Lingua.ru - A Contemporary School of English Language for Busy People in 21st Century

Lingua.ru School is looking for enthusiastic and experienced ESL/EFL professionals.

Teaching at Lingua.ru

• New approach (one-to-one tutorials and group lessons in grammar, vocabulary and language practice combined with multimedia materials for self study)

• Location (School in the heart of Moscow)

• Teaching adults

• Small groups (3-13 students)

• Minimal time for preparation

• ADOS and Educational management team which offer day to day support as well as run monthly seminars and regular workshops

• Resources (extensive selection of reference books, video and audiocassettes, multimedia materials; Internet access, etc)

English Courses offered by Lingua.ru

Teaching English in Russia offers you the chance to broaden your English teaching experience by having the chance to teach:

• General English
• Business English
• One-to-one classes
• Intensive English courses
• In-company classes

In-company Classes

Lingua.ru teaches many Russian and Multinational companies here in Moscow. The courses are taught onsite with excellent corporate facilities and training rooms. Working for Lingua.ru in Russia enables teachers to gain valuable experience in the field of Corporate Training.

Teaching adults

The majority of students are adults and thus paying for the course themselves they tend to be highly motivated, which makes the school as a whole a great place to work.

Small groups

We have Grammar lessons with which focus on grammatical constructions, with a maximum is 5 people. Practice lessons which include reading sessions, games and discussion groups on current events which is why the maximum is 8 people. In Conversation Clubs teachers offer interesting topics for discussion, use video materials, or magazines (maximum is 13 people).

The average number of students in each lesson tends to be smaller than at other schools. And so it makes the teaching here more personal and the students usually feel that they are getting a large share of the teacher's attention and chance to speak in class discussions.

Minimal time of preparation

The course at Lingua.ru is split up into the traditional levels from beginner to advanced using suitable textbooks. Also these levels have been split further into actual set lessons, with corresponding page references to the textbooks. Students at the relevant level follow their own individual programmes and book lessons with the teacher. What all this means is that you are given a timetable at the end of the previous week stating all the lessons that you will teach for the next week. Each lesson corresponds usually to about 2-4 pages of the textbook at that level. So your job is actually made a lot easier by the fact that you don't have to worry about what to teach only about how to teach it, thus time spent preparing is radically reduced. Of course, in the lessons there is still room for creativity as long as key structures and vocabulary is taught.

The lessons are also shorter than at traditional schools - usually one-hour. While this sometimes presents a challenge to time-management on the whole it cuts down on planning time, as you usually don't have to spend lots of time looking for additional material to fill-out the lesson.

Resource Centre

The school has access to the Internet, and a well-stocked teaching resource library with resource books that provide additional material, a student reading library, audio cassettes, video etc.

Teaching support

The school is well-equipped and has a wide range of teacher resources. There is a DOS available for constant support, as well as providing consultation at teachers' meetings that take place on a weekly basis. And there is an administrative team that provides considerable support to teachers. Teaching seminars and Educational Management Team meetings are held monthly.

Teacher Development

Teacher Training and Development is a core concept at Lingua.ru. To this end we run a full programme of teacher training which includes:

• Monthly Seminars on areas and ideas essential for developing our teachers
• Weekly workshops in core English Language Teaching techniques
• CELTA and DELTA courses

Friendly atmosphere

With the school being based in one location and having a relatively small teaching and administrative staff the atmosphere at Lingua.ru is very friendly and informal. . Also, as the majority of students are adults and thus paying for the course themselves they tend to be well motivated, which makes the school as a whole a nice place to work.