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Oriana Sipala

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Italian

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From ItalyLiving in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (09:54 UTC+02:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Jul 10, 2020

Hi! I’m Oriana, an Italian teacher based in Palma de Mallorca since 2017. I hold a degree in Philosophy and I collaborate with a philosophy and volunteering school, working in social and cultural projects. I’ve lived in Sweden and Lithuania, and I see online teaching as a way of traveling through people and cultures. I am a certified Italian teacher for foreigners, with experience in online and in-person lessons. My students appreciate my flexibility and focus on their goals. I use a communicative and inductive approach, guiding students to discover grammar through practice. Each lesson is tailored to your needs and based on the use of authentic materials and targeted exercises. I'm a certified Italian teacher for foreigners and I started with private lessons both online and in presence. So far, my students have expressed satisfaction about my lessons, because I'm flexible in my schedule and very focused on their goals. In my lessons, I follow an inductive methodology, which means that, as a guide in the learning process of the students, I help them to discover by themselves the rules that govern the various linguistic aspects. I think that this methodology is much more effective than other more traditional methods, since it allows better internalize what has been learned. My method is preferably communicative, since I believe that the best way of learning a language is to practice it. However, I customize my teaching method according to the needs and the goals of every si...

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Certificates

Insegnare Italiano online - Alma Edizioni - 2020It was a very useful webinar about tools, platforms and teaching methods online.

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Cedils - University of Venice - 2019During the course, provided by the University of Venice, I learned theoretical approaches, methods and techniques to teach Italian as a second language. I approved the exam and obtained the certification.

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Education

2011 - 2014

Master's - PhilosophyUniversity of CataniaI studied the history of philosophy, from the Greek to modern one, and deepened many field such us theoretical philosophy, philosophy of the science, bioethics, and so on. I also studied issues related to pedagogy, psychology and teaching methods.

Work Experience

2015 - 2016

VolunteerNational Institute for Social Integration - Vilnius, LithuaniaThe project I was involved in was called "Media for change" and it had the goal to fight against discrimination and the hate speech online. I was in charge of managing the social media and the web page of the NGO, recruiting news about minorities, integration policies, discrimination and hate speech. I also organized an international youth exchange called "Reporting diversity: an ethical representation of migrants and minorities".

2013 - 2015

JournalistQuotidiano di Sicilia - Catania, ItalyMy job was verifying, selecting and organizing the news to publish in the newspaper. I was also in charge of editing the articles sent by the freelancers and of making my own investigations.

2017 - 2018

Pr and communication managerHundredrooms - Palma de Mallorca, SpainHundredrooms was a meta-search engine of touristic apartments. Here I had several tasks, such as creating press releases about the company, sending them to press and institutions, recruiting new contacts, organizing events. All of that with the aim to promote Hundredrooms. The job required high organization skills, because I had to divide my time between the different tasks.

2018 - 2020

Marketing ManagerLogitravel - Palma de Mallorca, SpainI'm responsible for the Italian market and I manage all possible media to promote the company, such as social media, SEO, SEM, Display campaigns, SMS, mailing marketing. I constantly monitor the results in order to improve the campaigns' performances, if necessary.

2019 - 2020

Italian teacherPrivate classes of Italian - Palma de Mallorca, SpainWith my students I do individual classes once a week. I always customized the classes according to their Italian level, their goals and feedback they give me after every class.

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Students

709

Lessons

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Attendance rate

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5.0

Rating

Students

709

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

99%

Response rate

Italian Lessons

Trial Lesson

24 lessons completed

USD 8.00+

Italian lessons with native speaker

A1 - C1

Language Essentials

685 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

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93 Reviews

Rebecca Sales

141 Italian lessons

Oriana is a fantastic teacher for any level of learning! She uses a variety of teaching methods to keep the lessons engaging and to spark thought-provoking conversations. Her personality is very warm and positive, creating a comfortable learning environment.

Mar 21, 2025

Rebecca Sales

141 Italian lessons

Una lezione di natale!

Dec 17, 2021

Rebecca Sales

141 Italian lessons

Una lezione molto interessante con argomenti diversi.

Dec 3, 2021