Mattia Contarino

What Mattia delivers is always beyond my expectation. I can tell he's really passionate about teaching Italian. I'm trully grateful that he's so patient with a beginer like me. In addition, he always encourges me to speak out even if I make lots of mistakes; once I finish the talk, he'll step out to correct one by one. He's also very generous to provide those many resources to review, plus his extra time. In a word, as a beginner who used to have 2 other italian teachers, I'd absolutely recommend Mattia to anyone who wants to improve his or her Italian.

Why I think Mattia is one of the best teachers on the platform: 1) He clearly masters what he teaches; 2) He has knowledge of many languages, so he understands why the student makes the mistakes they make and what is the best way to solve it; 3) He's patient and never makes the student feel bad for making the same mistakes over and over again; 4) He's prepared and always has a plan for the lesson, but at the same time is flexible and addaptive to whatever topic the student brings; 5) He not only corrects mistakes but he also gives you more natural ways to say what you wanted to say (to me, this is hugely important!) 6) After class he sends you a detailed analysis of the mistakes you've made and extra explanations (for me this and number 5 is an incredible difference between him and any teacher I have ever worked with!) 7) His prices are excellent! (but I really do think his classes are worth a lot more and I would happily pay whatever amount to have this awesome experience with him!)

Mattia is a really great teacher. He has great structure but also doesn't mind veering off the topic and chasing ideas as the happen organically from the discussion. Fast and awesome constructive feedback. Highly recommend!

Parlare con Mattia è stata una esperienza bellissima e arricchente. Ho imparato tantissime cose, non solo sulla lingua ma anche sulla meravigliosa cultura italiana. Dopo tutte queste lezioni ho migliorato moltissimo il mio parlato. Le lezioni di Mattia sono molto ben organizzate, le spiegazioni sono chiare e precise, i contenuti molto interessanti. Inoltre, Mattia è molto simpatico, paziente e nelle sue lezioni crea un'atmosfera molto piacevole che favorisce lo sviluppo delle proprie qualità e ti fa sentire a tuo agio, soprattutto al momento di parlare in una lingua che non è la propria. Mi sono divertito molto e lo consiglio vivamente a tutti quelli che vogliano padroneggiare davvero l'italiano. Grazie di tutto, Mattia!

This was the perfect lesson for me to improve my spoken italia.

Mattia is by far the best Italian teacher I've ever had. He studied linguistics and is very knowledgeable about effective ways to teach and learn. He is infinitely patient and always has interesting conversation topics prepared for our lessons. He also goes above and beyond by preparing notes from our lessons in documents that I can study later. My lessons with him are always a highlight of my day. I can't recommend him highly enough.