Victoria Shulga

I’m happy to share my enthusiasm and knowledge about Russian language and culture and happy to see my students learning and succeeding!

I want my student to be able to talk and communicate in Russian without the anxiety about making a lot of mistakes while speaking, and read without worrying about checking every new word at the dictionary. I want them to get the whole concept of the language and thus better understand and perceive Russian culture and literature.

More than 10 years ago

Some people want to learn it because they're having a business trip to Russia or going to visit some places as tourists, but I'm glad that there are some people who want to learn Russian just for pleasure or to be able to understand the culture better, to read Russian classics in the original.

It depends on the languages to compare. But generally, it's not that hard, please don't be scared! After getting used to the weird-looking Cyrillic letters you'll be fine.

Literature, ballet, music - every aspect, actually, because when students enroll in Russian course they usually already know something about the language and culture and they want to learn more.

I know the hardest part of learning Russian, at least I can imagine what it is, but teaching is different. It's a challenging but rewarding profession at the same time. I would say it's not about the pronunciation, it's more about the explanation of the differences between cultures.

Curiosity and enthusiasm!

As I said before, first of all, you have to get used to weird-looking letters, than to learn how to pronounce the hardest of them, and then comes the declination and the verbs. But you can make it, don't worry!

Don't struggle - enjoy it! I know it sounds weird, but just try to change your attitude to the learning process and you'll see it will become much easier.

It depends on a person, of course, we're all different.