Dimitar

Taking lessons since over a year now. Never a dull moment, engaging lessons and I always feel encouraged to learn and speak more. Super grateful to have found such a dedicated and positive, fun teacher. Looking forward to another year of lessons :)

Dimitar is an expert language teacher and I feel lucky to have found him. He is adept at carrying on improvisational conversations that maintain about 80% known vs 20% new material and also has prepared many well-design lessons, which he attentively, patiently, and carefully guides me through. He also provides homework includes pre-made flash cards with personalized audio recordings to ensure I have more than sufficient reference and training material for my own practice time.

I have been learning Bulgarian with Dimitar for three years. Thanks to the competence of the teacher, I have reached from A2 to B2\С1 level. I can now read any texts, watch films, listen to difficult lectures, conference papers etc. I communicate freely on any subject. Why did I stay for 3 years with this teacher? Because he: - is prepared for class (maybe this should be obvious, but I have had many language teachers and this is not always the case). - adapts to the needs of the student and selects materials with this in mind. He is flexible and does not push only one line e.g. by teaching from a boring textbook detached from the linguistic purity. - uses a variety of methods, techniques and didactic means - is punctual and conducts a lively lesson - is familiar with several foreign languages and thus knows how to work on errors due to language transfer - enjoys his mother tongue and the culture of his country and knows how to interest a foreigner in his country and language!

I am coming off a sickness, so I was not on my game mentally, but Dimitar was! He has some lessons lined up and activities to do to get me talking. It was a great experience.

Dimitar directed the conversation to an improvisational exercise, which was not only fun but challenging to my language level. It brought up words I don't remember, and it was a really good exercise.

It has been 5 months since I have had a lesson with Dimitar, but we were able to pick up where we left off, and he let me try to verbalize everything in Bulgarian with patience that surprises me. It is really nice to have someone who is more willing to pause and let me think than I am!