Have you ever looked at a street sign, a vintage poster, or a train schedule written in Cyrillic and felt like you were looking at an unbreakable secret code? Some letters look completely familiar (A, O, T), others look like Latin letters playing tricks on your mind (B is /v/? P is /r/?), and some look like geometric works of art (Ж, Ф, Щ).
"Cyrillic Script Masterclass" is an intensive, 5-week interactive program (40 lessons of 40 minutes each) designed to take you from total beginner to fluent reader and writer of the Cyrillic alphabet across its historical and modern variations.
Instead of dry, rote memorization, this course strictly follows a chronological, structure-first, and cultural approach:
Foundations First : Trace the origins from 9th-century Glagolitic to modern regional adaptations using dedicated color-coded boards per variation, master printed vs. handwritten cursive script, and decode real-world signs while building core phonetic and mouth-mechanics skills.
Alphabetical Mastery: Dedicate a full 40-minute immersion to every single letter in strict alphabetical order using a rich 8-point teaching template (including stroke direction, cursive variations, 1–3 vocabulary words, cultural references, and cumulative games).
Regional Variations & Synthesis: Explore specialized letters across regional variations (Serbian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Kazakh, etc.), undertake realia challenges, pass the final exit test, and build your roadmap for deeper language learning.
Start date: 7. November 2026
Price: Free
Schedule: Sat-Sun 09:00-12:00 | Tue-Thu-Sat 18:00-19:30
Location: Gladbachstrasse 36, 8006, Zurich | W.E. Association Center
Free spots: 6