Liya B - Tutors - Keystone Tutors

“Liya is always prompt, professional and courteous, and clearly dedicates time and thought to each lesson.”

Parent

Coaching in Education (Graydin Model)
Cambridge FCE (First Certificate in English)
EFL / ESL / EAL – English as Foreign / Second / Additional Language
ESOL Skills for Life (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
GCSE Russian
A Level Russian
Business Russian

Having taught both Russian and English as Foreign Languages in Kazakhstan, the USA, England, and to students of different nationalities online, I developed methods of effective instruction based on clear lesson structure, adapting my teaching to respond to the individual goals, strengths and needs of each student, as well as building my students’ confidence beyond their “comfort zone”.
Using Coaching in Education (Graydin Model) approach, I facilitate self-directed learning and personal growth of my students.

Over the years I have had a varied career in teaching, translating, interpreting, finance and accounting within international organizations and educational establishments, as well as with private clients .
Since 2011 I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language to students of all ages and abilities in England.
Since 2013 I have been working as a teacher of Russian at Wycombe Abbey, and I have recently been appointed as a GCSE Russian Examiner for Pearson Edexcel Exam Board.

“My daughter learned Russian with Mrs. Brown as an interest. Mrs. Brown used creative and adaptive approach to teach her this complicated language. Her progress was comparable with formal school GCSE teaching. I highly recommend Mrs. Brown to interested Russian learners.”

Parent

“My daughter had lessons with Liya for 2 years. I have found Liya to be very meticulous and thorough, and her teaching methods very effective. Her exam success rate is very high, and I had every confidence that my daughter would do well in her Russian GCSEs. My daughter did indeed achieve Grade 9 and is planning to continue Russian in the future.”

Parent

“We are very pleased with the tuition received from this tutor. Liya is always prompt, professional and courteous, and clearly dedicates time and thought to each lesson and our continuous progression, pushing us to achieve as much as we can. Highly recommended.”

Parent

The main goal of language learning is to be able to communicate well with people of different cultures. In our lessons we work on developing all four major language skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing. The lesson content is chosen based on vocabulary frequency, topics of interest to a particular student and grammar points that might require additional practice.
Applying the Graydin Coaching techniques we create a positive partnership which helps my students achieve their goals and progress further in their chosen language.

Languages, history and literature are my lifelong interests. To me they are windows into the soul of a particular nation, and combined, they help us understand its national character, traditions and customs.