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Maria
- Hourly rate £60
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- Number of students 50+
£60/hr
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- ESOL
- English writing
- IELTS
- Cambridge First Certificate FCE
Thirty years of experience: Head of IELTS and former IELTS examiner in London. Guaranteed exam pass and improved writing and reading skills.
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About Maria
I have been teaching IELTS /Functional Skills/ ESOL / EFL / EAP / ESP/ CAE/ CPE / Cambridge exams and Accent Reduction for over thirty years now both in state and private Further education and Higher education establishments and have been Academic Director / Head of IELTS for over fifteen years, along with working as an English Language Assessor and IELTS examiner.
My qualifications include PGCE ( Teaching English to adults), Masters in TESOL, Degree in TESOL / English Language / Psychology/Cambridge CELTA and DELTA TESOL.
My students always enjoy classes and pass their exams with flying colours.
If you have failed IELTS exam several times, especially your Academic Reading or Writing, I can guarantee you will score the Band you want after my training. I also help native speakers get Band 8.0 required to move to Canada or Australia.
I have helped hundreds of overseas Doctors and Nurses score Band 7.5 and 7.0 respectively.
University :
- University of St-Petersburg - BA ( TESOL) [Distinction]
- University of St-Petersburg - MA ( TESOL) [Distinction]
- University of Cambridge - CELTA TESOL
- University of Cambridge - DELTA TESOL
Prizes and Scholarships :
Teacher of the Year
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I have been working as an IELTS teacher and IELTS examiner for 30 years now and have been Head of IELTS at SI UK in London. My students have a very high success rate and my strength is teaching Writing, along with Reading, Speaking and Accent Reduction.
I will be delighted to help you pass your exam with flying colours!
Learning IELTS can be enjoyable if you have the right tutor!
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Perfect! Maria is very personal. I noticed how she finds my vocabulary and grammar gaps and then we work on them.
Perfect! My first impressions are that she is an excellent tutor.
Her methodology helps to process and retain new information and consolidate any previously learnt information.
There is a positive learning environment established during the session and she helps to reduce any tensions and wants to improve people's confidence.Perfect! Subject : IELTS
Perfect! Subject : IELTS
Perfect! Subject : EFL
Perfect! The best ielts teacher
Maria was helping me with my ielts writing in the past month. She has proven her excellent teaching skills in lessons, and made me much more confident about the exam coming in the next two months. She's also a kind and helpful friend, and I was so lucky to have her as my ielts tutor. Very highly recommended!
Subject : IELTS
Outcome : I did improve my writing a lot and feel more confident about the coming exam.View more reviews
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I reached out to Maria to help me improve my English and help me to get a good mark at my IELTS exam. Through the process of teaching me Maria has always been very kind and patient, which contributed to an outstanding learning experience. As a result, I was able to take a 8.5 mark on my IELTS.
Moreover, Maria also helped me to review my pieces of work. She would go through my essay with me to see if there were any gramatical errors or if I would fulfil the assessment criteria. With this said I was able to have 1st class degree mark (70% +) on all the essays Maria helped me.
She is an amazing tutor and my academic success is the reflection of that.I have been working in the Higher Education Sector in International Student recruitment for over 7 years now. I've had the pleasure of watching Maria teaching Academic English to so many international students since I started and was her colleague for nearly two years.
I cannot recommend Maria highly enough. I've lost count of how many international students I've seen getting their required grades on IELTS exams and successfully being admitted to UK universities after their completing their studies with Maria.
I would be very happy to recommend her to prospective students, businesses and schools.Maria is one of the most professional, knowledgeable, welcoming English tutors I’ve ever met. She’s got all the skills that are required to be an excellent tutor - patience, positivity, flexibility and ability to engage with her students. She always takes an individual approach to every student and adapts to their needs and challenges so to ensure they continue progressing in learning English. By identifying every student’s strengths and weaknesses she is able to explain English grammar and structure in the most understandable way that makes everyone engaged in her class. She keeps up to date with the latest methods of English teaching and hence her lessons are always motivating and interactive.
Since working with Maria it is clear that she is able to give sound advice and guidance to support learners to achieve their Functional Skills in English. The support she gives is very personal and meets learner needs. Maria also has a sound knowledge of the requirements of the syllabus and knows how to target teaching to get good results for learners.
Maria is an excellent teacher which I highly recommended her. She always supports her students in very good way and gives them famous advice for study English language.
Maria is an excellent tutor who goes above and beyond for not only her learners but also to support her fellow tutor colleagues. I would highly recommend employing Maria’s skill set in any teaching establishment. In addition, her skills in stakeholder relationships were also of excellent standard and she was a pleasure to work alongside!
