About

Learn English with Ivan, now

Lewinow has been here since 2010. This is who makes it, and why.

Marina Petrović

The teacher

"Ivan was seven when his voice first ended up in one of these recordings. He's grown up since — Lewinow kind of did too."

Marina Petrović — English language teacher

Thirty years of teaching English, to groups at a private language school and one-to-one online. Teaching online since 2008, and making the materials to go with it: websites, video lessons, and the language games that keep a lesson from stalling.

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AdDvantage, for years

Before moving to teaching online full time, my school was in the British Council AdDvantage programme for years, with a pass rate of 98%.

British Council AdDvantage certificates

Why Cambridge YLE exams?

Once a child starts taking Cambridge English tests, they become noticeably more confident and more motivated. I have been preparing young learners for Cambridge ESOL exams for twenty years, and the ones who started with the YLE tests were always the most relaxed — and got the better results — when the exams that matter for school and work came around.

Where the name comes from

It is exactly what it looks like: Learn English with Ivan Now. Back in 2010, tacking "NOW" onto a domain was basically a whole marketing strategy. Ivan's old recordings are still in the bones of the earliest lessons.

The first Lewinow went up in 2010. This version is a fair bit faster, and has rather more games in it. I hope your child enjoys it.

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Questions about the exams, or about the materials? I read everything.

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