- Teaching
- 25+ years
- Qualification
- TESOL Diploma
- Languages
- Russian, English
- Based in
- Vladivostok, Russia
Your teacher
About Marina
Marina is a native Russian speaker and a qualified teacher with more than 25 years of classroom experience. She holds a TESOL Diploma and has spent her career explaining language to learners who need clarity, not jargon.
She teaches Russian to English-speaking adults and to students preparing for GCSE and A-level. Her students tend to be people who have tried an app or a group course, enjoyed the idea of Russian, but stalled when the grammar became abstract.
Lessons are calm and structured. There is no performance, no rushing, and no pretending that six cases can be learned in a week. The aim is steady progress you can actually use.
What she will not do
- Promise fluency in three months.
- Pretend that an app alone will prepare you for an exam.
- Fill a lesson with grammar tables and call it teaching.
- Keep you as a student if a different format would suit you better.
Three principles
The method is consistent, whether you are 18 or 68, A1 or C1.
Clarity before terminology
A rule is useful only when you can use it. We start with examples, then name the pattern, then practise it in a real situation.
One correction at a time
Being corrected constantly kills speaking. We choose the correction that matters most in the moment and come back to the rest later.
Progress you can see
Each block ends with something you can do: read a menu, handle the past tense, give a two-minute exam answer. The plan is visible.
Meet Marina in a free trial
Twenty minutes is enough to see whether the approach fits.
- An honest check of your current level
- A recommendation on format and frequency
- A first plan you can start the same week