Follow Steven, a Canadian student, as he visits Ukraine and befriends a native Ukrainian in the capital city of Kyiv — and learn the language through his story.
- 20 lessons with 23 native-speaker videos
- Transcriptions, translations & annotations
- 7,500 native-speaker word & sentence audio recordings
- Interactive exercises through Moodle
This course costs only $9.99/month (3 months minimum)
Watch video and learn about greetings, shopping, food, dining out, weather, education, literature, holiday traditions, and more. With our specially designed video player for language learning you can pause the video at any point and scroll the transcription. Read annotations about culture and grammar. Click on almost any word or sentence to hear it spoken, along with translations.
This course can be used either by independent learners or by students in a traditional or self-instructional classroom setting, and is the equivalent of the material covered in a one-year college course.
Classroom-Tested and Peer-Reviewed
Multiple Choice, Fill in the blank, and Listening Dictation exercises are provided for each lesson. A searchable audio glossary with thousands of words and translations helps you find every occurrence of a word or part of a word in all of the lessons.
Here is a demonstration video showing how our searchable audio glossary works.This course costs only $9.99/month (3 months minimum)
Lesson 1: Introduction
Our Special Video Player for Language Learning
Sample Video: Ukrainian Numbers 0-20
Table of Contents and Free Sample Lessons with Video
Try one of the sample lessons below with video, transcriptions, annotations, translations, and individual word and sentence audio recordings:
Ukrainian Alphabet with example wordsLessons
- ЗНАЙОМСТВО (Introduction), Try: Audio Flashcards, Drag the words, Listening Dictation
- ЩО ЦЕ? (What is this?)
- УКРАЇНСЬКА РОДИНА (Ukrainian family)
- У КІМНАТІ (In the room)
- УЛЮБЛЕНЕ ЗАНЯТТЯ (Hobby)
- МИ ВИВЧАЄМО МОВУ (We learn languages)
- МІЙ ТИЖДЕНЬ (My week)
- МИНУЛІ ВИХІДНІ (Last week)
- КУДИ ТИ ЙДЕШ? (Where are you going?)
- ПОКУПКИ (Shopping)
- У ГОСТЯХ (On a visit)
- ТЕЛЕФОННА РОЗМОВА (Telephone conversation)
- КОТРА ГОДИНА? (What time is it?)
- ЩО НОВОГО? (What’s new?)
- У МАГАЗИНІ (At the store)
- ЯКЕ СЬОГОДНІ ЧИСЛО? (What is today’s date?)
- У ГОТЕЛІ (At the hotel)
- ПРОГНОЗ ПОГОДИ (Weather forecast)
- У МІСТІ (In town)
- У РЕСТОРАНІ (At a restaurant)
What our Students are Saying
“I love that in your lessons, I can click on each word individually for both pronunciation and meaning in English. I really need the pronunciation aspect in my language learning, and this is so helpful…”
About the Author
Oksana Sachyk graduated from Kyiv State Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine, with a PhD degree in Linguistics. She worked as an associate professor at Kyiv National Shevchenko University, Department of Foreign Philology, teaching courses in English Language and Literature. After moving to Canada, she taught Ukrainian and Russian at FLIO, the Foreign Language Institute of Ottawa. Since 2008, she has worked as a language specialist and learning consultant for the Canadian government. She is also the author of our Intermediate Ukrainian course.Course materials © 1995–2026 Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. Used under license.
Frequently asked questions
How much material does Beginning Ukrainian cover?
Beginning Ukrainian covers the equivalent of a full year of college-level Ukrainian instruction — roughly 120 hours of material — delivered as structured video lessons with full transcriptions and translations.
Do I need any prior experience to take Beginning Ukrainian?
No. Beginning Ukrainian starts from the very beginning — the alphabet, sounds, and essential phrases — and assumes no prior knowledge of Ukrainian.
How are the lessons delivered?
The course is fully online and self-paced. You learn from native-speaker videos with on-screen transcriptions and translations, then practice with interactive exercises — on any device, on your own schedule.
How much does Beginning Ukrainian cost?
Access is $9.99/month with a three-month minimum, and one subscription unlocks the entire course.
Who created Beginning Ukrainian?
Beginning Ukrainian was originally created by the University of Arizona Critical Languages Program as part of the Critical Languages Series. It was designed by Oksana Sachyk, PhD, published by Language Canvas, and used under license.