Maria is a splendid, inspirational and hardworking tutor, who will do her best to accommodate your needs and endeavour to improve your English skills from all the required aspects. I have gained a marked improvement in my IELTS scores from her courses, where she has taught me as much content as she could possibly do to cover all the areas of the exam in a comparatively short period of time.
Finally, I have obtained a satisfactory band in IELTS and would want to continue to study with Maria in the near future for further English developments.My son, Leo had one lesson with Maria before one day of his IELTS test, He was really struggling to get his writing from 5.5 to a 6, but Maria just managed to guide Leo through with no problem. Highly recommend her if you need to boost your IELTS score.
My son, Leo had one lesson with Mary before one day of his ielts test, He was really struggling to get his writing from 5.5 to a 6, but Maria just managed to guide Leo through with no problem. Highly recommend her if you need to boost your ielts score.
I met her when I was looking for a job and I decided to get a certificate having an intensive course to update in my English. The course lasted two intense and productive weeks. She kept us going through with patience and made the most of it, having every class organised in detail and being able to adapt to the level of all students and at the same time maintain the rhythm of the class. She also keeps her lessons effective, engaging and fun.
In these classes, she helped me take my work with the English to the next level. I will definitely recommend her as a tutor!I met her when I was looking for a job and I decided to get a certificate having an intensive course to update in my English. The course lasted two intense and productive weeks. She kept us going through with patience and made the most of it, having every class organised in detail and being able to adapt to the level of all students and at the same time maintain the rhythm of the class. She also keeps her lessons effective, engaging and fun.
In these classes, she helped me take my work with the English to the next level. I will definitely recommend her as a tutor!Content: Maria was my Functional Skills teacher and she helped me prepare for my FS exam. Thanks to Maria's lessons I was able to pass Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing at the first attempt. Not only her lessons were educational and fun, but she became a friend, as well.
As I did complete functional English level 2 with Maria.she is the master of teaching.Her method of teaching is admirable.I did improve a lot in speaking and writing.she is very passionate and hard working.I really appreciate her and I wish her best of luck for the future.
I have known Maria for over ten years both as a colleague and friend, and have had the pleasure to observe her teach. Maria is a kind and conscientious teacher who is very respectful of her students and their needs. Her lessons are always well-prepared and are designed to meet the individual needs of her students. In addition, being a highly qualified, and experienced English teacher, Maria is able to analyse her students’ individual needs, and then help them make rapid progress, and succeed in their exams.
If it was not for Maria classes I would not have
obtained my functional skills Level 2 English.
As an adult learner with dyslexia, I was very impressed with her teaching style and professionalis making it fun to learn. Maria encouraged me to work harder, understand grammar and language technics as well as writing reports and to deliver presentations. In addition, how to structure coursework and be time management ready.Maria helped me to obtain my level 2 in English. Myself and my peers had different learning styles and she catered to each of us individually. Maria is very professional and a great tutor.
Maria helped me to obtain my level 2 in English. Myself and my peers had different learning styles and she catered to each of us individually. Maria is very professional and a great tutor.
Maria is a dedicated, hard work and care tutor. She supports learners and have relevant knowledge and experiences about this subject. She is highly qualified with valuable teaching and training skills. She is very honest and organised with good planning skills.
I needed a 7.5 overall grade with a minimum of 7.0 in each component in IELTS to enter my medical school of choice. Mrs Maria and I worked on both task 1 and 2 of IELTS academic writing, as it was the only of the four components that I was struggling in. I was previously only focused on task 2 as it is worth more marks. With Mrs Samsonova however, I also figured the importance of task 1. Her and I worked on a lot of task 1 work as well as task 2, which I believe was the key to me succeeding at the end.
Maria is a very good teacher! Thanks to her I passed my exam of Functional Skills Level 2; she was always ready to answer to all my questions, she didn't leave anyone behind! With her I've learned a lot of new things.
I have enjoyed learning my level 2 functionalskill in English with Maria in July.
She is so kind and understanding and very good at explaining, even when I didn't understand something the first time she went over it, again and again until I was confident with moving on! I am certainly happy with Maria and would like to recommend her to anyone.It's my pleasure to recommend Maria Samsonova, I know her as I did English functional skills level two by her. I was quite far from level two and with her help I succeed to pass the exam.for short time, She is amazing as she knows exactly what the students need, and gives the advice for each student indevidualy . I would rank her the best English tutor I have ever had. Maria Samsonova is highly intelligent has superb analytical and communication skills, she would be extremely positive asset to your educational target
Having Maria as a tutor was a massive help . She helped a lot . She explained things so perfectly. She has been the best tutor so far I’ve ever met . I am a french speaker. But with Maria, I’ve improved a lot . I recommend Maria to every person willing to study english. She’s the best
I'm a former student of Maria Samsonova. She's always ready to help, she's great has professional, and even better has person!
