First Course Overview

The first course in this path will cover the workspace language essentials and focuses on formality, small-talk, being able to make a presentation, tell a story, the cultural dimensions of mockery (mișto), sense of humour and more.

Learning Objectives

Most TBD, but at the end of this course you will be able to feel integrated in the work group.

Teaching Methods

Language learning can be quite dull and boring without practical examples and cool visuals. That is why the course is packed with:

• real-life conversations between Romanian speakers,
• plenty of learning materials as PDFs and audio files,
• fun grammar (yes, fun),
• relevant stories from your instructor,
• links and references to learn more about about the covered topics,
• and more.

Prerequisites

A1, but the more Romanian you know, the better.

Instructor

Ștefan is a computer scientist turned journalist, turned language tutor. His love for languages, and specifically for Romanian, made him combine all his skills into one and create the Romanian Academy.

Since the pandemic hit he has taught Romanian to hundreds of students worldwide, making sure they understand and apply their skills in the real world. His alumni have now a functional, happy life in Romania, manage to have deep conversations with their in-laws, understand their workmates’ jokes, and last but not least, they became their own Romanian teachers.