Olga_L, Russian teacher from Russian Federation

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Availability Status: I'm not looking for new students now

Language Taught
Russian

Hourly Rate
200 - 250 ITC

=20.00 -25.00USD

30 Minute Trial: 10 ITC

Feedback Rating

4.9	\| 23 completed session(s)

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Teacher Biography

I'm a native speaker of Russian and a linguist by profession. I have 2 small kids so these last several years I've been working from home teaching people Russian language online. I have a passion for teaching and I'm happy to be a guide to the Russian culture for those who find it interesting.

I use authentic text, audio and video materials that you will receive without extra charge. Usually we work using a webcam and a headset to talk and a virtual online Cyrillic keyboard + a virtual whiteboard to type.

I'm interested in innovative teaching methods and I'm dreaming to find a student who would want to try out speaking practice sessions in Second Life (3D virtual world). But of course you are welcome to have lessons in a more traditional format :)

Besides, I'm working on creating free educational Russian language materials for a website. Part of them will be Russian short stories adapted by Ilia Fank's method. I'd like to find a language exchange partner (an English speaker and an intermediate / advanced learner of Russian) to help me with this work. I think it will be fun to read together, discuss the stories and nuances of word meanings in Russian and English.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:
1994-2000 Russian Philology Department (Voronezh State University, Russia)
1998-2001 Romance and Germanic Phililogy Department (VSU, Russia)
Certificate in using ICT for teaching foreign languages - 2009

Courses

One-on-One tutoring: Russian
Language taught: Russian
Course type: General
Sessions taught: 14
Hourly Rate
250 ITC
=25.00 USD
LANGUAGE IMMERSION for Beginners
Language taught: Russian
Course type: Speaking / Listening
Sessions taught: 9
Hourly Rate
200 ITC
=20.00 USD
Reading & Pronunciation Intro Course
Language taught: Russian
Course type: General
Sessions taught: 0
Hourly Rate
200 ITC
=20.00 USD

Session Statistics

	Last month	Last 3 months	All time
Feedback Rating Professional Knowledgeable Helpful	N / A N / A N / A N / A	N / A N / A N / A N / A	4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8
Completed sessions Regular sessions Trial sessions Attendance Disputed Sessions Terminated Packages	0 0 0 N / A 0 0	0 0 0 100.00% 1 0	23 17 6 96.30% 4 0
Teacher since Aug 19, 2009 Last session Dec 20, 2011

Students (7)

Reviews (6)

Martin Sep 23, 2011
Many thanks for a good session. I look forward to next time.
Martin Sep 16, 2011
Olga was sympathetic and patient with me, however talking for 1 hour was very hard work! I would appreciate a much slower and simpler dialogue, where I can practice listening as well as talking.
randy Feb 01, 2010
Very enjoyable and challenging lesson. Olga's use of audio and visual materials in the lesson was exceptionally smooth and I loved the conclusion of the lesson where we took parts from the dialog and role played the characters in the audio dialogs.
Paul Nov 18, 2009
Olga was well prepared with a lesson plan and materials. Very professional, very helpful.
Paul Nov 13, 2009
Olga had a full lesson plan and kept the full lesson going without any awkward pauses or fumbling. She paid close attention to how I was pronouncing the words and was patient in getting me to say it correctly. It was a great lesson.