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My name is Yacub Braih. I joined Kalinka Russian Language School in 2024 to prepare for my Leaving Сert Exam: Russian oral and written. I have made incredible progress in my grammar and writing skills, and I felt confident about my Russian oral exam as well, which I had in April. Thanks to Irina Lawless,…

Living in Ireland and speaking English daily, I slowly started to forget the Russian language. Since it is one of my native languages, I wanted to maintain it as much as possible. I was looking for a professional teacher to teach the language, and that’s when I came across Irina Lawless from Kalinka. She is…

For as long as I can remember, I was fascinated with Russia and its language. I remember hearing a Russian song as a teenager and thought it sounded so cool the lyrics were written in some cool text that I didn’t understand, so I started buying books to learn Russian. However, I wasn’t successful even…