Peer Coaching

Peer coaching provides speaking practice that perfectly complements formal instruction.

"Peer Coaching" — is a special conversation practice.

During the warm months participants take strolls around Kiev, visiting parks, squares, and the riverfront. In the fall and winter they spend time in warm cafes with a cup of tea or coffee and, of course, plenty of conversation.

Students have the chance to chat and discuss topics they're interested in or need help understanding.

Peer coaching doesn't mean more homework and is not at all like class lectures. It is time that you spend together with a peer coach — a person who can become your friend.

Peer Coachers

Peer coaches are mostly students from different universities who have different interests, histories, and attitudes, but have all come to NOVAMOVA with a wish to talk, share experience, tell about life in our country, learn new things, meet people, and make new friends from other countries.

You will have someone who will listen to you, share their experience, and correct your language mistakes with understanding and tact.

With a peer coach, you can always talk about what concerns you or ask where to go out, where to pass the time, or which exhibit to visit. But most importantly, peer coaching is about having interesting conversations with interesting people.

Speak Russian in Your Free Time

In addition to making a new friend, during peer coaching you will discuss interesting topics and learn many new things about life in our city and country — about our lifestyle, how we spend our free time, our problems and concerns, and our views on the topics that interest you.

During conversations you will have the chance to write down new words and phrases — not just words and phrases that you can find in a textbook, but the vocabulary that we actually use most often in colloquial speech, including slang.

Find Real Friends

A peer coach can also help create practice situations — for instance, when you might need to buy clothes, books, a ticket, or order something at a restaurant or cafe — and is always at your side to suggest the best way to say what you need.

A peer coach can also take you for a sightseeing tour around Kiev to visit the places you are most interested in.

No time is wasted during peer coaching. In addition to improving your spoken speech and learning many new things, through conversation practice with your peer coach you overcome any fears of speaking that you may have had, gain confidence using colloquial language, and flesh out your vocabulary.

Our students and peer coaches almost always become good friends, since in the process of talking together you always find common interests and hobbies and have a good time together.

Most importantly, you will not only learn Russian better, but will find real friends.