Giulia

I'm writing this second review for Giulia by way of follow-up to my June comments about her helping me with preparation for the CILS C2 exam. Well, I passed the test! Thanks so much for your great work, Giulia...your assistance was invaluable!

Great lesson with Giulia! We learned the vocabulary about family members. We also learned about reflexive verbs and did a listening exercise. Giulia noticed a mistake I was making with personal pronouns and reviewed the rules so that I understood, which was very helpful!

Sto preparando una conferenza in italiano e Giulia mi ha aiutato tantissimo!

I strongly recommend Giulia for thoughtful, targeted lessons and test prep. I've had several tutors on italki for several languages. Generally, I find the most affordable teachers for informal speaking practice. This time, practicing for an Italian CILS exam, I was willing to pay a little more for more structured prep - Giulia's enthusiasm and professionalism justify that higher price point and then some. She takes organized notes, gives contextual feedback, and has a whole toolbox of methods to apply based on your specific goals. For personalized tutoring, you can't go wrong with Giulia.

Great lesson with Giulia! We continued reviewing the verb tenses, and Giulia had me tell stories in the past and future. We identified some mistakes that I made, which will help in preventing mistakes in the future. Giulia is really motivated to help me improve, and is very creative in coming up with things to do in class!

Great lesson with Giulia! We continued the refresh of verb tenses that we started last lesson. The focus of the lesson was on "il passato prossimo". While I remembered quite a bit, there were some key points that I didn't remember that we covered in the refresh. Giulia had me describe my last vacation using both the imperfetto and passato promssimo. She pointed out that in many cases, it's possible to use either one (depending on context). Thanks to Giulia for doing the refresh, it is really helping!