

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Silvia will be happy to arrange your first English reading lesson.
Silvia
One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Silvia will be happy to arrange your first English reading lesson.
- Rate 24€
- Response 24h
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Students50+
Number of students Silvia has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
Number of students Silvia has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

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- English reading
- English writing
- Business English
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- English reading
- English writing
- Business English
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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Silvia will be happy to arrange your first English reading lesson.
About Silvia
Hi, I’m Silvia! I was born in Slovakia, then my family moved to Canada when I was 2 years old.
English is not the first language I started learning — nor the second. The first kindergarten I went to had 30 kids, and 25 of them were Chinese. Can you guess what language I started picking up? But of course, my parents moved me to another kindergarten as soon as they realized. And that's how I narrowly avoided becoming a Slovak-born Canadian who spoke fluent Chinese.
Instead, English became my native language. I do everything in English — work, play, study, dream, think. But I still had early exposure to several other languages — Slovak spoken at home, and French taught at school. These beginnings sparked my fascination (read: obsession?) with languages.
And so I went to university for translation. Spurred by both passion and indecision (and perhaps a teensy bit of insanity), I enrolled in every single foreign language course they offered, from Portuguese to Japanese. I did three internships in translation and English teaching, in Barcelona, Bremen, and Valencia. I really found myself in the work, and thus began my career as a freelancer.
I did my final semester in Bologna, Italy. Having experienced almost 20 Canadian winters with -30 degree weather and 2-meter high snow banks, I wasn’t so eager to add one more to the tally. So after I graduated I decided to stick around in Europe a bit longer, and ended up staying. Now I’m based in Bratislava, and I work full-time as a freelance online English teacher, translator, editor, and copywriter.
That’s enough about me for now — if you’d like to get to know me more, just send me a message and I’d be happy to arrange your first lesson!
►MORE ABOUT MY TEACHING MINDSET
I would call my mindset towards languages progressive. We can prescribe the rules of a language, but at the end of the day, we must also observe it — if a textbook tells you that something is incorrect, but the entire North American continent uses it, can we really call it “wrong”?
I also think nobody should be embarrassed of making mistakes in a foreign language (or even their own!). Of course we should strive to improve, but the end goal is not perfection — it’s communication. It would be a shame to miss out on building bonds and sharing laughs from fear of conjugating wrong.
To that end, I do correct my students, as that’s partially what I’m there for! But we will always maintain a positive and relaxed atmosphere that welcomes mistakes as a tool for learning. I myself make mistakes in every language I speak (just wait to hear me speak yours and you’ll see! ;) )
►EDUCATION
✧ Bachelor’s degree in Translation from the University of Ottawa with 3 practicums (2013-2018)
✧ Editing Certificate from Simon Fraser University (2019-2020)
I am very passionate about my work, and that’s why I love taking courses to learn from experts and continue developing my skills. I’ve completed lots of courses and certificates in teaching English with different focuses. This lets me see different methods for approaching English and gives me an idea of the different kinds of lessons, exercises, and learning styles to choose the best one for each student.
►COURSES
✧ Teaching English one-on-one (2018)
✧ Lesson planning (2018)
✧ Grammar in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (2019)
✧ Teaching English pronunciation (2019)
✧ Teaching English word stress (2019)
✧ IELTS preparation course (2017)
✧ Two courses for IELTS Writing Task 2 band 7+ (2019 and 2020)
✧ Two courses for IELTS Writing Task 1 Academic band 7+ (2019 and 2020)
✧ A course for IELTS Writing Task 1 General band 7+ (2019)
✧ Grammar for IELTS band 7+ (2021)
✧ Vocabulary strategies for IELTS band 7+ (2021)
✧ Academic vocabulary for English writing (IELTS band 7+) (2021)
✧ Three courses for IELTS Speaking band 7+ (2019 and 2020)
►HOW I STARTED TEACHING
My career in teaching started back in high school in Canada. In my senior years, and later in university, I gave private lessons to children and teenagers (for English, French, Math, and playing the piano).
During university, I did three internships related to languages. The last one was in Valencia, where I gave weekly Business English lessons to 15 senior employees in a multinational eCommerce company.
I started giving private online English lessons in my third year of university. When I graduated in 2018, I started working full-time as a freelance English teacher, translator, editor, and copywriter.
In 2019, I also started teaching with Berlitz, one of the top language academies in the world, with more than 500 centers across 70 countries.