I'm absolutely certain that any student will be in fantastic hands with Maria Samsonova!I can highly recommend Maria as an IELTS teacher. It has been a pleasure to work with her through my IELTS writing preparation and i managed to get the score i want at last.
I was not looking forward to undertaking this course to begin with but Maria transformed it in to an enjoyable and stimulating experience. She also tirelessly applied herself to the task of lifting everyone's English to the standards which would be needed by employers, further learning establishments and of course examiners.
Maria was my tutor for Functional Skills level 2 English, which is equivalent to GCSE A-C.
As soon as Maria entered the classroom and began to speak English, I knew she was an expert in English. I looked forward to go to class, because Maria made English fun. Furthermore, she adapted her teaching style to match my learning style.
In addition to that, Maria was able to assess my level of English and she knew exactly what progress I had to make to pass my exam. I never had an English teacher as knowledgeable as Maria.
Not only has my writing improved significantly, I also learned how to structure different pieces of writing, to get top marks!
As well as being an expert in English, Maria has good interpersonal skills. She cares about each of her students, have deep empathy and she cared that I passed. Maria is friendly, helpful and answered all my questions.
Maria has made a significant contribution on my path to master the English language. I now know how to communicate socially, academically and in professional settings! I can’t wait to work with Maria again, when I attend University. Pass your English exams the first time by hiring Maria, don’t waste any of your time, energy or money! In my experience getting Maria’s support helped me achieve my English Level 2 faster than if I had to do it myself.I had the opportunity to work learn and progress under Miss Maria Sansanova during the English functional skills classes. Maria was paciente supportive and demanding in helping us get a good results. Best tutor I ever had.
I provide this reference because i know her as my English teacher. Harworking ,supportive person.
She available and do supervision of task with committement.
She also cares about students and very friendly and respecful person.Maria is an excellent tutor with great communication skills, who will primarily pinpoint your weaknesses and focus on your improvement through a straightforward process of feedback, which I find essential. She has a lot of patience, is very friendly, and freely shares her knowledge. It is a great experience having her as your tutor!
Never met an enthusiastic and passionate tutor like Maria. She takes her teaching every serious but with a lot of humour. Her goal is to ensure everyone has a chance to shine, but most importantly, she ensures students progress and succeed. She taught me English Functional skills level 2 and I am glad that she was my tutor. I recommend her to anyone who needs a tutor and want to get excellent results.
Maria is an excellent tutor who put in her very best to teach her student (s) to pass in a flying colour.
I could remember how she supported my mates and I professionally during the time we studied functional skills in English.I was with Maria for 10 days doing an intense functional skills English course. The help and information that I got was perfect. I understood lots from her .
Why I choose teacher to be my favourite teacher is because she teaches very well. Encouraging those that are behind to join. Her teaching never boring, those that are doing well she encouraged them to help others who wasn’t there due to one thing or other to catch up. She is our favourite teacher she so humble hard working understanding what we are going through. Anything we need her she there. Thanks you so much
My details are: Mr. Shahid Azeem. Mobile: 07488962862. Email: shahid.azeem63@gmail.com. I attended an intensive course Functional Skills English Level 2 led by Ms. Maria Samsonova recently at Ebenezer Community College. It has been a fantastic learning experience with Maria. She is a wonderful person and the best teacher. She has updated knowledge of communication skills and adaptive teaching methodology. I strongly recommend her for School & College Pupils as well as Professionals for learning of English Language and effective Communication Skills at all levels.
It was imperative that my partner score the higher level for the IELTS English test which he was just missing every time, until Maria gave him the vital few lessons needed in order to help him pass with a 'superior' score. With her dedicated focus, patience and excellent tutoring skills he achieved what was needed in the extremely short timeframe we had. I don't believe that anyone but Maria would have been able to get us over the line as quickly and efficiently as she has and we can't thank her enough.
Maria has been supportive very flexible and she provided me with a detailed understanding of how to score high marks on the IELTS exam.
Maria is a very good teacher and a wonderful person. i improved my English (writing, speaking and pronunciation) even if I stayed in London just for two weeks. I really recommend her.
Maria always finds out what students really want to achieve first. Maria chooses the materials for students wisely. Maria is flexible and try to anticipate problems.
