Live & Learn

Have a professional teacher as your host family in St Petersburg

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Why choose Live & Learn

Maximum immersion

Full immersion in Russian social & cultural environment

Homestay

Students live and study at their teacher’s home

Tailored programme

Designed according to student’s interests

Outdoor classes

Involves a combination of indoor and outdoor lessons

About Live & Learn program

Homestay with a teacher

Live and Learn program is created for those who want to learn Russian all day and practice it with a highly qualified teacher starting from breakfast until the end of the day. Students live at teacher’s home during the program that makes a student use Russian in all daily routine situations. As students speak their target language during the whole day, they improve their language skills in all aspects.

In-home and outdoor lessons

In this program, there are in-home lessons structured according to the communicative approach and outdoor lessons to let students get Russian cultural background and explore one of the most marvelous cities of the world. The teacher is always near the student throughout the whole day to kindly correct mistakes and introduce new vocabulary and phrases.

The practice

There is no minimum level required to enroll in the Live and Learn program. Anyone wishing to fully immerse into Russian language and culture can join this program and gain a great experience in learning Russian. The practice runs under kind and attentive supervision of the teacher, which makes the student feel more comfortable and confident while communicating and consequently helps overcome the language barrier much faster.

Course Characteristics

Packages available: 20 or 30 less/week
Number of participants: 1
Minimum age: 16
Location of the lessons: at teacher’s house
Minimum level required: A0
Course start: every Monday
Schedule: morning / afternoon

Course fee includes

placement test
individual program development
welcome pack
homestay in the family of the teacher
indoor and outdoor individual lessons
boat trip/bus tour around St Petersburg
lunch at Russian restaurant
student card (free entrance to museums)
end-of-course certificate

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Academic staff

Jasmin

"It is always great to see how people from different countries and different mindsets start communicating in Russian from the very first lesson".

Teaching at Educa since 2022

Maria

"On my online lessons we study not only grammar rules, but also we discuss Russian culture, history and anything of interest for the students".

Teaching at Educa since 2021

Natalia

"Every student for me is unique and I also learn something new every day. The learning process is an amazing mutual exchange of knowledge".

Teaching at Educa since 2021

Valeria

"I pay closest attention to students’ requirements as well as their interests and hobbies. They’ll never learn something they don’t need".

Teaching at Educa since 2023

Maria

"My goal is to organize amusing lessons for students, to provide them with the materials of current interest and to gain excellent results together".

Teaching at Educa since 2016

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Prices per week

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Breakfast

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790

Standard 20

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Halfboard

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890

Standard 20

Meal Plan
Full board

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990

Standard 20

Program doesn't include transfer, visa and flight expenses.

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Jasmin

"It is always great to see how people from different countries and different mindsets start communicating in Russian from the very first lesson".

Teaching at Educa since 2022

Maria

"On my online lessons we study not only grammar rules, but also we discuss Russian culture, history and anything of interest for the students".

Teaching at Educa since 2016

Natalia

"Every student for me is unique and I also learn something new every day. The learning process is an amazing mutual exchange of knowledge".

Teaching at Educa since 2022

Valeria

"I pay closest attention to students’ requirements as well as their interests and hobbies. They’ll never learn something they don’t need".

Teaching at Educa since 2023

Maria

"My goal is to organize amusing lessons for students, to provide them with the materials of current interest and to gain excellent results together".

Teaching at Educa since 2018

Students’ Reviews

James Brown

The first thing that I liked at Educa is that this is a great-looking school. In addition to that, the group that I had was small, there were just four people. It was really easy to talk in a nice atmosphere and nice dynamic. The teacher that I had, Nina, she was fabulous! She presented […]

Michelle McKenzie

I am an American University Student studying at Educa School. I spent the whole summer learning Russian in St Petersburg with Educa. The teacher has been fantastic. I have learnt so much and for me the most important part of my experience was improving my speaking abilities and having opportunity to practice them. The city […]

Hans Christian

Educa is my highest recomendation! It is a woderful school with nice teachers and great students. The city is wonderful, it is a lillt bit cold sometimes but you definitely can get used to it. Besides that you will love Russian people, they are wonderful. I highly recommend Educa!

Vitor Nogueira

I’ve been studying Russian for more than four years now but this was the first time I was studying Russian in Russia. It was very positive to combine what I was learning in the classes at EDUCA with my experience outside. People in Saint Petersburg are very friendly and every time I would go to […]

Alessio Montegiove

I decided to sign up for a week of private lessons at EDUCA and, even though it was a short period, I had a very interesting improvement in my Russian language. I chose to study Russian because of my job and how many Russian friends I have. Now I can even have a short conversation […]

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