Ksenia

Ksenia is an outstanding teacher. She is always very well prepared and comes to every lesson with a clear, structured plan. She creates custom flashcards for me, which has helped me build and retain vocabulary much more effectively. She is highly proficient in both English and Spanish, and I’ve been able to communicate with her comfortably in both languages when needed. Since learning with her, I’ve gone from struggling to read to being able to read and speak quite confidently. The system she uses makes it easy to see my vocabulary grow and track my progress over time, which has been incredibly motivating. Ksenia is also very kind, patient, and supportive. She’s always available if I have questions, and I really appreciate how she encourages me when I doubt myself by pointing out the progress I’ve already made. I highly recommend her to anyone serious about improving their language skills.

I have been having classes with Ksenia for plenty of time now, and I must say she is probably the best language teacher I ever had! It's true, I can say that I had teachers who were living dictionaries and knew ever word and translation you could ask without hesitating, but I have yet to meet one that can teach as Ksenia. She is able to make the "big and scary" Russian language become easy and intuitive. The way she structures her teaching course makes the language very comprehensible, as instead of being grammar heavy, she decides to teach you in a way that you'll be talking without thinking much. Through the lessons, you will talk a lot as well as read and train for daily conversations. You will also have the opportunity to practice your writing. If you're scared of how difficult learning Russian can be, I recommend you have some classes with Ksenia as surely it will become much easier and more fun. That applies to both English and Spanish speakers alike

Today we talked about it bats, raccoons, and rabies! Haha! Truly the conversation is so easy and takes us to all sorts of different topics that make me feel like I’m getting well-rounded vocabulary. (I knew not a single one of these words before by the way so it’s fun to see how I could communicate with words I do know)! Ksenia makes an hour fly by- I can’t say enough how motivated I am coming out of each lesson.

Я долго искала преподавателя и сначала пробовала именно с носителями испанского, но им было тяжело объяснить некоторые специфические моменты. С Ксенией все легко, я часто говорю, что у меня есть только 30 мин на сегодняшний урок, но потом замечаю, что уже 45 пролетели и мы даже пересидели) Она помнит все мои ошибки и ненавязчиво добавляет эти задания на новых уроках, чтобы я наверняка запомнила) Также имеет индивидуальный подход и старается добавить именно тот тип обучения, который меня бодрит) Вообщем мне нравится, я нашла своего учителя, никуда уже не уйду)

I am really really bad at the Russian verbs of motion and so Ksenia is coming up with a variety of ways to incorporate them into our conversation. We also practice conjugations in a way that is helping me slowly feel more natural/quick. It's just hard! Ksenia is patient and kind and I endlessly appreciate it.

Lessons with Ksenia FLY by. Quickest hour of my day. She makes the content so useful and when I am really struggling with a concept she pauses and we will spend time making sentences/phrases to practice. It provides focused repetition while allowing us to still have conversations. We talk about all sorts of things but also cover the mundane stuff that you just can't live without- furniture! travel/verbs of motion! weather! It's so fun! The homework is progressively getting more challenging, but at a manageable pace. I used to be very nervous prior to lessons (not because of Ksenia, just my own insecurities) and now I really truly look forward to them. She is amazing!