I came to London from Italy and she helped me out to prepare myself for the IELTS in less than 3 months getting a results of 7.0 even if I needed just 6.5.
She’s patience and she helps you understand how to improve yourself still maintaining a great rapport with people of all ages.Maria has been always ready to help me with my last minute essays, and she would find always some time for me!
Her passion and dedication is rare and difficult to find in this days!
She’s hard worker, very perfectionist, patient and she always make sure the student learned something or not!
Plus she’s a very funny lady, and that makes learning even more interesting instead of boring and stressful!
I’m glad to be her student and I would definitely recommend her to anyone!I've known Maria since 2008, as a colleague at three different English Language schools.
We worked together with students from beginner level to IELTS and First Certificate preparation, and she was always reliable, courteous and helpful to colleagues and students, and a very effective teacher. You will be in safe hands if you choose her as your tutor!I've known Maria since 2008, as a colleague at three different English Language schools.
We worked together with students from beginner level to IELTS and First Certificate preparation, and she was always reliable, courteous and helpful to colleagues and students, and a very effective teacher. You will be in safe hands if you choose her as your tutor!I have known Maria for a year and have interacted with her extensively in her capacity as my tutor helping me with my English course. During my course, I have come to know Maria very well and therefore can comment on some aspects of her teaching.
Maria is a kind, caring, interesting, hard-working, creative, organized, remarkable teacher, and it has been a pleasure working with her.
An important aspect of Maria's interactions with students is her availability to answer questions; interest in students' work; ability to provide just the right amount of structure yet allow the student some independence.
I personally have benefited from taking a class from Maria and sincerely hope that her efforts as a teacher and adviser will be rewarded.
Sincerely,
VishnupriyaI was teached by Maria over 6 Month. The lessons were verry interesting and I enjoyed it, moreover we were working hard on my inprovements. Maria was professional, experianced and entertaining.
I have had the great privilege to work in the same Education Council with Ms Maria Samsonova. I would help the students applying to University in UK and Maria was their IELTS teacher. Both of us had one unique goal, getting students ready to study in the UK. Hundreds of students a year would apply through our service and have Maria to prepare them for the IELTS exam. Nothing is more honest and precise than a feedback from a student to me as their Education Consultant about the IELTS centre and how it is run. Maria has been described by the students as extremely prepared and knowledge teacher who would always provide the most powerful language tools for academic purpose and everyday life as well. The amount of students reaching the requested score was above 90%. Not only Maria is referred to be an excellent teacher but on the same level, as a very empathetic person who would know really well each of the students in front of her providing moral support and giving profound sense of self confidence that would be essential for the future academic experience of the students. Maria’s engagement to teaching English goes beyond the notions itself, it is in her case the maximum level of vocation a professional can have in life. The results of this are excellent. Students are well prepared and happy, having the possibility of being understood in their particular needs. I would always recommend Maria without any doubt for the teaching environment due to the years of experience and the friendly character she has towards students.
Marco Leo
Education Consultant
marcoleo986@gmail.comMaria is a great teacher! She is supportive caring and well prepared. After the course I felt confident and I passed my exam and now I'm a second year university student with excellent grades. I recommend her as she can help you reach your goal.
Maria is one of the most engaging; diligent and effective teachers I have had through my academic and in fact professional education. Having come to the UK as a 16 year old with limited English language ability, I gone on to complete with strong A-levels; first class university degree; further double chartered qualification in finance. I am now a Director at a multinational firm. Reflecting on the journey, some 14/15 years ago, a lot of the achievements were down to the quality of teaching and investment laid down at the outset by Maria and others.
She has been an imperative investor in my development beyond just the academic English. If I would recommend anyone, it would certainly be Maria, trustworthy and genuinely takes interest in her students beyond expectations.I had a week to prepare for IELTS, and I was lucky to find Maria on this site. Maria made a tremendous effort to squeeze me into her busy schedule. We had nine lessons via Skype, either starting very early in the morning (6:30 AM) or at the end of the day (9:00 PM). Maria guided me through the whole IELTS process and provided me with the right study material. She focused on the essential and gave me a lot of helpful advice. I scored a mark of 8 on my first attempt, and I am pretty sure I couldn't have done it without Maria help.
I had private tuition with Maria to brush up my English in order to pass the "IELTS academic" with a grade 7 in each subject.
Maria is a very patient teacher and adapting her teaching style to the student. It quickly became clear that she knows exactly what the IELTS examiners are looking for, making her tips and guidance top-notch. Also, Maria was very flexible when we scheduled the 1:2:1 classes and on top of that she offers Skype lessons too.I had Maria as a teacher last month for two weeks.
