With over 16 years of teaching experience, Natalia has served as a Senior Lecturer at MSPU, formerly holding leadership roles at language centres. Her expertise spans various English proficiency exams, including TOEFL, CAE, CPE, supported by a Linguistics degree and a BA in Sociology. Natalia holds a full Cambridge DELTA, and her academic pursuits focus on IELTS syllabus, listening skills, and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).

Alexandra has over 15 years experience teaching English to students of all ages and is determined to ensure her classroom experience is fun and engaging to maximise performance. Alexandra has been a director of studies since 2015 and is a CAE and TKT modules 2-3 holder, a member of Graduation Committee at Tver State University,the department of linguistics, an educational games designer.

Polina is a teacher, trainer, researcher and founder of Polina Kordik School of English. She specializes in teaching methodology, exam preparation and advanced levels. Polina holds an MA in Bilingualism, MA (hons) in European Languages, CELTA, IH CAM, CPE, Delta (1, 2 Merit). She is a Doctoral researcher of Educational Sciences at Helsinki University.

Maria Kholmogorskaya graduated from MSPU, has been working as a teacher of English for more than 7 years. During that time she managed to work at the university, school and EF (English First).
Now Maria is focused on teaching pronunciation, especially British Accent. She taught more than one hundred students to speak like native speakers. Maria is using new neuro approach to teaching pronunciation.

Nargisa is a young teacher of English with 7+ years of professional experience. A finalist of a variety of international programmes, such as Global UGRAD, DAAD and other smaller scholarships. An active performer in the American Spaces, as well as a speaker in the UN Youth Model. The topics of her speeches were: Going online: How to switch to online teaching? How to have effective and engaging online classes? The power of SMART goals, etc.

An English tutor with 10 years of experience
Working with B2-C2 levels and preparing students for IELTS individually, in pairs and groups
Graduated from Moscow State University (Bachelor of Linguistics, Master of International Journalism)
IELTS Academic (2020, 2023), band 8.5 both times
TKT (3 modules, Band 4)
Creator of a TG-channel and online course dedicated to the IELTS preparation.

Arseniy Parshin is a teacher and course designer at the Polina Kordik School of English. He holds a BA degree in TESOL from MSPU, a CELTA, and a C1 Advanced. Currently, Arseniy is pursuing a Master’s degree at MSPU, specialising in instructional and learning experience design. He is also working on the improvement of teacher training at the university.

A founder and an academic director at TELLmeMORE school, a methodist and a representative of Compass Publishing in Russia, a speaker at major ELT conferences, TEACHmeMORE conference organizer

Graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Moscow State Pedagogical University. Master of linguistics. A researcher in the fields of linguoculturology, discourse analysis, and English etymology. An English teacher in Letovo school since 2023.

A qualified English teacher with 20-year experience and the PhD in History. Currently, he is giving lectures on Creative Writing and History at the Institute of International Education (MSPU). He is also teaching Course Design and Research Methodology to master students of the program "Modern Technologies in Teaching English". His primary interests revolve around contemporary models of instructional design and course development.

In the past 15 years IAnastasia has taught general, business and legal English to corporate, private and university students. Since she passed CPE with grade A in 2020, her main focus has been on working with higher levels and hosting speaking clubs. Anastasia is currently teaching Academic English and English for Specific Purposes at RANEPA, as well as working with private students and groups primarily consisting of English teachers.

Olga is an English teacher from Ekaterinburg with 9 years of experience. She holds various qualifications, including CAE, TKT, and CELTA. Currently, she works with groups at the Polina Kordik School of English, specializing in preparing students for Cambridge exams. Olga firmly believes in structured learning, using a systematic approach to help students achieve their language goals.

Alyona Gilyova is a teaching assistant at the Institute of International Education in Moscow Pedagogical State University. Her professional sphere of interest is associated with the implementation of various teaching tools and techniques in the learning process to enhance students’ academic performance and boost motivation. Alyona believes that “nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!” (Audrey Hepburn). You just need to make an effort to achieve your goals!

