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Russian, Russian as a hobby, Russian for business,

I am an experienced certified teacher of Russian language with about 20 years of teaching experience in eight countries.
I am a professional teacher with MA in Linguistics. I also have a Bachelor of Business Management.
I teach Russian as a hobby and for business.

My lesson always consists of a light warm-up on your favourite topic. Then we do exercises (one is on the past topic and the second is on the subject that needs to be repeated). In the lesson I speak a maximum of 10 minutes if I need to explain a new topic. At the end of the lesson, we have a rest - watch videos, sing or learn new words.

In my classes, I suggest:
- English as a support language
- individual teaching methods created by me ("Step by Step "/" Animation together")
- the newest online platforms (+online whiteboard)
- Practice of the language in different spheres: pronunciation, grammar, conversational topics, home and online reading, listening, writing
- various courses based on the most popular official textbooks' publications

For my classes you don't need to buy any extra books (!)

Extra information

Do you want to have energy from the lessons? Do you want to be healthy and speak smoothly a foreign language? Then feel free to start a lesson with me!

Location

Online via webcam

General info

Age:
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, Finnish, Russian

About Me

Hi!

I am an English language coach. Almost from birth, my parents immersed me in a foreign environment, which globally affected my fate and life path. When I was three years old, my parents went to Mongolia and we lived there for six years. Already there I created my own children's foreign language. I was very proud that my parents did not understand this language and I could freely speak it with my toys.

I'm originally from an industrial city of Russia. This city has a well-known steel factory, where expats came from all over the world. My teaching of a foreign language began for them. Then I travelled to different countries of the world and found students there.
In 2010, I moved to Finland through my studies and my teaching smoothly switched to online classes.

My lesson starts with a short warming-up.
After, we do exercises.
In my lesson, I talk maximum of 10 minutes, if there's a new topic. In the end, we learn new words, watch videos or sing:)
If needed, I use other support languages.
- I use individual teaching methods ("step-by-step"/ "animation together")
- I do online classes with the newest online platforms (+online whiteboard)
- Students can practice the language in different spheres: pronunciation, grammar, conversational topics, home and online reading, listening, writing
- I create courses based on the most famous official textbooks' publications (you don't need to buy them!)

Now I still live in Finland and help everyone who needs English as a language in a family, as a hobby, for study or work.

Let's continue our classes with the most popular language in the world, where from the very first lesson you will feel more comfortable with English using interactive platforms, an online whiteboard and other state-of-the-art tools!

I will be glad to see you soon! Bye-bye!

Education

Master of Arts in Linguistics, Bachelor of Business Administration, Professional Teaching Education; Cambridge Certification of Hotel Business, Wuerzburg University

Experience / Qualifications

20 years of foreign language teaching experience, professional teacher certification (Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki)

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