►SUMMARY OF MY EXPERIENCE
✧ 5+ years of experience giving private lessons in American English online
✧ 5000+ hours of private lessons in American English online
✧ Communicating with students in Spanish, French, Italian, Slovak, German, Russian, and a bit in Portuguese and Chinese (and English of course)
✧ Teaching students of age 9-71
✧ Teaching all levels, from total beginner to advanced speakers who want to perfect their English
✧ Preparing personalized lesson plans
✧ Developing my own lesson materials and exercises
✧ Experience with different teaching methods through participating in more than 10 language courses in Canada, Spain, Italy, Germany, and online
Looking to improve your English? A year from now you'll wish you had started today – don't let time go to waste! Reach out for a free first lesson and I'll be happy to see how I can help!
About the lesson
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English
I’ve been a private online English teacher for the past 7 years, helping students from all over Europe and South America.
As the business world has shifted more and more online, I noticed that students often struggle with writing emails. Specifically, they worry if their emails are written with the right grammar, level of clarity, and tone in order to make the right impression — or if they are needlessly damaging their business relationships because of poor writing they’re not even aware of.
So I’ve started offering this service to give students the confidence that their written communication makes the impression they want it to make on the reader — by ensuring it is written clearly, correctly, and with the right tone.
But not only that — I want every student to be able to learn and improve through my help. I include comments explaining the corrections, so you can understand the changes that I made, and improve any future texts you write. I know I’ve been successful when you stop needing my help!
✦ WHAT THE CORRECTIONS INCLUDE ✦
✧ Corrections for grammar and vocabulary using “Track Changes” so you can quickly and easily see the changes
✧ Comments explaining the main corrections so you understand the reason behind them and can apply this knowledge yourself in the future
✧ Feedback on the overall structure and tone of the email, in a short video, so you know the email makes the right impression on the reader
✧ Any recommendations I can give you in order to improve grammar weaknesses and improve your English writing skills
Please note that this service is NOT made for Cambridge, TOEFL or IELTS written task corrections. It is meant for real-life written communication, such as emails or other texts you send to other people.
I will also not rewrite your email for you — I keep this offer as affordable as possible, and rewriting an email would take much more time than is covered by this service. If there are very many errors, I will correct and explain the main ones, and give general feedback in the video. It is better this way for you too — too many corrections, and you’ll be overwhelmed! By focusing on the main issues, you’ll be able to fix one problem at a time and see real improvement.
✦ TEXT LENGTHS AND PRICING ✦
✧ Short email / text, up to 250 words
Single: 12 euro
Pack of 10: 110 euro (11 euro each)
✧ Long email / text, up to 500 words
Single: 24 euro
Pack of 10: 220 euro (22 euro each)
If your text is longer than the word limit you’ve chosen, I will correct until that word limit.
For longer texts, please discuss with me privately.
✦ FREE CORRECTION ✦
I offer 1 short (250 words) correction for free!
Is this really free?
Yes, in the sense that I do not receive any payment for it.
However, the way this platform works is that you need to pay for a one-month “student pass” in order to contact teachers. This money goes to Superprof, not to me — that’s how they keep this platform running in order to let you connect with the many fantastic teachers and coaches on this platform!
YOU CAN CANCEL THIS PASS AFTER YOU CONTACT ME, YOU DO NOT NEED TO KEEP PAYING FOR IT. (If you do not cancel, it automatically renews for another month).
How to make full use of the pass: with the pass, you can contact as many teachers as you like, for as many topics as you like — also looking for private French lessons, or guitar lessons? Now’s your chance to get started!
✦ HOW IT WORKS ✦
✧ I’ll explain to you how you can use the Superprof booking platform to book either single writing corrections, or a package of 10.
✧ Send me your text by email.
✧ I’ll send it back within 2 business days, with “Track Changes” corrections for the main errors, comments explaining the corrections, and a short video giving general feedback on your text.
✧ If you have any more questions regarding your email, just reply to the email! I’m here to help.
NOTE that this service does NOT have a “live video lesson” component! It is purely just writing corrections and feedback delivered by email and a short video that you can watch anytime you like.
Ready to gain the feedback and skills to communicate with confidence in written English? Just reach out and let’s get started! :-)
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I started with silvia 6 years ago with English classes, and she has definitely been the best teacher I ever had. In fact I have gained so much confidence in my english that I started doing coaching sessions with her in English when she started offering them. My experience with both these classes was really fantastic, I have seen really great results.
I LOVE Silvia as a coach. She's clearly doing this out of real passion and care for other people, which is really special to find. She has helped me find a much better way of understanding some past events that were really affecting me, I have a much greater sense of peace in everyday life and she has helped me make so much progress with my goals – as a solopreneur, she gives excellent advice for starting a business too, which I've finally done this year! I'm so happy I found her.
