FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My base rate is 40$/ hour for in person lessons and 35$/hour for online lessons.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
At my lessons, I have creativity and do my best to build an exciting and interesting learning experience. In practice, I utilize interactive teaching methods and activities to motivate students to learn and communicate in a foreign language. I often use visual aids, such as software tools or videos and make students feel that learning a foreign language is fun and interesting. I believe culture is a crucial concept in language teaching, in a certain sense language learning is culture learning. Therefore, my lessons always include a basic cultural section where I introduce culture and customs to the students.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I graduated with Honors from Moscow City Teacher Training University with a Master’s degree in Linguistics. I studied abroad in the UK and China. In 2012, I participated in the summer school language program in the United Kingdom (Cambridge Regional College, advanced English). In 2013, I had chance to join a student exchange program for 6 months in China at Nanjing University. In 2014, I was awarded a one-year Full Chinese Government scholarship to study at Fudan University, which is one of the top 5 universities in China. There I studied advanced Chinese, Chinese culture, history and calligraphy. Certifications: Master's degree in Linguistics (Theory and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages); Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics (Theory and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages); Diploma with the assignment degree " Professional Translator " Cambridge Regional College certificate, Advanced English; HSK Level 6, Advanced level of Mandarin Chinese;