Our teachers
Zürichsee International Language Studio offers lessons conducted by highly qualified teachers — all our teachers have University and High Pedagogical College Diplomas and many years of teaching experience.
- Maria Mikhaylova Boulter
- Anastasia Piskareva
Maria Mikhaylova Boulter
English and Russian language teacher, ZILS director
| Born in Moscow, Russia; married, has one son; Russian/British citizen | |
| 1980-85 | study at Moscow State Linguistic University; MA, Diploma in Linguistics and Teacher’s Diploma (English/French/Russian) |
| 1985-91 | Moscow University, lecturer (English/French) |
| 1988-91 | Doctorate course in Linguistics at Moscow State Linguistic University (German languages, Dept. of English Phonetics) |
| 1991-99 | work as legal translator/interpreter (English/Russian) and HR manager in international organisations in Moscow |
| 2000 | relocation to Switzerland |
| 2001 | teacher of Russian as a foreign language at the World of Languages School, Zurich |
| 2004 | teacher of Russian as a foreign language in Ipswich, UK |
| From March 2010 | teacher of Russian as a mother tongue at the Russian class in Pfäffikon (SZ) |
| From May 2010 | director and proprietor of Zurichsee International Language Studio in Wollerau (SZ), English teacher |
| 2010 | Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) |
| Since January 2011 | director and Russian teacher at the Russian School “Suworow” in Pfäffikon SZ |
| 2014 | TELC Examiner Licence (Russian TELC B1-B2) |
| Languages: Russian (native), English (as native), German and French (fair) | |
Anastasia Piskareva, PhD
German Teacher
| Born in Russia, Russian citizen, married, has one daughter | |
| 1994-1999 | study at Moscow State Linguistic University, Teacher's Diploma (German/English), Specialisation Philology |
| 1998-2003 | German and class teacher, Upper School "Modern Education", Moscow |
| 2001-2003 | Course in Italian for Business, Advanced language courses at the Ministry for Business Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow |
| 2002-2007 | German teacher, Siemens, Moscow |
| 2003-2004 | German and Italian teacher, Gymnasium 1529, Moscow |
| 2003-2007 | Head lecturer for German and Italian, International Academy for Business and Management, Moscow |
| 2007-2015 | Head lecturer for German, PhD student (Philology), Military University, Moscow |
| 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | German language workshops, Federal Office of Languages, Hürth, Germany |
| 2011-2015 | PhD course, Military University, Moscow |
| 2015 | PhD in Linguistics, Military University, Moscow |
| 2016 | Correspondence course "Preparation for Education Specialists in Russian as a Foreign Language, Center for Russian Language M.V. Lomonossov University, Moscow |
| Seit 2016 | German teacher, Zurichsee International Language Studio, Wollerau |