Silvia is very experienced and a skilled English teacher. We discuss lots of different topics in her classes, so we can practice a wide range of vocabularies, phrasal verbs, expressions and idioms. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to advance to the next level in English.
Silvia is very nice, pleasant, and patient, she’s always prepared with a great lesson and helps me learn. I really recommend her!
I’ve been taking English lessons with Silvia for a few months now, and I’m already seeing great progress. She’s very kind, positive, and she makes a very pleasant atmosphere. She proposes lots of different activities to make me learn fun and efficient. As I’ve told her, it’s a pleasure to take lessons with her!
Silvia has an excellent teaching style, she takes the time to explain everything I’m not sure about and she has an amazing system for share her class materials. It makes studying very easy and fun. I’m so glad I found her!
I really wish I had found Silvia earlier! I would have advanced in English so much faster and easier. For a long time I was studying, on my own or with other teachers, but I was always frustrated because I couldn’t actually communicate or to make proper sentences. Thanks to Silvia’s classes, I’ve reached a solid B2 level and now I’m working to the C1 level! I never dreamed I would be able to progress like this. Her lessons are varied, dynamic and interactive, so they are both fun and really effective. Also, Silvia is super patient and she can perfectly adapt the lessons to my goals and interests. I highly recommend her!
Silvia is one of the very best teachers out there. She is always prepared for our lessons with material adapted to my level and goals, and her lessons are both interesting and effective. She focuses on real life communication, not just doing exercises, so there is a lot of interaction. By the end of the lesson, I feel like I’ve really learned the material well, and Silvia also gives me exercises so I can review in my free time. I’d recommend her to anyone who wants to learn English in order to really use it and communicate with confidence!
Truly an excellent teacher! I have never been happier than with my lessons with Silvia! She not only gives great service, but she’s also a very kind person with a huge heart. She always encourages you in every way you could need. I’ve definitely found the best teacher! I’m always excited for my next lesson with Silvia. She’s the teacher you need in your life to achieve just about anything you have planned!
It’s clear that languages and teaching is Silvia’s passion! I started taking lessons with her to take the IELTS test two years ago, but her dedication and amazing teaching style convinced me to keep taking lessons even after I passed the exam. Silvia has helped me make noticeable improvements in my vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, fluency, and overall confidence. What I appreciate most about her is her constant positive attitude, creativity in planning lessons especially for me, and attentiveness to my needs. I think it’s very rare to find a teacher who does all this for her students! I consider myself very lucky to have found Silvia. Thank you!
I have taken classes with Silvia for six months. She is a fantastic teacher! I wanted to focus on accent reduction, and Silvia adapted the sessions to my needs perfectly. Her classes are very well prepared and structured, and at the same time they are really fun.
I have been taking English lessons with Silvia since the end of 2018. A friend of mine recommended Silvia, and I am pleased to study with her. She is highly competent and attentively corrects my mistakes. In addition, she is flexible enough to adjust the content of our lessons according to my current needs.
Initially, the main idea was to refresh my English, which was completely lost since I moved from the UK back to my home country in 2006. A second aim was to get ahead with my spoken English, properly communicate with others and make myself understandable in my new life experience, by this time, in Canada.
Silvia helped me enormously, promptly identified the significant issues and addressed them straight away. It was impressive how fast I was able to interact with my neighbours and my son's friend's parents, answer a phone call, attend a workshop, and so on.
In the second phase of our lessons, beginning in April 2021, we focused on the IELTS exam. We spent the majority of time developing my speaking and writing skills, which I believe are my most evident weaknesses. In addition, last month, I decided to take the CELPIP exam before the IELTS. Because of this, I asked Silvia to practice more daily conversations and correct my written emails, as these are required for CELPIP.
Silvia, again, was very flexible in adjusting the tone of our lessons, which I really appreciate. Having studied the CELPIP structure and practiced writing and speaking skills with Silvia for two months, I feel I am ready to take the exam.
I am confident that I will get a good score, and I am happy to have Silvia with me on this journey.
Thank you, Silvia!I was SO lucky to find Silvia as my teacher. I’ve had many teachers in the past, and by far NONE of them showed the level of dedication and passion towards her students like Silvia does. It’s clear that she spends hours making her lesson materials, learning about different methods and exercises, and she chooses the best ones especially for you. She pays careful attention to your goals and preferences and builds the lessons to match those things perfectly. I’ve been taking lessons from her for 4 years now, and I couldn’t possibly be happier! I think having Silvia as your teacher would be a blessing for any English learner.
SIlvana è davvero una prof che ha passione per l'insegnamento ed è proprio per questo che si ottengono i risultati migliori!
