NLP Language Coach, polyglot 7 languages here to help you achieve your language goal!
Teaches
Italian
Speaks
Russian
Native
Ukrainian
Native
English
French
German
Spanish
Japanese
NLP Language Coach, polyglot 7 languages here to help you achieve your language goal!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From ItalyLiving in Vancouver, Canada (09:58 UTC-07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jul 20, 2020
Ciao! I'm Elena, and I'm here to teach you Italian and Russian.
I'm originally from Ukraine, but I moved to Italy when I was 14, and have lived in this beautiful country since then.
When I just moved, I started my first year at high school, even though I didn't know Italian.
That's why I'm the one who understands the challenges of someone who wants to learn a language from scratch or someone who has just moved to another country - I've experienced it firsthand.
Me as a Teacher
I am an NLP Language Coach
I'm a 7 languages polyglot and have a NLP Practitioner certification.
I believe that learning a language is not only about grammar, spelling and vocabulary, but it's also about the cultural background, mentality, habits and values of that country.
And that once you know them - you'll have a deeper understanding of the native speakers, and you'll find it easier to integrate within their community.
In this way, your experience of speaking a language will be completely different!
My lessons & teaching style
The main focus will be learning about the cultural background, habits, mentality, and lifestyle about Italy and Russian - speaking countries, lots of conversation but also written exercises and homework assignments.
From my almost one year experience, I realised that mindset when studying a language is a big thing. Thanks to my basic knowledge of psychology and NLP Practitioner certification, students feel comfortable and at ease during our lessons. I have a personalised approach with each student and help them overcome the fear of making mistakes.
My teaching material
PDF file
Homework Assignments
Text Documents
Image files
Video files
Quizzes
Articles and news
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Rating
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Students
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Lessons
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5.0
Rating
28
Students
316
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Italian Lessons
Trial Lesson
13 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Conversational Italian - Parliamo in Italiano
A2 - C2Conversation Practice146 lessons completed
USD 15.00
Package with 6% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
38 Reviews
Victoria
37 Russian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Elena is a great teacher with an innovative and personalized approach, and anyone would be lucky and privileged to have the opportunity to learn with her. She is intuitive in her approach and is able to sense her students’ needs before they have to articulate them.
Elena is flexible in her methodology, happily uses a traditional, communicative or individualized approach, and welcomes student suggestions or requests. Due to this flexibility, Elena would be able to work with anyone, regardless of diverse needs or preferences.
I have dyslexia, which means that attempting to teach me with a more traditional method that one often sees when learning Russian, wherein a heavy emphasis is put on reading, grammar and rote memorization, rather than language usage, is less successful for me. Elena was happy to learn more about how to best teach according to my needs, and to try new strategies, while still making me feel respected, capable and intelligent. She is a rare find on italki.
Mar 12, 2021
Asha
89 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have enjoyed all of my lessons with Elena!
She is a wonderful Italian teacher who makes lessons interesting and challenging. She also provides extra reading recommendations, videos and 'homework' if desired, which I have really enjoyed working through in my own time.
From the start, I have felt comfortable to make mistakes - thanks to Elena's supportive nature!
I hope she never stops teaching Italian on italkie!
Feb 25, 2021
Max
3 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
This was a really fun and productive lesson. Elena is a polyglot herself therefore she understands the learning process of her students and was very helpful in allowing me to ramble in Italian. Really patient teacher and all of her hints were well timed and allowed our conversation to flow naturally.
Aug 15, 2020
Olha Sokolenko
1 Italian lesson
хорошо
May 16, 2022
Alessandro
23 Russian lessons
Ottima lezione, abbiamo ripassato tanti argomenti dopo una mia lunga assenza.
May 19, 2021
Victoria
37 Russian lessons
I simply cannot recommend Elena enough. I went from struggling to speak to successfully speaking in full sentences and not being afraid to make mistakes (I still make them - I just know it is okay now). Elena is very good at not correcting so the mistakes so often that it inhabits the conversation. I have also learned so many words, and I feel like my active vocabulary is much, much better. As always, this was a very good, despite the strange circumstances. I didn't feel like today I was quite as successful as last time (reading and vocabulary retention was harder than last time), but I was very glad to hear that my intonation was less French sounding than usual :)