About Me

I am from St. Petersburg, Russia. There I graduated from St. Petersburg State University where I studied Russian Language and Literature. In 2000 I got PhD in Russian Philology. I enjoy teaching my native language. My experience in this field is about 10 years in total (all levels, in person, in a classroom, and online). I also teach Russian Culture and Literature, but I especially like teaching Russian Language because it is difficult. Tt is a challenge to help the students to learn it by assisting and guiding them in this uneasy travel through this "dense forest" to their goal to feel comfortable using it. I teacher teach Russian in mixture with Russian culture (knowledge brings forth more comfortable atmosphere) and through a variety of colloquial speech exercises, like dialogues and role plays. The personal approach is also important, so I create a special individual approach to each student adjusting the way of presenting class material to his or her individual learning style. In my free time I like to read (History, Folklore, detectives and science fiction) and take pictures of beautiful North Carolina's landscapes and animal life.

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