After six lessons with Katerina, my language journey is going well, and I'm really enjoying myself. Even though I'm a complete beginner, Katerina makes a point to speak Russian with me as much as possible. Because she tailors her language and expertly repeats the same phrases, I am beginning to understand more and more. When she needs to explain something more complicated, she will often start in Russian and then repeat herself in English. This is such a dynamic way to learn, and it also means that I'm becoming more comfortable using the few words and phrases that I know in response. I also love how much Katerina knows about etymology; it's really interesting and helps me remember vocabulary. Thank you, Katerina!

I have had three lessons with Katerina now, and I find her to be one of the most professional and prepared tutors that I've worked with on iTalki. Katerina provides structured presentations and materials that are perfect for a beginner. There is a lot of dialogue, many opportunities to listen and repeat/respond, and we have addressed some basic grammar that has arisen organically out of the dialogues. I also appreciate her patience with me when I stumble or don't understand something immediately! What a gem.

Katerina is a fantastic teacher! I tried a few different tutors, and Katerina instantly 'clicked'. She's engaging and supportive, and makes learning Russian an absolute pleasure. In terms of teaching, first she got to know me to understand my goals and experience. From there, she tailored her approach to best fit my needs. We use material that she provided, and there is structure and method, but learning is approached organically, which is a much nicer experience than rigidly following a textbook. We've covered speaking, reading, writing, and even cursive, with many tangents along the way to talk about art, culture, history, grammar, or even just how our weekend was. (Always по-русски, of course!) As for results, I am very very pleased! In a couple of weeks I saw more progress than in a year of trying to learn by myself. It helps to have an engaging, motivating, and helpful tutor like Katerina! I've had about two dozen lessons with her so far, and intend to have many many more!

Almost 50 lessons with Katerina. She’s everything I want in a teacher! Engaging, cheerful, patient, and structured. Looking forward to many many more hours of learning 😁

I enjoyed my first lesson with Katerina so much. I am a complete beginner with Russian, so I was a little nervous, but Katerina was warm, friendly and gave me a great introduction to Russian sounds and letters. She spoke a mixture of Russian and English so that by the end of our lesson, I had learnt a handful of words just through her expert repetition. The lesson was very student-focused; I was listening, reading and speaking the whole time. Best of all, Katerina shared some very interesting bits of Russian linguistic history with me :) I'm really looking forward to continuing my language learning journey with Katerina.

Katerina is very patient and she always comes prepared to the lessons with interesting topics :) I really enjoy our sessions together.