Paola Santa-Maria
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Paola Santa-Maria
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Teaches
Italian
Native
Speaks
English
French
Spanish
Specialties
Test PreparationInsegnante certificato con oltre 10 anni di esperienza e Master in didattica dell'Italiano
Teaches
Italian
Native
Speaks
English
French
Spanish
Specialties
Test PreparationInsegnante certificato con oltre 10 anni di esperienza e Master in didattica dell'Italiano
From ItalyLiving in Milan, Italy (09:33 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Sep 25, 2024Interest topicReadingTravel
Sono italiana.
Ho due figlie adolescenti che adoro.
Mi piace insegnare e imparare le lingue, mi piace leggere e viaggiare.
Non sono una sportiva ma mi sforzo per mantenermi in salute.
Mi piacciono le filosofie orientali e pratico yoga.
Sono una pensatrice eccessiva (overthinker), e fino ad oggi i miei sforzi per migliorare sono stati vani ... o forse non sono convinta che io debbo pensare di meno ;)
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I am Italian.
I have two teenage daughters whom I adore.
I like teaching and learning languages, I like reading and travelling.
I am not a sportswoman but I strive to stay healthy; I'm an overthinker and I'd like to give up.
I like oriental philosophies and practise yoga.Me as a Teacher
I believe to be a supportive teacher.
I believe in a comunicative learning method (without neglecting the importance of the grammatical structures).
I believe a student should start experimenting with the language and challenging his or her abilities from the very beginning.
and I believe mistakes are an important part of the learning process.My lessons & teaching style
I follow a comunicative and integrate approach.
My lessons are tailored on student's needs.
Basically my aim is to guide the students in working on all the 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
I also consider lessons base on one skill (conversation, writing etc) very useful, interesting and challenging.
I can work with text books, slides, articles, online exercises, images, videos or audios, in order to make the learning process, engaging and stimulating.
Working with the effective spiral method based on a topic: we can learn, review and reinforce either vocab, or structures and idioms.My teaching material
- Image files
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- PDF file
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Articles and news
- Flashcards
- Text Documents
Certificates
IB diploma - Canadian School of Milan - 2022International Baccalaureate diploma in Italian L2 (end of Diploma Program)
Certificate verified
Cambridge Certificate - International House of Milan - 2018Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Certificate verified
Master in didattica dell'Italiano LS - Università Cattolica di Milano - 2013Requirements to be admitted at the master course in didactic:
- Laurea magistrale in materie umanistiche
- conoscenza informatica
- superamento prova di ammissione
Immediately after getting the Master in didactic of Italian as a foreign language, in 2018, and the internship at the CIS of the Bergamo's University, I started teaching in the International schools, in an international environment.
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2013 - Current
Insegnante Italiano L2/LSLingue straniere
Education
1995 - 1999
Master's - Political Science
Work Experience
1999 - 2009
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Italian Lessons
Trial Lesson
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USD 5.00+
Italian basics for beginners
A1 - A2Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 27.92
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Conversazione
A2 - C2Conversation0 lessons completed
USD 24.16+
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Italian Basics for intermediate
B1 - B2Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 27.92
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Italian focus grammar
A1 - C1Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 24.16+
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Italian Focus Reading and Writing
B1 - C1Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 24.16+
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