Students build upon and increase listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the target language. Students develop their Russian proficiency through extensive, spontaneous interaction with a native-level instructor in the language.

Students develop cultural awareness and become prepared to encounter real-life situations outside of the classroom through discussions of cultural customs and behavior, watching videos, conducting internet research, and reading authentic materials written in the target languages.

Tutoring and Test Prep lessons are for students who would like additional support outside of the classroom. Whether tutoring for current coursework or preparing for an upcoming AP or Fluency exam, our native-level instructors are here to help!

Conversational Lessons are for students who are looking to expand their language skills. Heading to a new country and want to be prepared? Need language skills for a new job? With Conversational Lessons, you’ll learn to converse with a native-level speaker.

Innovative learning activities, students directed projects, and unique assessments engage students in the learning process. Instructors take notes during each lesson to share with students and evaluate students over time based on personal progress. We don’t believe in timed exams. We do believe in giving students the opportunity to present what they have learned in a format and environment in which they are comfortable. Final projects are presented to the instructor during the final lesson of the course along with any required written components.

Enrolling your student in a LanguageBird course offers greater freedom and flexibility for their learning than what is typically found in a traditional brick-and-mortar high school and middle school environment. All of our faculty are experienced instructors in the field of education, not just native-level speakers. Our trained, experienced instructors love to work with high school and middle school students. Students meet with the same instructor building a relationship and skills. Students use our courses to make more room in their daily school schedule to get ahead, make-up a class, or study a language not offered at their school.

Learning any language in a traditional classroom is very challenging because you typically have one teacher for 30 students. And not all people learn at the same pace, or in the same teaching style. Learning Russian in a traditional classroom can be especially challenging because not only must students learn words and practice conversation skills, they also have to learn Cyrillic. And just like letters from Asian languages, these are unrecognizable to letters used in English, Spanish, and languages from Western Europe.

There is no consistent one-on-one instruction on high school campuses. However, online language companies like LanguageBird have the much-needed one-on-one instruction between individual students and teachers within a virtual classroom, thus making Russian classes online a valuable investment for parents who want to see their kids excel.

In many cases, high school students will use up an entire school year to learn a foreign language required for them to move on to college, get NCAA scholarship programs, or achieve the next phase in their journey.

Before we speak of early graduation, let’s talk about accreditation. Before you enroll your child in an online Russian course, meet with the high school counselor and have him or her review the proposed online Russian course you propose for your child. The counselor will know what programs the accreditation must appease, while also ensuring the credits will transfer to the high school.

As for early graduation, most students who want a head start while lightening their load in their senior year, will take Russian classes online during the summer before or after their senior year. Most accredited language companies offering an online Russian course have summer programs to help students get their needed credits in a three-month timeframe (give or take a few weeks) as opposed to taking a Russian class that lasts throughout the entire year.

First, let’s look at the reasons why students would choose Russian as a foreign language to learn:

• To make meaningful connections with people they meet on a trip to Russia
• They love Russian literature and want to study it in college
• They have Russian relatives and want to bridge the family’s youngest generation with the oldest one
• They want to major in international business or international law with a focus on Russian markets and policies.

In order to perform at a high level to hit these goals and excel in these areas, having cultural and historical layers of education layered in Russian classes online is critical. If students want to read Gogol, Tolstoy, Pushkin or Bulgakov in the original language, they will need an online Russian tutor or a class that offers the necessary cultural insights. For example, if the student wants to be a Bulgakov scholar in college, they will need to learn about the Russian Civil War and the White and Red armies. They will also need a firm grasp on Communism and the internal movements that countered it, along with understanding how magical realism fits into various Russian cultures and mindsets. The best Russian classes online will help your student learn the language while teaching the language within a context apropos for their learning and comprehension.

If students want to major in international business with a focus on Russia, then their language lessons could involve a context within the Russian Federation, and an updated report on sanctions placed by the European Council. This could also involve learning how the World Bank collects data and uses it as KPIs for reading and setting economic and business conditions in Russia, exporting laws, regulations, the legal system, foreign investment, and other topics that can be used to frame Russian classes online.

If your child wants to make connections with his Babushka (бабушка) then the online Russian course should be structured in a way to teach the right method of speaking to people from their generation, as well as etiquette and other techniques for tightening family bonds. So if the intention is not merely an academic one but you are also planning a family trip to Moscow, the teacher running the Russian classes online can structure the approach in a way that will help your child learn how to communicate with his grandparents in a loving, respectful manner.