Lessons with her were really helpful for my English and never boring. I totally recommend her!Maria was my English teacher during one week in London . She is very clever , educated and educational . I've learnt a lot from her . You can talk about everything , and that helps to be fluent in English . Moreover she gave me many tips in grammar . I recommend her !
To whom it may concern,
I am glad to recommend Maria as English teacher thanks to my personal experience with her.
Under her guidance I was able to prepare my-self in the best way possible for facing the Ielts test and obtain the unconditional offer from the University. When I first met Maria, I was just arrived in London and my English level was very low (4.5 Ielts score). However, after her lessons I have reached the result of 6 overall with a peak in writing and listening where I obtained 6.5. With her method of teaching based on exercises and explanation I grow a lot and now I feel more comfortable with the English language in general.
Best regards
ManuelMaria was the best tutor I have met. She was my IELTS tutor. She is so knowledgeable about the subject and brings out the best in all her students. She never looks down on anyone but harness the little knowledge that each student has and creates the best confident beings.
Maria is an amazing teacher able to make people's english improve a lot during her lessons. I really enjoyed attending her classes and she helped me with my english gaps during the course. I really recommend her as a tutor.
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I easily can detect the teacher's love for job and subject.She is intelligent and an expert in IELTS. There was no dull moments in the class and she knows how to encouraged her students to participate in the given topic. Maria is a very optimistic teacher and she will definitely boost your confidence.
She is intelligent and expert in IELTS. There was no dull moments in the class and knows how to encouraged her students to participate in the given topic. Maria is very optimistic teacher and she will definitely boost your confidence.
I had the opportunity to be Maria's student, she is an amazing teacher, with long experience in teaching English and creative writing, that leads to an absolute success. Maria is an organized, dedicated and very supportive teacher. I would like to recommend her as a tutor and thank her for all encouragement and support.
Maria was very professional and extremely dedicated teacher during the IELTS classes. She has helped me improve my understanding in english as well as reading, speaking and spelling.
Aissato DjalóWhen I prepared the IELTS exam in London, I had the opportunity to study with Maria. She helped me everything to improve my skills especially the writing one.
She is not only a teacher but also a friend who I can talk about everything with when I was there.
I would recommend anyone who wanna upgrade their IELTS to have her as an IELTS tutor.I finished my IELTS course with Maria, and I have to say that she is really good teacher. She worries about all the students and help you when you have doubts.
She is very friendly and nice.I've known Maria for more than 4 years now, she is an amazing person and great teacher. Very patient and passionate about her job, she is got the charisma to explain in such a way where you can understand her perfectly.
She is a kind person who cares about YOU as a person encourage you to pursue your dreams and help you achieve them.It is a pleasure to write about Maria and her skills as a teacher. I've met her once studying for the IELTS tests in London, and I highly recommend her for those willing to learn English or studying for proficiency tests. She is an outstanding professional, cooperative, compassionate, with excellent communications skills and very creative, all abilities desirable to a good teacher. Therefore, I highly recommend her for those seeking a good teacher to learn English.
I was happy to have Maria as a tutor for my IELTS exam. She is a specialist in IELTS education and she managed to teach a group of people with different backgrounds. Moreover her positive, outgoing and realistic attitude helps the students to identify strengths and weaknesses in order to improve.
Maria is amazing English Teacher. I started learn English with her for scratch and after one to one session I start now only understand but also talk . It is very important that she not only teach how to talk but also she spend time to correct English prononsiation .Maria has been wonderful heart and every student for her is individual. Thank you very much Maria. Personally for me you are the best teacher ever!!!!
Maria helped me prepare for the IELTS exam and she was perfect, she made me do a mock exam before to understand where I needed to improve and she designed a program for me. I had no problem passing my exam and every lesson with her was fun and interesting.
To whom it may concern:
I am pleased to recommend Maria Samsonova as English teacher for this site.
As her student, for almost one year, I have been able to see that Maria is hardworking, reliable and very knowledgeable in her subject. Always professional and willing with all the students.
I assure you that Maria Samsonova would be a great additional teacher to your website.
If you should ever need any further informations regarding this recommendation please feel free to contact me by email: marziabognanno@gmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Marzia BognannoTo whom it may concern:
I am pleased to recommend Maria Samsonova as English teacher for this site.
As her student, for almost one year, I have been able to see that Maria is hardworking, reliable and very knowledgeable in her subject. Always professional and willing with all the students.
I assure you that Maria Samsonova would be a great additional teacher to your website.
If you should ever need any further informations regarding this recommendation please feel free to contact me by email: marziabognanno@gmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Marzia BognannoI would say the first thing about my teacher Maria.
