First of all, I want to direct all my praise and highest compliments to the Lithuanian language teacher Kotryna, whose clear and firm guidance made the remote lessons truly exceptional. It was a perfect example of how even remotely it is possible to manage a class of teenagers — to engage them, assign creative tasks, allow the students themselves to evaluate them, and encourage them to read in Lithuanian. I was amazed each time at how much could be achieved during a 90-minute focused and compelling lesson.

The meetings with authors Tomas Dirgėla and Kotryna Zylė also brought a very warm and lively touch to the lessons. The children were bursting with excitement at the chance to interact with the authors of the books they had read — all while living in Vienna.

When living abroad, it is very easy to forget your language and proper writing. Maintaining that has been very important to our family. However, trying to teach four children of different ages ourselves became too difficult, so we were very happy to have found this Lithuanian Education program.