Online Russian Level 2 course is an Elementary Russian course for students who have already completed a Beginners course.  Online Russian Level 2 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 1 or a course of at least 12 class hours. 

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Speaking about family ties/tree 
• Talking about your age 
• Speaking about countries and languages; nationalities 
• Asking and telling the time 

Linguistic aims

• Possessive pronouns «мой/моя/моё», questions «Чей? Чья? Чьё?/Чьи?» 
• Genitive «У кого? есть что?» 
• Forms of genitive case construction «Откуда Вы…?» – «Я из …» 
• Dative construction «Сколько лет…?», «Мне … год/года/лет» 
• Numerals 2, 3, 4 changing the case of nouns (Genitive) 
• Verb combination «говорить по-русски», question «Как вы говорите по-русски?» 
• Special questions «Почему? Когда?»
• Vocabulary: 
  • Names of personal items 
  • Group verbs «говорить/читать/понимать по-русски; изучать/знать/понимать русский язык» 
  • Adjectives: antonyms «старший – младший» 
  • Adverbs «уже-ещё», «много-мало» 

Coursebook

I Love Russian (A1)* 

Units 3 & 4

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. 

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 2 course is an Elementary Russian course for students who have already completed a Beginners course. Online Russian Level 2 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 1 or a course of at least 12 class hours. 

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Speaking about family ties/tree 
• Talking about your age 
• Speaking about countries and languages; nationalities 
• Asking and telling the time 

Linguistic aims

• Possessive pronouns «мой/моя/моё», questions «Чей? Чья? Чьё?/Чьи?» 
• Genitive «У кого? есть что?» 
• Forms of genitive case construction «Откуда Вы…?» – «Я из …» 
• Dative construction «Сколько лет…?», «Мне … год/года/лет» 
• Numerals 2, 3, 4 changing the case of nouns (Genitive) 
• Verb combination «говорить по-русски», question «Как вы говорите по-русски?» 
• Special questions «Почему? Когда?»
• Vocabulary: 
  • Names of personal items 
  • Group verbs «говорить/читать/понимать по-русски; изучать/знать/понимать русский язык» 
  • Adjectives: antonyms «старший – младший» 
  • Adverbs «уже-ещё», «много-мало» 

Coursebook

I Love Russian (A1)* 

Units 3 & 4

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. 

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 3 course is an Elementary Russian course for students who have already studied some Russian. Online Russian Level 3 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 2 or a course of at least 24 class hours. 

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

Communication Points

• Speaking about living in the city/village 
• Discussing urban infrastructure 

Grammar Points

• Plural of nouns 
• Prepositional of singular nouns 

• Singular and plural descriptive adjectives of masculine, feminine, neuter gender in the nominative case.  
• Infinitive sentences eg. «Жить в деревне скучно» 
• Complex sentences with conjunctions «потому что» и «поэтому» 
• Complicated sentences with conjunctions «и, а, но» 
• Special question «Как?» 

Vocabulary 

• Personal items 
• Cities in Russia 
• City plan/locations 
• Descriptive adjectives 
• The verbs «жить, учиться» 
• Adverbs of manner 

Coursebook

I Love Russian (A1)* 

Units 5 & 6

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course.

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 3 Saturdays course is an Elementary Russian course for students who have already studied some Russian. Online Russian Level 3 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 2 or a course of at least 24 class hours. 

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video. 

Course Content

Communication Points

• Speaking about living in the city/village 
• Discussing urban infrastructure 

Grammar Points

• Plural of nouns 
• Prepositional of singular nouns 

• Singular and plural descriptive adjectives of masculine, feminine, neuter gender in the nominative case.  
• Infinitive sentences eg. «Жить в деревне скучно» 
• Complex sentences with conjunctions «потому что» и «поэтому» 
• Complicated sentences with conjunctions «и, а, но» 
• Special question «Как?» 

Vocabulary 

• Personal items 
• Cities in Russia 
• City plan/locations 
• Descriptive adjectives 
• The verbs «жить, учиться» 
• Adverbs of manner 

Coursebook

I Love Russian (A1)* 

Units 5 & 6

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course.

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 4 course is an Elementary Russian course for students who have already studied some Russian. Online Russian Level 4 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 3 or a course of at least 36 class hours. 

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video. 

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Talking about places of work and rest 
• Discussing travel & parts of the world 

Linguistic aims

• Prepositional case of nouns with the prepositions «в» and «на» with the ending «у» 
• Past tense of the verb «быть» 
• The question «Когда?» (morning, afternoon, evening) 
• Past tense of imperfective verbs 
• Inconsistent definitions expressed by nouns without prepositions in the Genitive case («на юге Европы») 
• The use of the preposition «на» in combination with the names of the cardinal directions
• Vocabulary: 
  • The cardinal directions 
  • Weekdays
  • Entertainment/leisure time
  • The verb «находиться»

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 5 is an Elementary Russian course for students who are already in the process of learning Russian. Online Russian Level 5 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 4 or a course of at least 48 class hours.

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video. 

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Talking about food & cuisine 
• Discussing a working day 
• Comparing means of transport 

Linguistic aims

• Accusative case of inanimate nouns in the singular and plural 
• Accusative case in the construction «Можно …», «Будьте добры…» 
• Accusative case of adjectives in use with inanimate nouns in singular and plural  
• Accusative case of personal pronouns
• Present tense verbs of motion «идти, ехать» 
• Accusative case – direction (where?), construction «ехать на чем?» 
• The verbs «ходить» and «ездить» in the present tense and past tense  
• The verbs «пойти» and «поехать» in the future tense 
• Vocabulary:
  • The verbs «есть, пить, хотеть, готовить, любить» 
  • Names of dishes  
  • Numbers 100-20,000 
  • Relational adjectives 
  • Short forms of the adjectives 

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips 

Online Russian Level 6 is an Elementary Russian course for students who are already in the process of learning Russian. Online Russian Level 6 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 5 or a course of at least 60 class hours. If you’re unsure of your level, then take our quick Russian language level test here, or check our level chart.

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Expressing consent and refusal  

• Using different forms of invitation 
• Describing room, apartment, furniture 
• Talking about musical, literary, theatrical, TV, film genres 
• Discussing favourite topics/themes of films and books 

Linguistic aims

• Accusative case of animate nouns  
• The construction «кому? нравится кто?/что делать?» 
• Dative case of personal pronouns 
• The future tense of imperfective verbs 
• The constructions of time with the prepositions «через» and «назад» 

• The use of the verb «играть» with the prepositions «в» and «на» 
• Prepositional in the meaning of the object of thought 
• Genitive case in denial, matching numerals 2, 3, 4 with nouns in the Genitive case  
• Constructions «что? лежит/стоит/висит где?» 
• Genitive of a noun acting in the position of the subject «у кого? есть что?» 
• Genitive in the meaning of a place with the prepositions «(не)далеко от, около, без» 
• The construction «У меня нет…» in the past tense 
• Genitive of 3rd person personal pronouns in the construction of «кого? сейчас нет» 
• Prepositional case of adjectives and ordinal numbers in singular 
• Complicated definitive sentences with the conjunction «который»
• Vocabulary: 
  • The verbs «начинаться, заканчиваться»
  • Verbs denoting objects’ location «стоять, лежать, висеть»
  • The construction «Давай пойдем … !»
  • Adverbs of manner
  • Adverbs of frequency  
  • Ordinal numbers 

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes: 

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers 
• Russian language study tips