Practice and advance your Russian outside of the classroom with a native Russian-speaking peer! Learning Russian is more fun (and practical) if you get a chance to use it to interact with someone in Russia. These live, individual sessions allow you to apply what you are learning by taking part in informal chats with a Russian peer. 

  • You will meet five times. Your first session is all about introducing yourselves, your interests, and the things you like to talk about. You map out a plan for the next 4 sessions – topics for discussion.
  • Your Russian peer will send a list of vocabulary and discussion questions a few days in advance of each session for you to prepare. Depending on your level, you might receive a short article or video, which will serve to start off the conversation.
  • Sessions are 40 minutes, one-on-one.
  • Sessions are led by young Russian peer tutors who are eager to meet Americans and share Russian culture
  • Our tutors are in multiple time zones and can match most schedules, excluding Sundays.
  • These sessions are best suited to students who have completed at least one year of college Russian.
  • Flexible start date and scheduling. We put you in contact with your tutor and the two of you decide when it is convenient for you both to meet.  Keep in mind there will be an 8-15 hour time difference.
  • You can always add more sessions  – just contact us!

Want to gift this course? Contact us for instructions.

Program Details

Please plan to work from a laptop or desktop computer (as opposed to smartphone, or even iPad). Headphones and mic are strongly recommended to allow for better sound. We will be using Zoom platform.

Five 40-minute sessions, scheduled individually. This course has flexible start dates. Once you enroll we will work the schedule out with you.

Individual lessons can be rescheduled with at least 24-hour written notice to your instructor. If you are unable to attend the class for the full duration agreed upon and have not given 24-hour notice, the time cannot be carried over to another class as the instructor has already committed their time. Once the schedule is set, classes must be completed within 2 weeks of expected end date, otherwise any remaining classes are forfeited.

This is a non-credit course presented by the SRAS network of peer tutors.