Information About Arina - Cambridge teacher -

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Personal Description:

Dedicated educator qualified in the UK and Australia. Passionate about working with young and adult learners. Strong commitment to individual development of each student through fostering positive learning experiences. Effective communicator across cultures and age groups. Taught in Sydney, Australia; Krakow, Poland, and London, UK. Now based in Cambridge.

Teaching Experience:

English as a Foreign Language teacher (2016 – current)

• Analysing individual needs of every student and creating a learning program to meet their needs
• Teaching adults and young learners
• Teaching monolingual and multilingual groups classes
• Teaching English for Academic Purposes to learners who study for their bachelor’s or master’s degree
• Teaching General English and Business English using the integrative approach (i.e. combining speaking, listening, writing and reading skills)
• Assisting students in integrating into the British culture by providing systematic practice of speaking in various social scenarios
• Preparing for IELTS, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, B1 Preliminary, B2 First, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency and OET
• Consistently providing students with homework and extensive feedback on their speaking and writing skills
• Teaching English speaking, writing, reading and listening to primary school students using Total Physical Response in combination with art and craft techniques
• Teaching English writing, literary and poetry analysis to secondary school students

Academic writing and study skills tutor (2016 – current) teaching

• how to structure: reflective and critical analysis essays, reports, grant proposals, multimodal assignments
• how to write grammatically and stylistically accurate assignments, how to reference according to APA, Chicago, Harvard and MLA styles
• how to write a draft, do research, proofread and edit
• how to meet requirements of university assignments
• time management and study skills techniques

English language tutor (2016 – current)
• Teaching students how to create a story according to narrative genre conventions, such as characterisation, using a dialogue, creating a setting and a sequence of events
• Teaching students how to create a persuasive text such as an opinion column, a speech and a discussion essay
• Giving guidance on how to analyse various text types in terms of their literary devices, themes, plot devepment, historical, cultural and political context and their language conventions
• Teaching students aged 5 - 16 years old
• Preparing students for The Perse School Cambridge writing section of Year 3 (7+) Entrance Test
• Preparing students for Independent School Year 6 (10+) Entrance Exam in English
• Teaching phonics to Year 1 and Year 2 students
• Mentoring students on how to build relationships with peers at school and how to work cooperatively with peers and teachers
• Communicating with parents to provide them with an update on their child's progress

Russian as a Foreign Language teacher (2011 – current)
• Developed a bespoke, well-structured course that gradually builds skills in grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary
• Russian language is primarily used during the lessons to create a linguistically and culturally immersive envivironment
• New vocabulary is supported with pictures, gentures and occational translation into English
• Lessons include videos, audios, interactive online activities as well as role-plays and tasks that help tell a story
• Providing homework tasks after each lesson to practise what was learned in class
• Giving feedback during each lesson and on each homework task
• Teaching Russian to beginner, intermediate and advanced level students
• Teaching Business Russian
• Teaching adults one-on-one, one-on-two and in small groups
• Teaching young learners (4 – 17 years old)
• Preparing for Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Russian (1RU0)
• Preparing for the Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL)

Russian Language Teacher (August 2013 - September 2017)
BigWorld Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
• Developed a program for beginners and intermedia**Contact Detail Removed**vel learners
• Created online quizzes, videos, and presentations to encourage students to study independently
• Organised cultural events

COLLEGE & SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

English for Specific Purposes Teacher (January 2023 – June 2025)
The University of Cambridge
• Worked with multilingual groups of 3 – 20 learners with beginner to advanced levels of English
• Conducted a thorough analysis of learners’ needs and institutional requirements, and designed a course based on this analysis
• Developed learners’ communicative competence through a role play and task-based learning using these topics: health, daily routine, everyday problem, hobbies and travel

ESOL Teacher (February - March 2025)
Orchard Park Community Primary School
• Worked with a small mixed-level group of adults
• Analysed learners’ needs and chose learning content based on their needs

EFL Teacher (February 2025)
GL-Abroad
• Taught several sessions to a group of 12 - 13 years old children visiting Cambridge from Madrid
• Incorporated Cambridge-related cultural knowledge in a gamified form
• Included memory games, kinaesthetic vocabulary games and project work

EFL Teacher (July - August 2019)
International House London, Ellesmere, UK
• Taught EFL to 8 - 9 and 14 - 15 years old
• Incorporated game-based learning strategies to engage students of all levels of English
• Created highly immersive environment where students worked in small teams, pairs and individually
• Using the theory of multiple intelligences, organised project-based learning

Casual Teacher (July 2017 - July 2018)
NSW Department of Education, Sydney, Australia
• Taught Levels 1- 3 (Intensive English Centre) and Year 7-12 (High School), and Special Education classes
• Taught English, history, art and drama classes

Classroom Teacher (October - December 2017)
Chatswood Intensive English Centre, Sydney, Australia
• Taught art making and art theory to 12 – 18 years old students who spoke English as a Foreign Language
• Developed a scheme of work that focused on visual and conceptual qualities of Australian Archibald Prize artworks
• Taught ESL, ICT and music

Teaching Approach:

• Using visual and audio material to accelerate learning and to create an experience of cultural and linguistic immersion.
• Catering for a diverse range of learning needs in an interactive way that promotes students’ engagement.
• Analysing individual needs of students and meticulously tailoring lesson plans to address these needs.
• Consistently providing students with homework and extensive feedback on their speaking and writing skills
• Assisting students in their careers.

Rates

One-on-one lessons

30 minutes (under 8 y.o.): £35 | 5 lessons: £165 | 10 lessons: £315
45 minutes: £40 | 5 lessons: £190 | 10 lessons: £360
60 minutes: £48 | 5 lessons: £228 | 10 lessons: £432
90 minutes: £65 | 5 lessons: £310 | 10 lessons: £585
120 minutes: £90 | 5 lessons: £428 | 10 lessons: £810

Please, enquire about group lessons as the rate will depend on the number of students in the group, on the location of classes, and on learning objectives of the group.