Russian Language Center

I studied «Russian for Beginners» at the RLC’s Wanchai site for around 8 months before visiting my father, who lives in Moscow. I found the Russian Language Center in Hong Kong after a quick Google search, and didn’t know what to expect. After only the first month, I was surprised by how quickly my Russian language skills were developing!
Dima — or Dmitry — was my teacher, a native Russian speaker who held the twice-​weekly lessons in excellent English. He still holds the beginner and intermediate classes at Sheung Wan today.
As I was working, I would attend night classes from 7pm to 8.30pm, Mondays and Thursdays. The group was fairly mixed, with around 5 people of a few different ethnicities.
I liked how my course was very well suited to my beginner status, and Dima is an excellent teacher, keeping the classes informative, fun, and interactive. All you need to bring with you is a notebook and pen, and they provide you with the Russian textbook that comes with a CD with MP3 recordings of certain exercises.
Learning Russian was quite difficult, but the classes were so well-​structured that I noticed my speaking and writing improving after only a few months. The best part was that Dima would send ‘follow-​up’ emails after every lesson, informing us of what was written on the whiteboard, extra notes, links, MP3 recordings, documents, and reminders for homework. It was important to get the homework done otherwise you’d feel a little left behind, as the course does move quite swiftly from introduction to quite challenging grammar.
For anyone wanting to learn Russian, I would definitely recommend the RLC.