Nico Tortolero
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Nico Tortolero
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
French
Native
Speaks
English
Italian
Spanish
Other
Friendly and Experienced French Mothertongue Teacher
Teaches
French
Native
Speaks
English
Italian
Spanish
Other
Friendly and Experienced French Mothertongue Teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From FranceLiving in Trento, Italy (18:50 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 24, 2020InterestsReadingMusicTravelFilms & TV SeriesMedical & Healthcare
Hi everyone!
My name’s Nico, I am French yet I am the only one in my family who was born in France. Indeed, I was raised by a Venezuelan dad and a Spanish mother. I therefore grew up in a multicultural background, which spurred me to learn and teach foreign languages. After my 18th birthday, I moved to the UK where I stayed for 5 years, and obtained a teaching certificate (PTTLS) as well as worked as a French teacher. I then moved to Spain where I graduated in languages, and eventually moved to Italy where I’ve been living and working as an English and French teacher for Italian and international companies. Apart from teaching, I am a Shiatsu practitioner, and I love hiking in the mountains.Me as a Teacher
From my experience, I have realized that most of my students who struggle with learning languages do so because of bad memories from school that led to low self-confidence.
Plus, their fear of making mistakes adds up tension and impedes them from enjoying the whole process.
That’s why my main priority, as a teacher, is to teach students the right approach to speaking without fear of making mistakes, and if the fear does arise, how to welcome it and relax into it.My lessons & teaching style
As a firm believer that communicating in a relaxed and simple way is more important than speaking perfectly at all cost, I make my students practice a lot on listening and conversation. Once they feel they’re in a safe zone, we can tackle together Grammar, tweak Pronunciation and expand Vocabulary.
The focus of my lessons is on the speaking side of things, even though I help with text corrections, sentence rewriting and translation (provided it’s from and to a language I know).
I make my students practice in all tenses early on, teach them idiomatic phrases, I make them ask questions related to the topic we’re dealing with, so they can develop a solid fluency.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
TEFL - ODLQC - 2016
Certificate verified
Education
2013 - 2015
Bachelor’s - Lingue straniere
Work Experience
2013 - 2014
French Tutor
2014 - 2015
French Teacher
2016 - 2018
English Teacher
2018 - 2019
English Teacher
2019 - 2021
Freelance English and French Teacher
5.0
Rating
77
Students
727
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
96%
Response rate
French Lessons
Trial Lesson
58 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Améliore ton français avec Nico, un professeur natif, expérimenté et super sympa !
A1 - C1Conversation581 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
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90 Reviews
Liene Apine
21 French lessons
Teacher’s pick
it made my day!
May 23, 2020
Harry Nicholson
23 French lessons
Teacher’s pick
A delightful hour. Nico is congenial, helpful, encouraging. We laughed a lot, but I also felt supported and the possibility of a real collaboration.
Apr 29, 2020
JD Wolfe
61 French lessons
Merci
May 31, 2024
James
6 French lessons
Teacher’s pick
Nico is positive, patient and super helpful. I learnt so much in my first hour. Looking forward to the next lesson!
May 4, 2020
JD Wolfe
61 French lessons
Top top top
Oct 15, 2024
JD Wolfe
61 French lessons
Merci
May 16, 2024
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