Frank Althaus is founder and director of the Russian Language Centre (RLC), the UK's largest Russian teaching institution, with more than 450 students currently enrolled. He has taught Russian since 1992, and has co-authored several course books used at RLC, including the Centre's four main textbooks, two of which form the basis of Russian made clear. Vera Adian is Senior Tutor at the Russian Language Centre, with more than 30 years' experience of teaching Russian as a foreign language, initially in Moscow and, since 1996, in London. She is co-author of RLC's four main textbooks and has presented regularly at conferences and seminars around Europe.