She is amazing, beautiful, passion and fantastic professional Eanglish teacher.
Maria teach me me a lots and since I always usin that knowledge what she gave it to me at that my learning time with her.I had the opportunity to be taught by Maria for 3 months when preparing for IELTS. She is a wonderful tutor that does not give up on students. She has a wonderful teaching technique and she makes sure that everyone leaves a class understanding what was taught. She is a great person and teacher and I can truly say that I made remarkable progress on those 3 months. Doing mock exams for the IELTS made me more confident and her tips helped me get through the test. I can only thank her, because now I am a full-time student at University of Kent, soon to have a BSci in Forensic Science.
María was my English teacher (IELTS) in London. Although the challenging job (I was basically starting from scratch), she managed to make me reach a good level of English. In fact, even after few years, I still think her help has been essential to me to apply for my Master in Analytical Chemistry and find job in industry.
SaulMaria has great experience in teaching. Her huge professionalism together with kindness and attention helped dozens of people to discover wonderful new world named English.
After taking the Ielts exam countless times and being unsuccessful I was lucky to find Maria on this site. Within a couple of weeks I was confident to sit the exam again. The results were amazing my score for reading jumped from 6.5 to 8.5!!! Cannot recommend enough!!
Frankly speaking, Maria was the first English language teacher who actually made me want to learn, as her lessons have always been both educational and exciting. She is always smiling and treats you like a friend rather than a student which definitely helps learning in a pleasant and positive atmosphere.
Maria was my teacher at SI-UK ( an UK University recruiting agency) in order to pass the IELTS.
She clearly explained me how the IELTS test works and how to pass it.
Maria took time to develop every aspect of the test.
When I struggled while understanding a point, she also took time to explain it to me again.
In addition to being a very good teacher and trainer, Maria was interested in my educational background. She gave me good advices to improve my English skills.
Maria was also attentive to me and responsive to my feedbacks.It is with great pleasure I write this letter in support of Maria Samsonova. I had the opportunity to improve my English language in general as well as to prepare for my Academic IELTS exam. Although I had only 2 months to get the mark I needed to enter university, I achieved the mark I want within this short period. The structure of the lesson was really helpful and time effective as we used to do the reading and listening and part of speaking in class and the writing paper will be marked and corrected while doing these exercises. Maria was helping me by focusing on my weaknesses as well as making sure I am more trained with other modules so I can raise the overall mark.
I had private lessons on the Internet with Maria.
Buissines English for my job as project manager.
She has responded very well to my needs and has very quickly recognized my weak points (grammar, free speech ...) and adapted the curriculum perfectly.
She was very patient with me and it was a lot of fun to learn English with Maria..
I learned a lot, not only in communicating with international customers and suppliers.
Thank you MariaMaria helped me achieve my target IELTS score. During a short period of time, I managed to improve my writing skills with the vocabulary and the sample tests she gave me. Furthermore, Maria is a caring tutor and with her professionalism and experience, she motivated me and increased my confidence.
I would highly recommend Maria as she is one of the best tutors I've ever had.My name is Tanya, I'm from the northern capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. I met Maria when i was 7 years old, at my first english class at school. She was one of the best teachers that i've ever had. She can explain all needed info in a way that any can understand it. She is very attentive and kind to her students. If you have any problem with studying english - Mary can help you for sure)
I studied an Ielts course for 3 months. Maria was an experienced tutor in English in terms of speaking, writing, listening and reading.Her way of teaching was very comprehensible and outstanding as I was able to understand the course and apply my learnings easily.
I took her IELTS Class at SIUK for 6 month. She was very considerate and caring. She took care of each student very well. Whenever I asked her advise, she gave me very good advises.
She always tried to understand the character of each student, and help us inprove not only reading and listening skills but also speaking and writing skills.Maria has beenabled one of the best teacher that I ever had. With her amazing personality and her passion for English she made me a very good English student. Before she I hated English but thanks she i passed my ielts test. After my test I did other sessions because with Maria every day you learn more and more and day by day you can see your improvements.
Maria was my english teacher during 2 months and prepared me to the IELTS. It has been really helpful for me. She gave me good tips and advise for the exam and prepared me the best she could. I had really great time. Maria is pleasant and patient with student and knows exactly what she's doing. That's why I recommend Maria as a tutor.
I have had the pleasure, to get English lesson via internet with Maria. It was very helpful. Her rating about my english knowledge was perfect and so I learned a lot in a short time. She went into all my wishes of the specific themes and situation, so I enjoyed my learning.
