TESTIMONIALS

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"Yana has been a wonderful French tutor for over two years! She puts together productive and engaging lessons, while cultivating a safe and fun learning environment."

-N.B.

"Yana is an ideal language tutor who encourages her students to talk freely. Both her extensive linguistic and cultural experience as well as curiosity make her lessons a lot more fun. Also, her follow-up notes from class help me learn new vocabulary with ease. I am very happy with my progress in Spanish!"

-Y.H.

"Yana is a very talented teacher, whose attention to detail is commendable as well as her preparation prior to the class. My son's grades have improved from a B- to an A in Spanish 3 within a 6 week period, thanks to her. I would not hesitate to recommend her. My son likes her style and approach to teaching."

-parent of a high school Spanish student

"I have been learning French with Yana for 2 years. She is a very patient teacher and she has helped to improve my reading, comprehension and speaking skills over this time. Yana speaks French beautifully and is very good at correcting my pronunciation and helping me to convey my thoughts in French. She has provided me with great learning resources and always prepares our weekly sessions with challenging assignments (we are currently reading "Le Petit Prince"). I would highly recommend Yana as a tutor to anyone who is wanting to learn this beautiful language."

-Sally R.

“Attending Yana's classes is highly enjoyable because her supportive teaching style creates a warm atmosphere that has helped me overcome my fear of making mistakes, allowing me to speak more fluently and confidently.”

-S.A.

“As a child growing up in Canada, I was subjected to an onslaught of poorly designed and taught French courses. I learned the minimum, and wanted little to do with French. It was only as an adult that I decided I really wanted to learn this beautiful language, but by then finding a good French course that was reasonably priced and that fit in with my hectic schedule was almost impossible. Then, I discovered the français finesse podcast, and Yana's wonderful groups. Under her tutelage and guidance, I not only had fun, but learned things that had confused me for all my many years in French classes. She is a fantastic teacher, and my French has improved immensely because of her. In addition, her podcast and Patreon provide me with an opportunity to passively learn not only French, but many other things as well (about the Amazon jungle, Christmas traditions around the French-speaking world, etc.). I highly recommend Yana's courses. You won't regret taking them.”

-Kriss C.

“Yana encourages me to talk about subjects I normally don't talk about and this helps me improve my vocabulary. She helps me build my confidence in speaking Spanish with every new lesson.

-Yvonne M.

“Yana is good at finding what I think I know how to say, but am not saying it the way it is usually said (in Spanish). She is very encouraging and keeps a good pace to the tutorial."

-Will M.