Marina

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Good at teaching languages. Cater my classes to the customer's needs. Flexible for schedules. Experienced in teaching through Internet. Education: MA in Second Language Studies (USA) English Language Pedagogy (UK). Certificates: CELTA (Cambridge English Language Teacher for Adults), Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Language Teaching. I provide written translations and text editing too. Though I have sufficient experience in both it has always been my part-time job. I work with both English and Russian. Personal communication. Meeting new people. Developing flexibility to meet all customers' needs. Enjoy seeing my students' progress, their growing fluency in the language and success using it at work.

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Hired 12 times

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28 years in business

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Dan M.

Dec 11, 2017

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Details: 26 - 44 years old • Advanced • Professional or academic verbal comprehension • Intermediate • Intermediate • Professional or academic reading/writing • More than once a week • 60 minutes • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Saturday • Friday • Morning (9am - noon) • Early morning (before 9am) • Late afternoon (3 - 6pm) • Early afternoon (noon - 3pm) • As soon as possible • Ready to hire the right teacher now • I travel to the ESL tutor • The ESL tutor travels to me

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ESL (English as a Second Language) Lessons

Irina N.

May 9, 2017

Hi! I am Irina V. Nikitina, Associate Professor at the School of Interpreting and Translation of the State Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Extensively working in the field of translation and interpreting, I have engaged Marina Sokolova in many translation projects as a freelance translator and editor in both Russian and English. Marina has excellent qualifications required for the job. With MA in Second Language Studies (USA) and English Language Pedagogy (UK), as well as such well-established certificates as CELTA (Cambridge English Language Teacher for Adults), Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Language Teaching, she makes a truly valuable contribution to a solid team of translators that I closely cooperate with. In every project Marina has been part of or has lead, she has demonstrated a set of qualities that are truly valuable for a professional: authentic and idiomatic language, broad outlooks, inquisitiveness, accuracy, commitment to deadlines, meticulousness, flexibility and responsiveness. Marina has deep knowledge and wide experience in the following areas: business correspondence, general documentation, academic, fiction. Her translations are always proofread and never require double check. I frequently address Marina to get her expert opinion on various linguistic matters both in Russian and English and find her approach to the job of translation and editing truly passionate.

Brian K.

May 5, 2017

Sergey S.

May 14, 2017

Sergey S. My name is Sergey. My company hired Marina for online classes in conversation English. We are IT specialists and did not have much of a real-life conversation in English before classes with Marina. The classes were great, we had a lot of fun and improved a lot. We had no problem talking to customers in English at the technical exhibition afterwards.

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I enjoyed working with you, guys, too.

José L.

May 13, 2017

I had a few lessons with Marina, to improve my written English. My English is very advanced but I needed help with writing. She was extraordinary at the job, she has a great feeling for the language.

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My price varies from $25 to $50 per hour depending on the amount of work needed. All the prices are negotiable and I give discounts for long-term projects.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I offer a free 30 minute-trial lesson. Then we talk and I try to figure out what learning strategies a student is most comfortable with. If at the end of this conversation I am not sure about the student's level of proficiency in the language I may ask her/him to do a little placement test for me.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
MA in Second Language Studies, USA Language Pedagogy training, UK BA in pre-school teaching.

Marina

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