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The lessons are tailored to constantly reinforce what we have just learned. Listening to the podcasts greatly helped me to develop my listening comprehension. It’s very rewarding to see that you understand better and better every week.
Top-notch Russian language training
B.A./M.A. in Russian language from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Ph.D in Russian language from the V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Marina Koker, Ph. D.
Russian language professor, Russian courses and textbooks author
Instructional design
I designed 12 Russian language courses (online and offline) and wrote two textbooks for Advanced/ Superior Russian learners.
Best methods
I've been constantly looking for the most efficient ways of teaching Russian. I’m using task-based and proficiency-based methods, and I've created my own “7-Step Comprehension Boosting Method" that helps develop listening skills quickly and in a stress-free way.
When you study Russian, your learning doesn’t always progress smoothly.
After the periods when you see obvious progress, there come a time when you feel that it doesn't matter how much effort you put into your Russian, you're not getting much of a return.
It's called the “Intermediate level plateau”. Have you heard about it?
On the one hand, it’s the typical learning curve in language acquisition.
But on the other hand, most Russian learners get stuck there for years and years – and this can be avoided!
There is a big gap in skills between the Intermediate and Advanced levels. An Advanced speaker can talk about daily life pretty close to the way natives do it. But when you're searching for comprehensive study materials for Advanced Russian, you're finding out that there is not much out there. Why?
Not your level
Everything you could find is
Nothing - about everyday life in the way you talk about it in your native language.
If you find materials for your level about daily life, they are haphazard - scattered podcasts and Youtube videos on different topics.
And when you jump through different topics, it entertains you but it doesn't help you to develop confidence with any of them. It keeps you busy, and that’s it. No system = no or slow progress
Most Russian textbooks don't teach you conversational, or colloquial Russian - a style of Russian that people use to talk informally.
It’s hard to find study materials that incorporate enough colloquial Russian so you can learn to understand authentic speech and speak in a native-like way.
There is good news and bad news about this plateau.
The bad news is that the vast majority of Russian learners never make through this plateau.
The good news is that there are Russian learners who managed to break through to an Advanced level and developed fluency. It didn’t happen overnight but it was pretty fast progress.
What did they do? – They focused their efforts on four areas of Russian studies.
GRAMMAR: Eliminating gaps
SPEAKING: Developing fluency
Top-notch Russian language training
B.A./M.A. in Russian language from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Ph.D in Russian language from the V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Marina Koker, Ph. D.
Russian language professor, Russian courses and textbooks author
Instructional design
I designed 12 Russian language courses (online and offline) and wrote two textbooks for Advanced/ Superior Russian learners.
Best methods
I've been constantly looking for the most efficient ways of teaching Russian. I’m using task-based and proficiency-based methods, and I've created my own “7-Step Comprehension Boosting Method" that helps develop listening skills quickly and in a stress-free way.
The vast majority of Russian learners who reach higher levels of proficiency are those who used EXPERT HELP.
Introducing the
Conversational Russian METRO Club 2.0
It's “all-in-one” comprehensive program in Advanced Russian with four critical tools that help you to break through the Intermediate level plateau and start fluently talking about everyday life.
YOUR level: The course is focused on helping you to develop all Advanced level skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing in daily routine topics.
SYSTEM: 11 podcast lessons on daily routine topics will teach you in a very systematic way to talk about Russian everyday life.
They prepare you to talk about all important parts of Russian daily life and understand how Russians see their own life.
11 podcast lessons
The lessons are built upon each other in a logical way so you spend enough time learning about each topic.Practical Russian
The script for each podcast is crafted in a special way to include all important types of practical words and grammar models - the exact ones Russians use when they talk about this specific topic:
It prepares you to talk about daily life in a native-like way.
You’ll learn about this system and be able to use it after you enrolled in the METRO Club. I recommend using this system when you work with each lesson.
I will answer all your questions about grammar and vocabulary and will help you sound like a native in your writing and speaking
Have your questions answered
- Russian language questions? – Post them in our private FB group, and I will answer them. You can also read our database of questions that other learners have asked and learn from them as well.
- Tech support questions? – Email them to us and my team will help you.
Have your writing corrected
In a writing practice for each lesson, answer questions about your life and life in your country with vocab and grammar structures from the lesson, and I'll correct and explain your errors. It will help you to express yourself in a native-like Russian way in both your writing and your speaking.Teaching you Advanced speaking & listening skills in a small group
Writing practice (above) prepares you to speak but some speaking skills (pronunciation, intonation, spontaneous speech) can be built only through actual speaking. In our group sessions I'll help you to discuss daily life (speak and listen)
Teaching you Advanced speaking skills in private lessons (optional, not included in any plans)
For most people it’s impossible to develop fluency and native-like pronunciation without interacting one-on-one with a language instructor. To help you with that, I offer private speaking sessions with me at a special “Metro Club member” rate. The number of openings is very limited. If interested, read more here.
FOR WHOM: For METRO Club members who are serious about bringing their speaking skills to the Advanced level.
HOW IT WORKS: During these lessons
COST: Regular hourly rate for my private lessons is $100/ per 60-min. But as a METRO Club member you can get them at a 50% discount: $50/per 60 min. with 1-2 lessons per week.
WHERE: via Zoom
Once a month you can join our 60-min. group singing sessions via Zoom. You’ll learn popular Russian songs, polish your pronunciation, memorize more vocab from contexts, and understand Russian culture and mentality at a deeper level.
I can say that this is the best Russian course I have ever taken, even better that the course we took in university.
Your listening and speaking skills will start improving from the first month in this program.
You'll start getting compliments on your Russian in just 3-4 months.
Your ability to talk in Russian will completely transform at your half-way point through the program.
This is how your LIFE can change
METRO Club brings together Russian learners from all over the world: foreign language teachers and engineers, Russian Orthodox monks and priests, lawyers, government contractors and business owners from Russia and France, Canada and Spain, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Choose the amount of support you need from the Russian language expert.
Pay once a month with PayPal or any major credit card. You can stop or change your membership any time.
Once you enroll in any plan, add one-on-one SPEAKING SESSIONS with Marina for fastest results with your speaking skills. Read more
I look forward to the new lesson every week, like a little boy opening a present!
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Written exercises excellently reinforce the main podcast episode. The lessons are short enough to keep my interest but are indeed full of new material plus some reuse of earlier terms.
The podcasts truly train your ear to pick up the language the way natives talk. I listen to the same weekly podcasts daily during breakfast and can understand how my brain is trained by the end of the week. The quick native speech on Monday seems to be normal speed by Friday.
DAILY ROUTINE METRO Club is the perfect program for you if...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Not sure if your level in Russian is right for this program?
Contact me and briefly explain your situation. If you're qualified, I will invite you for a complimentary 15-min. assessment of your current level in Russian via Zoom or Skype.
Email me at Marina@RussianMobileAcademy.com
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