Fely

Delightful introductory meeting with clear goal-setting and a sprinkling of useful vocabulary. I'm looking forward to beginning my Italian-learning journey with Fely!

I liked that Fely asked me questions about my own work which makes it easier for me and more relevant to answer, and is good practice for me professionally to have to remember or learn the words most relevant to my work.

Felicia always encourages me to talk more in Italian. I'm always happy to have her lesson!

She has an open mind and patience. She always encourages me to speak Italian and I feel motivated. Thanks for the great lesson!

Fely is really good at giving impromptu examples to help illustrate and explain a new grammatical concept, which is not easy to do. If I see something I haven't seen before, I can ask her to explain it, even if it is not the main focus of the homework--she is willing to spend as much time as necessary to explain this new thing. I also am able to ask her how to say certain basic phrases or constructions, while I'm talking and realizing that I never learned how to say these, which is another good way of learning, even if it causes a lot of detours from the main point of the lesson.

Fely is very helpful with grammar, which I need, but also lets me talk and go off script a little bit--not too much--so that I can try out the grammar in a short conversation that is of interest to me, which really helps me refresh vocabulary and practice new grammar and vocab.