Tutor in Raleigh, North Carolina

For the last 16 years I have lived in Moscow, Russia teaching English to Russians. In that time I have become very adept at teaching and very knowledgeable about language(especially Russian and English). I am a Cambridge Englisch Certified teacher and have been teaching for the Moscow affiliate of the Global school International House of London with branches all over the world. During those years I was observed annually and held to the Cambridge standards of teaching and continual improvement. I have taught all ages of students from 6 years old and up. In Indonesia I taught at English First for 5 months. This is an international Engish school with 40,000 employees and just celebrated their 50th anniversary. I love teaching for two main reasons: 1) because I love spending time on language and understanding it more deeply and seeing all the relations between languages, both in vocabulary and logic, and seeing the way different cultures view things in life their unique way and how it is reflected in their language. 2) because seeing people grow, learn and be able to do something that previously they were completely unable to do is something amazing and magic to me..... see someone go from understanding nothing as I speak to them in L1 to being able to understand and produce in it 45 minutes later is amazing! My strongest assets are: 1) my deep knowledge and natural talent for seeing the logic within language and between languages-this greatly helps the students understand and remember vocabulary better and understand the logic of the grammar. 2) I have spent more than 16 years abroad communicating with non-English speakers. 3) I really enjoy working with people and that is reflected in the atmosphere and attitude in the lessons. If you need beginning grammar, vocabulary and simple practise, or you need to practise fluency in speech and listening with grammar and word choice correction or anything in between, contact me for interesting lessons bringing your English up to a strong level. We can meet at your convenience anywhere in the Raleigh area, including Durham and especially Cary. Or we can have lessons by Skype and you can improve your ability to communicate over electronic communications. Looking forward to teaching you!