Thank you.I had the big opportunity to be Maria's student around a year ago when i made my preparation course to entry higher education in UK.In the beginning,i was a little bit anxious as i didn't know what to expect,but after only 1 week lessons,i was so confident and exciting and I owed this to my wonderful tutor,Maria.She helped a lot,by giving me always proper advice and her enthusiasm worked as an inspiration for me.After the 12 week course in SI-UK with her,i managed to pass my exams in Birkbeck College with an overall result of 80% and i have been accepted for my BA Business Management course.
Maria,in my opinion is one of the best tutors i had and i strongly recommend her.
Thank you Maria for everything!!!!!!The lesson I had with Maria was one of the main factors that enabled me to enter my dream MSc course. She was my one-to-one IELTS(writing) teacher.
The MSc course I applied to require over 7.0 in writing and over 7.0 overall, but my IELTS writing results fluctuated between 5.5 and 6.5 over a year and never reached band 7.0. Therefore, I decided to give up studying by myself and asked Maria for a tutorial.
Her teaching was eye opening to me. Based on her long career as an IELTS teacher and a researcher, she knows the latest trend of IELTS and her teaching was well organised and strategic. Since task 2 in writing was especially challenging for me, she taught me most of the pattern of task 2 and I learnt the essential points to cover in my answer sheet of task 2 and learnt which vocabularies gain good points and which do not. I repeated studying what I have learnt from Maria and at the end, task 2 was no longer a terror for me. As a result, I achieved 7.5 in writing which was quite a jump from my previous band -6.5.
I definitely think Maria is an excellent IELTS teacher and recommend her.Maria was extremely helpful in getting me to the necessary stage I needed to proceed in life. Any questions I had she answered with speed and accuracy. Honestly it took me by surprise at how attentive and caring a teacher could be for a student, she was there every step of the way and I can't thank her enough.
I'd would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much Ms.Maria for your help in improving my English. She is approachable and warm personality. Maria has serveral strengths, but her main strength, from my point of view is ability to motivate and encourage students.
I highly recommend Maria S, she is the right tutor for you.Maria is a wonderful teacher with a wealth of experience and expertise of teaching English to students from all over the world. I took private lessons for three months as I needed overall 6.5 of IELTS for my master course. When I talked with her about it, she immediately understood my strengths and weaknesses and made the study plan, clearly showing the way that I should have taken. Therefore, I could make good use of time to achieve my goal.
Maria is also very thoughtful and caring. When I struggled with speaking test, she suggested using skype for intensive lessons so I decided to take skype lessons twice a week for last one month. I was amazed that she always made her time to fit my schedule even after work late at night. So I could talk to her in the lesson just before the night that I had a test, which was helpful and made me very much confident. In fact, there was a marked improvement in speaking score from 5.5 to 7.0 in the test.
I have learnt many things from her and they were not only certain technics for test. What I was the most impressed in the lessons was her words that “falling love with English” was more than important in order to improve all my English skills. I really appreciate to have opportunities to read such beautiful sentences from literatures and films that she cited for me – which expand my world. I always kept them with me and repeated to read them when I had time. Moreover, I tried to read books and watch movies that she recommended to me. I actually fallen love with English rather than merely studied English. As a result, I could gain overall 6.5 of IELTS and start my master course.
I am sure that Maria has been and will be the best English teacher in my life. Therefore, I highly recommend her as a tutor and would like many students to meet her.It is clear that Maria is outstanding teacher with extensive experience and passion.
Thanks to her English lessons which focused on IELTS exam, I could absolutely improved my English.
Everything I learned from her gave me the best method ever to get a high score.
The quality of teaching is of a very high standard.
And she always cares a lot about students.
I recommend students to study with her.She was a very good teacher, as she started with me from a very low level and enabled me to take Academic IETLS exam with the marks that I wanted for the university.
She has a perfectly unique way in teaching the English language. I enjoyed every moment with her lessonsWe've been having classes for a couple years. During our lessons she was not only a wonderful tutor, but also she has become a friend for me. Friendly atmosphere made the process of studying pleasant and fascinating.
She made me fall in love with the language and English culture. Maria is the person who can turn even the most boring topics into breathtaking journey.Maria is a person who had the greatest influence on my language learning.
We've already had lessons for about 3 years, when the need to take an IELTS appeared.
First of all, She has an impressive experience in teaching. So there was no doubt in efficiency of studies with Maria.
Also, I was looking forward to every lesson, because it had never been boring or burdensome.
And, of course, Maria does her job as a real pro! And I achieved a result which I would never reach without her.Maria is a person who had the greatest influence on my language learning.
We've already had lessons for about 3 years, when the need to take an IELTS appeared.
