RUSSIAN A/B IB DP, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, Russian Literature

Russian A/B IB DP, IGCSE student support, Russian language for bilinguals,
Literature lessons for teens and adults, teens support, consultations for teachers, school support

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WHO AM I?

My name is Anastasia Rybitskaia,
I have been teaching Russian Language and Russian Literature in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP) since 2014.
Besides I suggest Literature Lessons for teenagers, bilinguals and adults (you can find the themes on this website), I write about books in the TG @ready2read channel, I provide methodological support for educational programs.
I am in love with my daughter, books and art.

MGGU, Russian Language and Literature teacher, 2010
Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Master in Philology (M.A.), 2013
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2018-till date
Universal University, School of Education, Learning Experience designer, 2023
Fulbright Scholarship 2019
Grant of Dima Zicer, 2021

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What DO I suggest?

Russian A/B IB DP lessons

IGCSE lessons

Russian language for bilinguals

Literature lessons for teens and adults

Teens support

Consultations for teachers

How do IB DP (IGCSE, A-Level) lessons look like?

School support

We find out what are your needs: books, grammar rules, reading, writing or may be luck of knowledge about Russia and its culture.

We create texts of different genres, do oral performances and work on text analysis.

We read and discuss texts (different genres, different time, different countries).

We do exam preparation for P1, P2, IА, etc. and creatde our own works.

You did it!

My educational philosophy

My approach (Dima Zicer is the person who influenced on me a lot)

Secure communication

Subjectivity, that is, personal equality of all participants in the process

Horizontal leadership structure

Respect to each of participants

Process transparency

Research approach

Freedom of choice and the importnace of personal interest

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE CLASS?

I have different paths for you!

«I read a lot»

How the poetry is built?

The 20th century portrait

Books and movies

«I don't like to read at all»

Modern literature for teens

«I didn't read at school but want to cover school program»

The 20th century portrait

How the poetry is built?

«Did the author want to say something?»

«Different continents»

Hemingway and modernists

Latin America Literature

The 20th century portrait

How the poetry is built?

How will we read texts?

All classes roughly follow this logic. We read, discuss, do tasks in groups and individually

We choose the book together

We discuss texts in group and individually, work on texts and create the map of the book.

We learn literature analysis

We create using book's techniques

We did it!

