Teachers

Иллона Конрой
Moscow, Russia
Gives lessons in:
English, German, Russian

Age: 34 Native language: Russian

Short biography

May 2013 - till now Dialog / Executive Language Center (exlang.ru) English in-company Teacher; Methodologist Teaching English as a foreign language (Kia Motors, Deutsche Bank, Absolut Bank, Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, etc.) Teaching Business English & General English to groups and individual students. Conducting placement tests and interviews of new students as well as monthly, semi-annual and end-of-course student assessment tests. Use of communicative & traditional methods as well as own best practice depending on student's preferences and inclinations. As a methodologist – drawing up syllabi and tests for the students who study according to individual curricula. June 2010 — May 2013 (3 years) Education and Training International Vostok (www.educatrain.ru) — Educational institution English and German in-company Teacher Teaching English and German as a foreign language (Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, TNK-BP, Video International, Media Edge Company, Maxus, Mercury). Teaching Business English & General English to groups and individual students. Conducting placement tests and interviews of new students as well as monthly, semi-annual and end-of-course student assessment tests. Use of communicative & traditional methods as well as own best practice depending on student's preferences and inclinations. October 2006 — September 2012 (6 years) Private Tutor (English, German) English & German Teacher - experience in teaching adults and children; - rise of interest and encouragement to study the language; - elimination of language barrier (at the psychological level); - compensation of gaps in English/German knowledge; - “alive intercourse”: simulation of different everyday communicative situations; familiarity with linguistic world image of the English/German-speaking countries (motivating students to deal only with authentic audios & videos, texts, articles, broadcasts etc. in order to imitate partial immersion); - pronunciation and articulation training; - individual & creative approach based on goals, aptitude and level of each student; - intensive course for moving abroad or travelling, university entrance (Journalism department/Higher School of Translation and Interpretation MSU), preparation for examinations, FCE; February 2008 — February 2010 (2 years 1 months) ZAO “Vengerskoe Vino” (tokaj.ru) — Alcohol/Tobacco Products out-of-stuff employee, interpreter & translator (English/German) - participation in international exhibitions as a consecutive interpreter of the company representative; - translation of booklets, printed goods, web-sites from German/English into Russian and vice versa; Education 2011 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Higher School of Translation and Interpretation (department), Specialist in Linguistics. Translator/Interpreter (Russian, English, German) Skills Experienced in: teaching students of any level and any aptitude (from elementary to advanced); teaching both Business and General English (communicative & traditional methods) as well as English for Finance and Accounting; intensive pronunciation and articulation training (functional dyslalia, ingrained Russian accent etc.) establishment of psychological contact with each student; I am patient, principled, result oriented, flexible and cooperative; a teacher with a sense of humor :) Languages Russian — native English — fluent German — fluent

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