Arturo
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Arturo
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Teaches
Italian
Native
English
Speaks
French
Spanish
Japanese
German
Chinese (Mandarin)
Teaches
Italian
Native
English
Speaks
French
Spanish
Japanese
German
Chinese (Mandarin)
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From ItalyLiving in Other, Italy (03:29 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jan 5, 2015InterestsFoodHistoryTravelReadingMusic
I am Arturo and I come from Italy.
I love languages and cultures from all around the world.
I have been learning languages from my early childhood and I have been traveling a lot (I even worked as a flight attedant for a short time!).
Languages, linguistics and anthopology are my greatest interests – or, better said – my passions.
I am always looking for new languages to learn and I also love to study the cultures behind them.
In my free time, I enjoy playing bass in a cover band.
Me as a Teacher
I am both a language learner as well as a language teacher.
I hold a master degree in Japanese and I can fluently speak English, Spanish, French and Japanese, on top of my mother tongue, Italian.
I also have a lesser degree of fluency in some other languages, such as Portuguese, German, Wolof or Mandarin.
On top of that, as a linguist I studied the structure (i.e.: grammar, phonology and lexicon) of many other languages that I can claim little or no fluency in: Cantonese, Hakka, Zulu etc.
I spent a lot of time researching in language acquisition theories and methods and my whole language teaching activity is based on this.My lessons & teaching style
My lessons are unique!
I use some special techniques designed to let you ABSORB the language from day 1.
We will talk *in* Italian, instead of *about* Italian.
We will use the language actively and you will acquire it as a result of our communication.
In each lesson, I will introduce you a new portion of the language IN CONTEXT. I will make sure you understand everything I say, then we will use the new information in a questions-and-answers routine. I will encourage you to reply in Italian but you will not be forced to do so until you feel ready.
Three main topics:
- short and funny stories from the Look I Can Talk series
- your everyday life
- common everyday events
Book a trial lesson!My teaching material
- Image files
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- PDF file
Certificates
CEDILS - Ca' Foscari Univerisity - Venice, Italy - 2015Certificate in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language
TOEFL - ETS - 2015112/120
Goethe-Zertifikat B1 - Goethe Institut - 2015German language B1 proficiency certificate
日本語能力試験 - The Japan Foundation - 2010Japanese Level Proficiency Test
2級 - N2 level
Education
2008 - 2011
Master's - Japanese LanguageEast Asian languages and cultures
2002 - 2007
Bachelor’s - Japanese LanguageLanguages and economic and judicial institutions of East Asia
Work Experience
2013 - Current
Italian and English TeacherPrivate teacher of Italian and English, both online and face-to-face
5.0
Rating
79
Students
581
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
97%
Response rate
Italian Lessons
Italian
English
Language coaching for learners of Italian - single lesson OR 5-lesson pack
A1 - C2Language Essentials129 lessons completed
USD 30.00
Language coaching for learners of Italian - 10-lesson pack
A1 - C2Language Essentials146 lessons completed
USD 30.00
Package with 10% off
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120 Reviews
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Italian
English
ERI
16 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
授業内容以外のことも教えてもらえるので、得した気分です🎵
Jan 28, 2021
Frederic
81 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Arturo is a fantastic teacher with lots of experience learning and teaching languages. It's difficult to find a teacher who's up-to-date on the latest development in linguistics and the teaching of foreign languages. We've known for a while that old approach of focusing on grammar and artificially compartmentalizing the language doesn't work. I'm glad to have found Arturo because I'm making progress much faster than I would with the traditional method! I also like the techniques that Arturo has developed and how he's using online whiteboards to teach.
Nov 23, 2018
Kristina Reißmann
7 Italian lessons
Mir raucht der Kopf ... la testa mia fuma
Feb 18, 2021
케이✨
46 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Arturo stresses the importance of recognising patterns versus getting bogged down by grammatical rules. He uses non-traditional, more interactive ways of learning languages. I’m looking forward to more lessons!
Mar 16, 2019
ERI
16 Italian lessons
いつも笑顔でサポートしてくれます。とても楽しいレッスンをありがとうございます。
Mar 10, 2021
Kristina Reißmann
7 Italian lessons
sehr spannender Unterricht
Feb 11, 2021
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