From Perth, a Russian-speaking tutor is often far away, but online she is one click away. Ekaterina teaches bilingual kids and adults over video: games, reading, writing and plenty of real speech.
Interactive tasks on screen: the child sorts words, completes letters and sees the result straight away. Rules stick through play, not through drilling.
After the lesson the family gets the materials to revise at home. Everything is matched to the student's level and age.
Perth is two hours behind Brisbane, where Ekaterina lives, and that gap holds all year round: neither Queensland nor Western Australia changes its clocks.
That actually helps the schedule: an after-school lesson in Perth, Eg: 3:30pm, runs at 5:30pm in Brisbane, a working evening for Ekaterina. Weekend mornings in Perth work well too.
Perth's Russian-speaking community is smaller than Sydney's or Melbourne's, and finding a teacher nearby is harder. Online removes that problem: regular lessons with an experienced teacher and no drive across the city.
No, in-person lessons run in Brisbane only. For Perth, Ekaterina teaches online, and it is a full lesson: live conversation, games and reading on screen.
Perth is two hours behind Brisbane all year round. An after-school lesson in Perth lands in Ekaterina's evening, and a Perth weekend morning in her day. The lesson time is always confirmed in your time zone.
A computer or tablet with a camera and a quiet spot. Ekaterina sends the link and the materials, there is nothing extra to buy.
Usually from about 5-6. It all starts with a meet-and-chat: Ekaterina talks with your child, sees the level and tells you honestly whether online is the right fit.
Ekaterina teaches online across Australia, here are the pages for the other cities.
Tell us a little about yourself or your child: age, level of Russian, and what you would like to work on.