Si interessa di ciascun studente assegnando ad ognuno il metodo migliore per raggiungere l'obiettivo prefissato dello studente (che di conseguenza diventa anche l'obiettivo di Silvana).
Mette davvero tanto impegno e dedizione in quel che fa, dal programmare le lezioni alla verifica delle conoscenza acquisite.
Cerca sempre di venire incontro alle esigenze dello studente.
Mi è stata di notevole aiuto nel migliorare l'inglese!!
Inoltre, è anche una bravissima persona e questa è un'altra motivazione che mi spinge a raccomandarla fortemente.
Con lei andate sul sicuro.
I met Silvia six years ago when we both attended University of Ottawa. In the time that I have known her she has accomplished a great deal in terms of both academic and extracurricular achievements. I was always impressed by her ability to balance the responsibility of being a full time student, while also working to support herself. In addition to school and work, Silvia also participated in extracurricular activities, such as the UOttawa Kin Club (which she helped found) and studying as a pianist. She has managed to achieve all of this and more due to a combination her incredible work ethic and positive attitude. Recently I had the opportunity to witness some of her lessons when she came to visit me a few weeks ago, she is a very patient teacher who puts in a great deal of effort to personalize each students learning experience to meet their specific needs and goals, she is also very punctual and well organized. I highly recommend her services to anyone who is interested in improving their language skills.
-Mike Rodgers, CanadaSilvana has shown time and time again to be resourceful and fully dedicated to her students. She is constantly trying to find a way to make things better for her students.
Teacher Silvia is very talented in what she does. I have known her for over a year, and I am impressed with her language abilities, and importantly, her ever-growing broad heart. I am amazed by her enthusiasm for her teachings. I learn from her daily, as she diligently prepares for each of her students’ individual class lesson; I can see her passion and dedication each time. I value that her class offers the students a comfortable format to learn professional and communicative English. It is an important factor for language learners, and she makes sure to value it as well. Silvia teaches her students as if their journey is also her journey; hand-in-hand, she makes the students’ goals her priority, and stays honest about the progress. She spends her hours outside of class to prepare the optimal exercise and activity for each of her students. Lastly, Silvia knows numerous languages fluently, and with that being said, I am confident that a language-learner knows how to learn a language.
I have worked under Silvia and with her on a number of projects. She is a dedicated and resourceful woman who can demonstrate great patience and has wonderful listening and communication skills.
She has participated in a number of community projects and demonstrates great communication by listening to others. She is an excellent multi-tasker, and overall highly capable person who I feel I can count on. Her charisma and dedicated work ethic are positively infectious to other group members.
I would ardently recommend her for her enviable range of communication skills and potential, her inspiring curiosity and strong work ethic, and her positive attitude and dependability. She is without a doubt an asset to any organization."Silvana es una de las profesoras más talentosas y amables que he visto. Ella ha estado enseñando inglés por más de 5 años y la estructura de sus clases es envidiable.
Ella es capaz de enseñar inglés a cualquier persona, desde niños hasta adultos en un ambiente profesional, siendo capaz de encontrar el ritmo de cada estudiante y trabajar con él para optimizar el tiempo de aprendizaje.
Por estas razones recomiendo Silvana a cualquiera que quiera aprender inglés."
Silvana is one of the most talented and kind teachers that I've ever seen. She has been teaching english for more than 5 years now and the structure of her classes is enviable.
She is capable to teach english to anyone, from children to grown men in a professional environment, being able to find each student's pace and working with it to optimize learning time.
For these reasons I'd recommend Silvana to anyone that wants to learn english."Creo que Silvana será la mejor opción para cualquier trabajo de tutoría. Ella me ha estado ayudando durante los últimos tres años para mejorar mis habilidades de escritura en inglés. Su disponibilidad con respuestas rápidas es un signo de dedicación hacia su cliente.
Ella me ayudó con la escritura técnica y de negocios. Siempre corrige errores gramaticales y estructura de oraciones independientemente del contenido técnico en la escritura. Hay muy pocos tutores que tuvieron esta habilidad para entender el contexto técnico / comercial y corregirlos en solo una lectura. Le deseo la mejor de las suertes para su futuro. Ella es definitivamente la mejor!"
I believe Silvana will be the best Fit for any tutoring job. She has been helping me for the past three years in improving my English writing skills. Her availability with prompt replies is a sign of dedication towards her client.
She helped me with technical and business writing. She alwaysCorrect Grammatical errors and sentence structure irrespective of the technical content In the Writing. There are very few tutors who got this ability to understand the business / technical context and correct it in just one proof - reading. I wish her best of luck for her future. She is definitely best!
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- 24€
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- 5 h: 110€
- 10 h: 220€
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