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Marina helped me with my Russian during the four years it took to get from absolute beginner to advanced speaker, ending with a first-class degree. Throughout that time she was a wonderful teacher, always enthusiastic, friendly, supportive and thorough. She sourced a wide range of materials for our lessons in her own time, including grammar exercises, topical articles and relevant books, which meant that learning was always an engaging experience.
She consulted me about my goals and what I wanted to achieve, and went beyond the call of duty to help me achieve them. Marina gave me the confidence to believe I really could succeed in Russian, and especially speak it fluently. I highly recommend her as a teacher to anyone looking to learn this beautiful language, whatever their current level of knowledge.
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Marina is an amazing tutor! She is very patient and explains everything clearly until you understand it. I made a lot of progress in my time studying with her. She also taught me a lot about Russian culture and used different methods such as songs, videos and news articles to explore the Russian language as it's used every day by native speakers. I would highly recommend Marina as a tutor, no matter your level of Russian or what you want to achieve.
Marina is a delight, she has been so very progressive and supportive in our daughter's tuition and finding the right path for her. Thank you Marina.
Marina is an excellent tutor. She is very professional, reliable and flexible. Marina's experience and extensive knowledge of the Russian GCSE Exam process was evident as she competently prepared my son for his Russian GCSE exam. I'm pleased to say that he received an A*. Marina is very friendly, supportive and enthusiastic. My children love learning Russian with her. Marina's lessons are engaging and fun. Her passion for teaching Russian is reflected in her approach, which is encouraging and full of motivation. We highly recommend Marina as a tutor.
An extremely passionate and enthusiastic tutor. I would recommend anyone who wishes to learn about Russia as well as Russian to be taught by her.
My daughter had her first lesson with Marina and is happy to choose her as her tutor.
Marina is great professional tutor with deep knowledge of Russian GCSE Level Exam.
Marina was very helpful in prepping me for a presentation I had to conduct in Russian. You can tell she has a lot of experience teaching people. I would highly recommend Marina to anyone wanting to learn Russian or who wants to brush up on their Russian. I learnt a lot and felt more confident after our lessons.
Marina Fountain is an extraordinary and extremely dedicated teacher. I have studied Russian Language with her for two years, and every lesson has been packed full of fun and intense learning. Despite Russian being a very different and difficult language, Marina put an immense amount of effort into thoroughly making sure I understood every topic — whether language, grammar or culture.
Furthermore she was amazing in making me feel so confident and prepared for both my written and oral exams in Russian. I have been fortunate enough to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg, and felt confident navigating both cities using the language skills she had taught me.
Marina genuinely goes above and beyond for her students, and it is because of this dedication that I passed Russian A-level with a Grade A and am now off to study Russian Language at Queen Mary University of London. I cannot speak highly enough of her teaching abilities.