Marina Orlova - the most popular English teacher on the Internet
Click to viewHot For Words (255 millions video views and counting)
Marina's YouTube Channel
Diana Sabrains on Marina Orlova:
Let me introduce your teacher -
Founder of HotForWords, Marina Orlova, she’s 27 and she’s a philologist! Philologist is someone who studies linguistics and etymology and in Marina’s case she specialises in word origins. Ok, maybe not a true english teacher which teaches you nouns, grammars, adjectives and sentence structures. But at least learning about words and their origins is still an appreciation of English right?
What do you think of Marina’s lessons?
It is undeniable that Marina uses Sex to Sell and has a tagline which says “Intelligence Is Sexy!”.
However do you think that her dressing which bared her clevage and a considerable of skin on her videos were overdone?
Do you think it is appropriate for Marina to potray herself as an English teacher on Youtube with the choice of attire and image she has?
Do you think that her image was fine but her content should be restricted for Adult viewing only on Youtube?
Here’s what I feel - I feel that it is great that Marina uses Sex to Sell by saying that Intelligence is Sexy! I can totally agree with her on that. However I felt uncomfortable when my 14 year old brother and 10 year old sister could easily access her videos on youtube and asked me why an English teacher was dressing like a Porn Star! That led me to do this post and highly anticipating for your feedback.
I did more reading and research on the market Marina from HotForWords were attracting. I found out that she attracted mostly men, some genuinely wanted to learn origin of words but most were “virtually” masturbating on her videos!
On the other hand I read a comment from a mother who thanked Marina for her videos which sparked interest in her son in the English language.
Whatever it is, this strategy Marina has used worked well to make her #1 Guru on Youtube and my outmost respect goes to her accomplishments.