A self-paced course for real conversations in Russian. About 45 minutes a day, at your own speed.
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Today's lesson
The lesson makes you recall each phrase — that's what makes it stick. The hands-free loop replays the phrases you're learning (English, then Russian, with a beat to repeat) — good for the car or the dishes, best after the day's lesson.
Tap any phrase that felt hard and it comes back tomorrow instead of on the normal schedule.
Build your own
Choose a style and a set of phrases. Listen & repeat is the hands-free version — turn on Loop and let it run.
Why lessons work this way
You say it before you hear it. Trying to recall a phrase — even when you miss — sticks far better than hearing it again. Each phrase is cued in English, then the track pauses for you to answer before the native voice does (Karpicke & Roediger, 2008; Kornell, Hays & Bjork, 2009).
Spaced, not looped. Replaying one clip back-to-back feels productive but fades fast; spreading practice out wins. Phrases come back within a lesson, then after 1, 2, 4 and 7 days (Kornell, 2009; Cepeda et al., 2008).
Out loud. Speaking a phrase makes it more memorable than hearing or reading it silently, and repeating along with a native voice builds fluency and listening (MacLeod et al., 2010; shadowing review, 2025).
Two voices. Hearing a man and a woman helps you understand voices you haven't met yet — like your student's (HVPT meta-analysis).
Sleep on it. Studying within a few hours of sleep improves recall, so an evening lesson beats a morning one. Ten to fifteen minutes a day beats an hour once (Gais et al., 2006).