reviews

«Anastasia is professional and efficient in her approach to work and is very well-liked by her colleagues. It was a challenge for her coming from a different culture, but I definitively state that she came through with excellent results. Her contribution to all areas of school life and representing the Saudi School to the Russian community is greatly appreciated»
Salman Awwad Albalwi
Headmaster of Saudi Schools in Moscow
«Anastasiia is always organized and well prepared for each class and sets exceptionally high standards for every student in each of her students and provides them with clear written objectives on the first day of each class. Her IBDP students scored grade A in their "Extended Essay" in Group A Russian Language and scored 7 in theory in her first year of service as an IBDP language teacher for which Anastasia had been highly commended by the management of the school. Students always respond positively because of her creativity and enthusiasm for the subject. Besides this her ability to manage the classroom discipline is exemplary»
Basabi Ghosh
Ex CAS Coordinator of Saudi Embassy School in Moscow, Academic Head of eTutor Home
«Anastasia is doing very well with the preparatory course in the Russian State Social University (RSSU), and foreign students enjoy the classes where Anastasia introduce Russian language, culture and history. Besides, Anastasia is a take-charge person who is able to present creative ideas and communicate the benefits»
I.Stepkin
Head of UNESCO department at the RSSU
«I was a student of Anastasia, and I want to write about what a wonderful teacher she is. She is very interesting in the classroom, she individually approaches each student. There is a very comfortable atmosphere in the classroom, you are not afraid to talk and make mistakes».
Alina
Saudi Schools in Moscow
«Unlike the usual lessons at school, Anastasia's lessons are held with the full dedication of the teacher. She not only gives knowledge on the subject, but also shares her experience in passing exams, writing essays, etc. We studied the works of various authors and eras, and each lesson was dedicated to a particular work. Anastasia always tries to make the lessons interactive and exciting».
Nikolai
BISAD (British International School, Abu Dhabi)
«Hello, Anastasia! I remember with great trepidation and nostalgia our classes at school, it was just an incredible time! You could always find an approach to each student, and to arrange us to the subject, and the subject, by the way, was really new to us....Classes with you were always very interesting and fun.I remember I had to think a lot, to reason, and it trained the brain well, which could not but benefit🤍 Thank you for such an experience!»
Kamila
Saudi Schools in Moscow
«Previously, Russian was an uninteresting and boring subject for me, but after I started studying with Anastasia, I completely changed my opinion about it. The lessons are very easy and interesting. Anastasia is able to find a common language with a student. I like the way Anastasia conducts classes, I have learned a lot about modern writers and how to analyze works correctly. The lessons are dynamic, and I really like it. I'm looking forward to the next class»
Simone
The International School of The Hague
«The lessons with Anastasia at IB DP are just great! Classes are interesting, intense and incredibly informative. We follow the IB program clearly and cover hourly weekly norms. The teacher is a professional with an individual approach to each student!»
Maxim
GEMS Academy
«Anastasia has taught me in Russian B SL for the past two years and has made every lesson interesting and helpful. Apart from covering the necessary components of the IB, she also uses current news and youtube videos. The videos have been fascinating, and I find myself constantly returning to the channels which she has shown me. In addition to this, she always has new stories to tell, has a knowledge of a wide range of topics and creates engaging conversations. Anastasia gives detailed feedback on homework and has helped me greatly with the preparation for my assessments. Because of this, my Russian has improved to a point where I can freely hold conversations with native speakers and read books. I would highly recommend Anastasia as a Russian teacher for anybody in the IB curriculum».
Alex
International School of Hague
«Thank you so much for teaching us, you were a fun and patient teacher!»🫶🏼
Bisan
Saudi Schools in Moscow
« While studying in Israel, we did not have time to tell you this, but you are amazing. Both as a person and as a teacher 🫶🏼
To be honest, only together with you I was able to truly fall in love with Russian literature, for which I am incredibly grateful».

Diana
Givat Haviva International School
«I will leave a review about our Russian language teacher Anastasia, she taught at our school.

There are only positive emotions from her lessons, 5 years have already passed since then, but even now I remember those times with warm sadness, it was the best 45 minutes in the Saudi school. We were always happy, Anastasi explained everything to us intelligibly and it was very interesting, and I also want to note the positive qualities of the teacher herself, she never complained about us and did not hand us over to the Principal of the school and Vice-principal, as others did) For this we all sincerely respect and thank you I wish you all the best in all your beginnings!»

Malik
Saudi Schools in Moscow

CONTACT ME

+79154418330
@rybitskaia
anastasia.ribitskaya@gmail.com
ТГ channel –

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A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME

Joseph Brodsky in Nobel Lecture said, "One of literature's merits is precisely that it helps a person to make the time of his existence more specific, to distinguish himself from
the crowd of his predecessors as well as his like numbers, to avoid tautology – that is,
the fate otherwise known by the honorific term, "victim of history". I adopted these famed words as my personal motto in education.

Being a teacher and working with kids, not infrequently I find myself reminiscing back to my own school years to analyze why I felt a bit sad. I think the reason was the lack of my personal freedom in what we could do or think there.
The idea of International Baccalaureate where I work is, we live on the same planet and there are many voices, different opinions and views. In fact, literature teaches us freedom.
The freedom of mind, the freedom of choice, the freedom of being honest. I am infinitely inspired by the idea that the world is a big string of text with hundreds of interpretations.
I always ask myself: Who am I to teach others? That is one of the reasons why I study all my life. I am a voracious reader and inveterate polyglot because new ideas and languages open up new worlds for me. I was bound to discover the breadth and originality of American literature. That's how my interest got its start and has now converted into a profession spurring my deeper academic investigations and Fulbright scholarship.

Few literary writings are as soul-stirring for me as Ezra Pound's or Robert Frost's. I will read Hemingway and feel like light touches me. It's a miracle. This is the one thing that shows that it's true Literature with a capital L and not just a fast-food read. I would say literature is my visa to the world. I am very interested in learner-centered education and working hard on the Learning Experience Design program (School of Education, Universal University). I see different world and I would like to open this world for children and adults.