I am accepting tutees who are learning French or Russian.

I was reminded in a tutoring session during the summer of 2026 that this is what I’ve been doing. That session was mostly devoted to preparing for real-life interactions with French strangers. As I discussed a student’s translation of “La Pluie” by Paul Claudel with her, I thought: “I love tutoring others. Why I am so mysterious about the fact I offer this service?”

You, as my tutee, can be local to Central Kentucky for in-person tutoring or available online.  You can be starting out or refreshing your knowledge. I generally charge $25/hour or the equivalent that nets $25 when subtracting platform fees. The first hour has the teaser rate of…free of charge!

I am especially in a position to take on tutees who want to improve conversation skills for time abroad and translation skills in literature and other domains.  I have been translating commercially since 2012 so I bring a lot of thought to this topic in particular.

I am open to a more searching discussion about what materials/strategies work best for my students, but my preference is to work with McGraw-Hill books and the Beginner’s Russian/V Puti/etc sequence by Kudyma/Miller/et al. What matters is that I would be your caring teacher. 

You can reach me for further discussion at crown.weber@gmail.com or 859-583-8963. 

Bien cordialement/С уважением,

Stephan Crown-Weber