Varvara

Varvara is an outstanding tutor and conversationalist! She is very motivating, encouraging, and is exactly the person you need to learn and enhance your Russian skills. I always look forward to our lessons every time and they seemingly fly by while conversing and learning with her about a myriad of topics. Meanwhile, I'm learning new vocabulary, phrases, culture, and proper ways to pronounce everything. Varvara is quick to provide corrections and the proper vocabulary or expression, which is exactly what is needed to improve and get better every day.

Varvara is an excellent teacher. I can't recommend her highly enough. I started last year with zero Russian at my command and now I can spend an entire lesson speaking only in Russian. Part of what makes Varvara such an effective teacher is that she speaks clearly and engagingly, at a pace that matches the student's level of listening comprehension, and with vocabulary simple enough to keep the conversation going but advanced enough to encourage growth. She also has endless patience, which for me is a must, as I have an endless amount of questions on even the most obscure points of grammar. Varvara was the first and only Russian teacher I ever connected with on iTalki and all I can say is that I got extremely lucky.

I always enjoy Russian classes with the best teacher on the platform! Great seeing you again :)

I have a pretty solid level of Russian that's a bit rusty. Each lesson, I just chat with Varya and she's good at correcting my grammatical/vocabulary/pronunciation mistakes without interrupting the flow of conversation. Мне всегда рада говорить с ней :)

Vervara talks in a difficulty level that is very appropriate for me that I can understand a lot of the conversation, but includes some phrases or vocabulary I don't know so I can learn more words. Conversation was fun so the time passed very quickly. Thank you!!

Vavara is super knowledgeable, and you can tell in the way she teaches language structure and formation. She breaks things down clearly and always explains things in a way that makes it easier to understand. She's also really easy to talk to, no matter what your language proficiency is, she makes the lessons feel relaxed and less stressful. As she gets to know you, she throws in a bit of humor to keep things light and take away any possible tension. Lastly, she's very dedicated as a teacher always on topic and being patient as you go through the lesson, never pushing you into an area you cannot perform linguistically but keeping you in that area of learning.