{"id":83615,"date":"2025-07-17T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/opetaja\/maia-melts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:39:36","slug":"maia-melts","status":"publish","type":"tribe_organizer","link":"https:\/\/multilingua.ee\/en\/teacher\/maia-melts\/","title":{"rendered":"Maia Melts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University in 1999 with a degree in German language and literature. I studied English as an additional specialty. In 2013 I graduated from the Estonian School of Diplomacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006-2007 I worked as an interpreter in Estonian, Russian and German at the P\u00f5hja prefektuur (Police and Border Guard Board).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I participated in the Estonian-Russian dictionary compilation project of the Estonian Language Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been teaching Russian as a foreign language in Multilingua language school since 2024. What I like and enjoy the most are the individual lessons, where I encourage the student to communicate in the language they are learning and I can adapt the teaching material to the student&#8217;s needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also dedicate a lot of time to translating children&#8217;s and youth literature. More than 20 books that I have translated into Russian have been published by various publishing houses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As an adult educator, I:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">prepare training content and select\u00a0appropriate teaching\u00a0methods based on the intended learning outcomes and\u00a0previous\u00a0feedback;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">create a physical, psychological, and social learning environment that supports language learning;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">continuously gather feedback and opinions from learners about the learning process;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pay attention to my physical, mental, and emotional health, and\u00a0maintain\u00a0a healthy work-life balance;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">am able to\u00a0search for information online using a critical approach to evaluating sources.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University in 1999 with a degree in German language and literature. 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