Elif

Elif is a TREASURE of a teacher...do NOT wait, search no more, book her now!! She's kind, patient, encouraging, and very clear in her explanations. We went through a sample dialogue very deliberately and carefully, having a good look at the present continuous but also endings and vowel/consonant changes. She is a wonderful guide and I feel really motivated to continue with her help.

I take conversation lessons with Elif and I couldn't imagine a better teacher! Every conversation we have is like talking to a friend over coffee. Elif is always super patient when I need a little longer to formulate my answer. If I don't know what to say, I can ask her in English, because her English is very good. However, we try to speak as much Turkish as possible and only switch to English in ‘emergencies’. She writes new words or improved sentence constructions in the chat so that I can look over them again after the lesson. On request, she gives me homework, which we then go through together at the end of our lesson, improve and discuss. She is also incredibly motivating and draws my attention when she notices improvements or when I have used complex sentence structures well. So I always leave the lessons totally satisfied with my Turkish and am already looking forward to the next one! Çok teşekkürler Elif! 🤩

Wonderful as always!!

Elif is an absolutely amazing teacher, for sure one of the best that I have had. She has so much knowledge of her language as well as of English so she can explain concepts really well. Her kindness and empathy from her psychology background positively influences all her teaching

Another Turkish conversation lesson with Elif, which I leave thinking: Wow, my Turkish is great! 😄 Elif has the wonderful gift of making me feel like I have a better grasp of the language than I actually do. That really motivates me! She never interrupts me while I'm thinking and searching for words. Her corrections are gentle and always make me feel like I actually knew it myself. Even though I often want to say much more and go into much more detail, it feels like Elif can read between the lines of my often still quite simple sentences. Harika sohbetimiz için çok teşekkürler! Şimdiden bir sonraki dersi sabırsızlıkla bekliyorum.

Thank you for another enjoyable and helpful class. It's just the right mixture of conversation and grammar, repetition and new content, feeling of achievement and challenge. I'm already looking forward to the next class.