TESTIMONIALS

TEACHING/TUTORING

"Leyla is a very skillful, patient and resourceful tutor/teacher. She does a fantastic job in tailoring the curriculum to the specific needs of her students and brings an element of fun to every lesson. With her bright, sunny & warm personality she not only makes the children feel welcome in her class but also creates a warm and friendly environment for the children to feel safe and to thrive. Her creativity & musical talent bring special value to her classes and make them outstanding!”- Anita

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“We remain impressed by how Leyla tailors her lessons to our daughter’s personality and interests – choosing texts and projects accordingly. Leyla even manages to make even grammatical exercises fun for her.” – ID & AD

"My song Luka had private German lessons with Leyla for 2 years. Her friendly disposition and gentle demeanor ensured that he always looks forward to his weekly class! Leyla uses music and art projects to keep children engaged and interested. Signing German children’ songs and abc’s (with small instruments to accompany) often began the class and I would hear Luka singing them all week long. Her art projects involved interesting materials of different colors and textures, and often included a word memory game made of paper that my son would be encouraged to cut, color and tape/paste, thereby improving fine motor skills while learning language. Leyla was flexible and accommodating of our busy schedules and always sent and email after class explaining what they had worked on that day. I would recommend her as a teacher without reservation!” - Molly

"Our daughter loves her classes and we have been delighted with their fun and structured approach of teaching German. German is taught through puppets, singing, pretend play and wonderful stories. The teachers are wonderful, warm and nurturing. We also appreciate that the class explores cultural experience such as St. Martin and St. Nikolaus. Overall it aw been a really positive experience for our daughter." - Claudia 

"Abc classes has helped my son greatly to expand his vocabulary and to feel more comfortable to speak German. The teachers create a warm and playful, but structured environment, that enables their students to learn while having a good time." - Martin

"Abc classes has helped my son greatly to expand his vocabulary and to feel more comfortable to speak German. The teachers create a warm and playful, but structured environment, that enables their students to learn while having a good time." - Diana

"Leyla has a very strong background in child education with a degree in teaching from Switzerland and first-hand experience from running multiple Kindergarten classes over many years in various cities of Switzerland. Since living in New York City, she has built a boutique German curriculum which she can adapt to the specific needs of each child.
Our son loves attending Leyla's German lessons despite them being in addition to his regular school schedule. He never complains, in contrary, he is always looking forward to her classes. He even reviews the material they worked on after she left or during the weekends. As a parent, I always feel informed and included by Leyla as she works with the child through her carefully designed and delivered curriculum.
For our son, Leyla developed a curriculum for both - math and language (reading and writing) - because we want him to become fully proficient in German which includes proficiency using numbers and calculations. 
In my experience, Leyla has been such a successful and truly beloved teacher for three reasons: First, she is always very well prepared and offers a well-structured and well-balanced curriculum, so that the child is challenged but never overwhelmed, and for sure never bored. Second, during classes she is serious and demanding, helping the child to understand the importance of the content and giving him a great sense of achievement and satisfaction after the lessons. Third, she has strong personal and emotional skills which allows her to build a trust-based and mutually respectful student-teacher relationship.
I can strongly recommend Leyla as a German teacher - for private or class-room lessons
In my experience, Leyla has been such a successful and truly beloved teacher for three reasons: First, she is always very well prepared and offers a well-structured and well-balanced curriculum, so that the child is challenged but never overwhelmed, and for sure never bored. Second, during classes she is serious and demanding, helping the child to understand the importance of the content and giving him a great sense of achievement and satisfaction after the lessons. Third, she has strong personal and emotional skills which allows her to build a trust-based and mutually respectful student-teacher relationship". - Elisabeth