- Deliver a three-minute signature talk in Russian
Curriculum
What's inside
2 modules · 10 lessons
- 01
Idiom, Concept and Colour
5 lessons- The Expressions Nobody Teaches Youmetaphor idiom
- The Concepts Russians Use to Explain Themselves
- Reading the Registerfill blank
- Russian Humour and Argument
- Listening: Humour and a Real Argumentlistening lab
- 02
Presence and the Signature Talk
5 lessons- Holding a Russian Roompresence lab
- Building the Signature Talkspeech template
- Deliver Your Signature Talkspeech practice
- Tongue Twisters: Fluency at Speedtongue twister
- Final Check: Russian on Stagequiz
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
10 lessons across 2 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.