AS A MEMBER OF THE FLUENTRUSSIA ENGLISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY, LEARNING TO ACTUALLY SPEAK ENGLISH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
FLUENTRUSSIA was formed and is managed by a team of experienced British and Russian, language teaching professionals and educational technology (“edtech”) specialists who believe there is a better (and less expensive) way for Russians to learn English and acquire other critical English communication and career skills.
How It All Began
In 2005, we began teaching English (and other languages) very differently in Moscow and throughout the country: We formed FLUENTRUSSIA/ dialog to provide language and
communication skills training to the corporate market. Dialog is now the largest provider of corporate language training in the country —teaching English
to over 10,000 corporate personnel in twenty Russian cities and in London and New York— with a list of corporate
clients that includes the Russian business units of more than eighty of the world's largest international companies as well as many leading
Russian industrial, consumer, financial and energy businesses.
We were never just about providing language classes: In fact, we did much more by offering an English learning and speaking environment and
English language-oriented events where students could actually learn to speak English by
actually practicing English for free and having fun doing so.
Russian and international companies called us the best language school in Russia because we
eliminated everything traditional language schools did that made learning English difficult and
incredibly expensive: no ridiculously high rates, no inexperienced native speaking instructors
who weren't really teachers, no extra charges for speaking practice and no charge for online self-
study. We became the “anti” language school and the corporate market took advantage of our
great classes, awesome teachers, free speaking practice and free events.
Where We Are Now
FLUENTRUSSIA/moscow was formed in 2017 to offer Russian-speaking individuals,
throughout the country, the same high-quality language training which FR now provides to
students who participate in it its corporate English language programs: that is, FR was formed to
meet the needs of the millions of Russians who want to learn English and English
communication skills but are unable to do so because of high costs and other barriers to effective
English language instruction.
Learning English with FR certainly isn’t just about attending classes and sitting in front of your
computer memorizing grammar rules and learning vocabulary. Today’s FR English learners have
access to a wide range of new and innovative FR educational technology applications which
offer personalized learning content and opportunities to practice speaking English at their
fingertips, literally. The digital world has provided a whole new landscape for FR English
language students to learn new skills, practice them and assess their own progress.
FR’s educational technology has certainly opened up a whole new type of learning. However,
traditional teaching methods still have an awful lot to offer. Though classroom and online
lessons offer huge benefits for language learners, they still find it difficult to top the value of
practicing speaking and listening language skills with an experienced English instructor. And
we’ve added a wide array of “out of the classroom” English language oriented events and
activities that get you speaking English while doing something that you enjoy and meeting new
people—members of the FR community throughout the Russian speaking world.
And, the FR community of English speakers provides many opportunities to interact in English
in both social and professional situations.
FR’s General Director is Ekaterina Ezdina, a highly successful entrepreneur and, foremost, an
accomplished Russian language teacher and educator. Ekaterina can always be reached at:
ekaterina.ezdina@fluentrussia.ru