Alina

Hello, my name is Alina. I am a TEFL-certified language teacher. I was born and raised in Ukraine. I have lived in Turkey, China, and now Spain, where I am doing my Ph.D. in Educational and Cognitive Psychology. I am passionate about the human mind, so I love to learn about discoveries related to that field. As for my hobbies, I do yoga, and weightlifting (weirdly, it's also fun!), sometimes I draw, and I read almost every day.

As for my teaching experience, I worked in brick-and-mortar institutions for about 3 years, teaching English in Turkey, Ukraine, and China. For the past 4 years, I've been teaching groups and individual students online. Some of the companies I worked for had a really stringent control of teaching quality, which helped me improve the quality of my lessons to the best level of their standard. I have focused on teaching General English, English for Special Purposes, and Business English to adults and teenagers. I love working with such requests as reducing accents, analyzing books, and articles, improving speaking skills, and preparing presentations, and interviews.

I do not use only one methodology. I rely on the student's needs, abilities, and preferences to choose the optimal way for them to learn the language. My classes are usually skill-focused with a lot of practice. I also like to help the students plan and organize their learning. In the first lesson, the student and I analyze their needs, we establish the roadmap for our learning, which can be adjusted on the way.