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Greetings and Salutations!

And welcome to

ELK English - English Private Lessons and English Studies Coaching.

For a creative, communicative approach to the English language, literature and culture.

Services I offer:

COMMUNICATIVE
LANGUAGE CLASSES

  • starting at all levels

  • exam preparation

  • conversation courses
    - can be taken on the road

  • Simulations: client talks, presentations, etc.

ASSISTANCE with CREATIVE
PROJECTS

  • book /media clubs

  • writing workshops: fiction, blogs, and more

  • roleplaying and board games
    as a basis for learning

ENGLISH STUDIES
COACHING on

  • course prep / post-processing

  • core ideas and concepts

  • scientific ressearch methods

  • academic writing

  • presentations and discussions

  • exam preparation

  • time management

and more

MORE ENGLISH COURSE FORMATS UPON AGREEMENT

All courses are offered ONLINE as well as IN PERSON in ZURICH and surroundings
(at your place or mine).

Pricing: My rate per lesson depends on the course format, the length of the lesson and the number of participants.

May I help you?

SCHOOL / UNIVERSTIY

BUSINESS

TRAVEL / LEISURE

ANGLOPHILIA

Whatever the reason why you want to learn or even study English, I - Elena Baeva, PhD, the Elk of ELK English would love to help you reach your goals.

“Elen, das = Elch/Hirsch [germ.] = elk [engl.] ”
— Duden, Cambridge Dictionary

Whichever service you choose, your exact sessions will be tailored to your specific personal needs for free during a first non-binding conversation: course level, scope, duration, focus, methods - all will be adapted to suit you. We will find out together what you need, what you want and how you learn best. Then we will set to work, together.

Interested?

 
 
 

Testimonials

ELK English - Testimonials

Third time’s the charm. I finally found someone to teach me English - I had almost given up. Elena is very professional, patient and helpful. She has achieved that every lesson has been entertaining, and that the learning process has been easy while still efficient. I am glad and greatful to have Elena as my teacher.

— Rosana Aguirre

Elena has been teaching me English since the fall of 2019. Thanks to her extraordinary commitment and her target-oriented and varied lessons, I’ve been making rapid progress. Elena understands teaching and never loses sight of her goals for her students. Her detailed and positive feedback is very motivating. I’m enjoying my lessons with her a lot and am always greatful for the additional tips she gives us to help us study outside of the lessons.

— Werner Vetsch

I’ve been learning English with Elena since the fall of 2019. With her enthusiasm for the English language, Elena awakened my joy for the subject within the shortest time. Elena’s lessons are very entertaining and she is very attentive. She understand how to take all students in a class into consideration and to encourage and challenge them. When there are questions or issues, Elena is always willing to help, even outside of the lessons. I am very happy in her class and I’m sure I’ll learn a lot more from her in the future.

— Ruth Vetsch

Elena is a competent and experienced teacher. The lessons are intensive but well-structured. She is very aware of knowledge gaps and targets them supportively and professionally.

— Marianne Scheuber

Elena is a very open-minded and entertaining teacher. She is patient and motivated and knows how to motivate others as well. Her lessons were always well-prepared and her detailed feedback, especially regarding our writing assignments, was always helpful. Her exam tips and tricks were very useful and her outstanding vocabulary served us all as an example.

— Stella Wild

Elena assessed my language level precisely before discussing the focus of my book-club-based one-on-one course with me. We agreed upon a canon of classical and contemporary fiction. As we went along, we discussed grammatical peculiarities as required. Elena knew how to didactically prepare the texts so that I was able to expand my vocabularly considerably.

— Sabine Mittelsdorf