First of all, She has an impressive experience in teaching. So there was no doubt in efficiency of studies with Maria.
Also, I was looking forward to every lesson, because it had never been boring or burdensome.
And, of course, Maria does her job as a real pro! And I achieved a result which I would never reach without her.Maria was my teacher for about 3 months. She had taught me all the basic tips for IELTS which helped to excel in the exam. She is a very dedicated teacher and does not compromise on anything. She had provided with many worksheets and sample papers which boosted my confidence.
I met Maria when I was preparing my IELTS exam, she is an excellent teacher, who care about her students, the best one in phonetic; if you are looking for someone who keep you motivate, providing you a lot of sources of information and helping to improve considerably your pronuntiation, she is the best option.
I consider myself lucky that I met Maria Samsonova to do IELTS preparation.
I have had the pleasure of working with Maria in academic field and she is a driven,organized teacher,with great initiative and with a positive attitude. Maria embraces any opportunity for profesional development which makes her a talented tutor.She also has excellent communication skills and has ability to advise so I recommend Maria to you for your english studies.I had some tough times with my previous IELTS exams and I was lucky enough to get one last shot.And with the extreme guidance and help of Maria, i finally passed. I would definitely recommend her!
I'd like to recommend Maria as a tutor for her dedication, support and encourage through the hard preparation for IELTS test.
Many thanks, Maria.I'd like to recommend Maria as a tutor for her dedication, support and encourage through the hard preparation for IELTS test.
Many thanks, Maria.Maria was really helpful during my process of improving my English. I can in London with the aim to get my ielts and finally enter to a master in cancer owing the fact that I have a dream to become doctor in hospital and be one of the researchers in oncology. Her teaching was really good and because of her I made a lot of progress in 3 months and finally got my ielts with an overall of 7.0 which was 2 points more than the first one ! On top of that Maria was really attentive. For me she is more than a teacher ! She is a passionate person and even a unbelievable teacher !
I had attended my first language classes with Maria. Her genuine approach and creativity helped me to achieve dreamed success on my IELTS test
Mrs. Maria is an amazing teacher full of passion and enthusiasm. She puts all her energy to bring the best out of you. She prepared me for an IELTS exam, scoring 7. As I saw, she has life long experience in teaching English that leads you to an absolute success.
Several years ago, I faced the very serious issue on my educational way: IELTS exam. After the first failing attempt to pass an exam, I asked my agent from London about possibility studying English with someone who could be a good tutor and person who can get to the heart of the matter on a due level. And, fortunately, she proposed Maria Samsonova who was able to improve my language skills in a very short time. Now as a current postgraduate student of one of the UK Universities, I can say that Maria is a brilliant, highly professional, intelligent, gallant tutor I've ever seen in my life and it was an honor and truly joy to recommend this woman as a tutor for the achieving of your goals.
I was lucky to have Miss Maria as a tutor for my IELTS exam. She was teaching all 4 modules (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in a group class. Maria was proven to be very professional and well-organized teacher, who motivate each student to achieve the desired band score. Furthermore, she always gives feedback to her students, and useful tips in order to improve their band score.
Therefore, I would highly recommend Miss Maria for teaching IELTS or any other English module and I am confident that you will be pleased with her teaching techniques and abilities.RE: Maria Samsonova
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I have known Maria for 7 months as her IELTS student at SIUK.
During this period, I have found her committed, very approachable who never let down on her students grasp of English knowledge.
The good thing about Maria is that she has an extensive experience of teaching English where she makes the class a very enjoyable experience with much needed interaction and tailor accordingly to individual's different levels of understanding.
In addition to that, she is patience and laid back with full of love to make her class as a family demonstrating that everyone has a good time.Maria was my English teacher for my Academic IELTS exam. She was very good at teaching and explaining, she's patient and very friendly and helpful. She's not intimidating, talking to her almost feels like talking to a friend.
As a student in London, I have enjoyed learning English as a second language with Maria on a couple of occasions. Maria has a wonderful rapport with people of all ages. She is always been helpful, knowledgeable and committed.
Under Maria’s guidance, my IELTS test score improved significantly.I had the opportunity to be her student for roughly 3 months as I needed a good preparation for my IELTS exam. I can say that I've improved my english a lot, especially by learning and expanding my vocabulary. Her way of teaching is great, as she gave me exercises similar to the Ielts exam and step by step I've made progress on my writings and reading skills.
Moreover, she has a great personality and has the ability to make you believe in your-self which is crucial when you're trying to learn a foreign language. In fact, I was really lucky to have her as my teacher and now I am more confident.View more recommendations
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