Elementary Russian Face-to-Face Courses

Russian Level 2 | Afternoons

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «ЧейЧьяЧьё?/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 «ПочемуКогда
  • 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. 

 

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 
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Russian Level 2 | Evenings

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «ЧейЧьяЧьё?/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 «ПочемуКогда
  • 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. 

 

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 
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Russian Level 2 | Sundays

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «ЧейЧьяЧьё?/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 «ПочемуКогда
  • 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. 

 

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 
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Russian Level 3 | Afternoons

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «житьучиться» 
  • 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.

 

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 
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Russian Level 3 | Evenings

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «житьучиться» 
  • 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.

 

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 
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Russian Level 3 | Sundays

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.

 Important Notice
The following Sunday courses will last 5 lessons, instead of the usual 6, with 2.5 hours lessons from 10:30 to 13:00.
 
6th April – 18th May 2025 (no lessons on 20th April, 5th May)
1st June – 29th June 2025
16th November – 14th December 2025

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.

 
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 

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Russian Level 4 | Afternoons

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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»

 

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 
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Russian Level 4 | Evenings

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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»

 

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 
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Russian Level 5 | Afternoons

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Afternoon language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «идтиехать» 
  • 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 

 

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 
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Russian Level 5 | Evenings

  • Course Details

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

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Afternoon language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

 

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 «идтиехать» 
  • 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 

 

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 
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