Viktoria is qualified as a teacher of English, German, Italian and Russian as a foreign language, specializing in teaching foreign languages and teaching methods, working as a faculty member at IIE, Moscow State Pedagogical University. She teaches English as a Foreign language, English Literature, and psycholinguistics. Viktoria's Ph.D. thesis is devoted to the research of ground-breaking innovations in designing teaching materials for developing autonomy among first year students.

A Cambridge-certified (CELTA, CAE) English tutor from Saint Petersburg, passionate about the Communicative approach in ELT. Since 2018, Asta has taught English online to adults and teenagers, conducting over 6,000 lessons. She has experience with academic presentations and regularly hone her public speaking skills through speaking clubs and thought-provoking conversations. Lively, communicative, curious and driven, Asta is keen on development and would love to share her ELT experience.

Elena is a teacher (CELTA ‘A’, CPE ‘A’) at the Polina Kordik School of English specializing in C1/C2 levels and methodology. Her areas of interest include Cambridge English exams (C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency) and psychology in language learning and teaching. Elena primarily works with groups of adult learners, most of whom are English teachers.

Natalia Solntseva is a qualified English teacher with 7-year experience. She is a CELT-P and TKT (YLE) holder. She specializes in teaching young learners. She also teaches Italian. Currently, she is working in a state school where she integrates IB programme in her lessons. She has also worked as a teacher leader for two years. She is mostly intrested in materials design and teaching reading.

A CELTA-certified English teacher with 14 years of teaching experience at university, at school and as a freelancer. As a teacher trainer has observed more than 80 lessons and helped more than 150 teachers. A speaker of big Russian conferences and an organizer of a huge international conference. When she is not working or wrangling her children, enjoys writing poetry and taking singing classes.

DELTA qualified English teacher with 20+ years of experience in various contexts, teacher trainer, charismatic speaker and fan of pragmatic ecleticism approach. Former senior teacher in MPSU and Cambridge Assessment English presenter. Jane's main interests are in the field of using drama and TBL at her lessons with all ages and levels.

Ekaterina Redkina is a psychologist and a qualified English teacher with 15-year experience. She is CELTA and Delta (M1-2) holder and a Fulbright scholar. Currently, she is giving lectures on TESOL and psychology at the Institute of International Education of Moscow Pedagogical State University. She is also teaching teenage students and adults. Her primary interests are concerned with integrating psychology into English teaching and providing teachers with useful psychological instruments and tools.

Experienced DELTA qualified teacher, IELTS expert and CELTA trainer running her own business, Yourielts.ru. Maria trains IELTS teachers from different countries and more than 700 people have already studied on her courses. Maria is also a host on IELTS Speaking for Success Podcast with over 14 million listens all over the globe.

Angelina is a teaching assistant and a master program student at MSPU (IIE). She has been teaching English for 6 years and several university disciplines for the 4th year already (literature, linguistics). Thanks to her experience of working at a publishing house EKSMO, Angelina combines the learning of English with studying broader subjects (e.g.) and encourage students to develop their analytical and creative skills.
In her teaching Angelina heavily relies on communicative and holistic approaches, stimulating students HOT’s and currently conducting the experiment of how literary/journalist short-term projects contribute to English speaking and writing skills.

Lena Suprun is a blogger and sales expert for educators. Since 2018, she has assisted over 750 colleagues in promoting themselves and attracting clients through effective blogging strategies. As the creator of the "Teacher.Blogger" course, Lena empowers educators to master the art of blogging and sales. She is also a frequent speaker at various ELT conferences, including Trendy English, Trendy St. Pete, Self Conf, Zaza Forum, TEDxTalk, Перезагрузка (MPGU), and Scholarium.

Natasha Belousova has over 20 years of teaching and teacher training experience. She has taught all levels, including university undergraduates and master's students. Natasha worked as a Cambridge ICELT and TrinityCert trainer and supervised Distance Delta trainees for NILE. She has designed and run courses for teachers in Russia, Cyprus. Bangladesh and Bosnia & Herzegovina. She has spoken at conferences including IATEFL, TESOL France, Trendy English, Yarconf, DonELTA and others.