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Matilda
Italian
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English
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Turkish

From Italy

Living in Other, Italy

Matilda 🇮🇹 Hey, I'm Matilda. I’m an Italian native speaker, I live in Siena. I have one year of experience on Italki and two years experience in real-life teaching. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Italian Language and culture, and I am about complete a Master's degree in Teaching Italian as a second language. 🗺️ I am open minded, creative and curious. I enjoy cultural exchange, I learn a lot from my students’ experiences. Teaching is my biggest passion! I also love travelling and studying other languages myself, and I enjoy literature, art, music and food. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Everyone is welcome here. 🗣️ I encourage my students to speak: mistakes are 100% necessary and part of the process. 🤓 My goal is getting you feel comfortable and confident while making progress, I’m looking forward to helping you and to answering all your questions. I will adapt my classes to meet your individual needs and personal interests. ❤️ I love an informal environment and I want my lessons to be as enjoyable as possible for you. Staying motivated is key in the process of leaning a second language, and I’ll do my best to make you reach your goals. 📚 I believe in a communicative approach, we’ll be using a variety of videos, songs and texts to expand your vocabulary and reinforce grammar structures. If you feel like it, I can give you some homework and I'll be more than happy to revise it together. 🤙🏽 There will be a lot of conversation too to keep your Italian strong and fluent. It'll be fun!
My teaching material
  • PDF file
  • Text Documents
  • Audio files
  • Image files
  • Video files
  • Articles and news
  • Test templates and examples
  • Homework Assignments
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Interests

Food
Travel
Reading
Art
Music
Trial Lesson
24 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Let's practice 📚
A1-C1
Language Essentials
316 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
8% off
Let's chat 🗣️
B1-C2
Conversation
66 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
16% off
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CaputoGiordana
12 Italian lessons
Matilda is a great Italian teacher, she is always prepared and has lots of different materials that are perfectly pitched for my level. She is also great at making conversation and getting me talking in a caring, fun and safe way that makes each lesson enjoyable. I feel like I am making progress and Matilda also gives me practice tasks when I ask for them. I highly recommend Matilda if you're looking for well structured lessons that are also enjoyable and relaxed.
Student Deniz
Deniz
3 Italian lessons
I'm very disappointed by this tutor. At first she seemed friendly and I thought we may continue. However, after second class, I felt something was wrong and politely gave her feedback to make it more efficient. At that point she interrupted and talked over me and dismissed my concerns and said "I'm trying to teach her her job" which I never ever intended. When we were still discussing the issue she suddenly switched to lightning pace Italian to "test" me and used my "inability" to order a drink as a proof that I should take it "very slowly". This is, not only embarrassing, but also a very aggressive and unprofessional behavior which made it impossible to continue. It took time to process but she just wants to be a commercial teacher who goes very slowly so that you'll feel "comfortable" and book more lessons with her and she's only "nice" as long as you stay with her terms. There are brilliant tutors on Italki who are genuine language enthusiasts and will treat you much more polite
Student Jouko
Jouko
3 Italian lessons
Grande!! grazie di cuore ❤️
Student Casey Clemens
Casey Clemens
15 Italian lessons
I have loved taking lessons with Mati! We are able to talk about things I personally would like to know how to say as we naturally go through grammar and exercises. I look forward to taking more lessons and absorbing more about not just the language, but life in Italy.
Michael Potts
3 Italian lessons
Matilda is a gifted teacher with a deep understanding of how to teach languages. Wonderful personality and strong skills.
Student Chloe Tan
Chloe Tan
20 Italian lessons
Mari is a very friendly and encouraging teacher that will inspire your passion to learn and to learn more. Highly recommended! :)