During trial lessons we can:

a) discuss more in depth about your goals/needs/interest and what we can do to reach those goals

b) have a friendly and informal conversation in Italian (and English/French/Russian when needed) to better understand your Italian level, your strong points and the areas where there is space for improvement. You can choose in advance a topic of conversation or you can leave it to me

As soon as you book a trial lesson with me, I'll send you a message to decide together how to organise it 😊

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       BEGINNERS CURRICULUM
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IMPORTANT: if you have an A2 level in Italian and it's your first lesson with me, please book a 30 min lesson.

These lessons are meant for people who have just begun studying Italian and want to practice basic sentences and conversations.

During these lessons you will:
- pratice basic topics (self-introduction, family, hobbies, likes/dislikes...)
- improve your pronunciation and fluency
- become more confident when speaking Italian
- improve your listening skills 
- learn and remember grammar patterns by practicing with structured dialogues

Don't be afraid of joining these lessons even if you know very little Italian, as I will guide you all throughout the lesson. Moreover, I can easily switch to English/French/Russian when needed 😊


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       INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED CURRICULUM
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These lessons are meant for people who are intermediate/advanced Italian learners.

During these lessons you will:
- improve your pronunciation
- work on intonation to sound more natural
- learn more natural expressions
- expand your vocabulary in order to express more in depth your thoughts / describe objects, people and events

I will try to speak Italian as much as possible (rephrasing, synonyms, etc,), but if needed I am more than ready to switch to English/French/Russian 😊

You are free to choose topics of your interest, but if you prefer I can decide what to talk about.
If you wish, I can assign you as homework to read an article/watch a video and then discuss them with me during the lesson.

DISCLAIMER: please note that these lessons are not meant to substitute general lessons (with in-depth grammar explanations, written exercises, etc).

[ITALIAN] Conversation lessons (beginners to advanced)

These lessons are meant for those Italian learners who have a textbook and:
1) want to have a tutor helping them while they study
2) want their study time to be as interactive as possible to put immediately into practice what they are learning and have immediate feedback
3) need someone to explain things more in depth/more clearly (maybe because the textbook is a bit difficult)

During these lessons we will:
- work together on all the material provided by your texbook (or only on the parts you need help with)
- do further exercises on specific topics (if you need)
- work on pronunciation and intonation

If you wish, I can give you some homework to do between a lesson and the following one, so that you can practice as much as possible 😊

NOTES: if you don't have a textbook yet but would like to work on one, we will use Nuovo espresso.

[ITALIAN] Personal curriculum lessons

Do you have problems understanding a particular grammar topic?
Or maybe you just need to do many exercises to get comfortable in using a specific grammar rule?

During the "grammar booster" lessons, we will:
- revise together grammar topics (if you wish)
- make a lot of practice of different types (writing, speaking, listening, reading) and using different materials (articles, videos, textbooks...)

Thanks to these lessons you will start using grammar patterns naturally, without having to think hard about the rule 🤗

[ITALIAN] Grammar booster

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If you have some issues understanding and using a specific grammar point, these classes are for you!

We'll first analyse the rule together starting from example, so that your brain can understand the rules on its own and therefore remember them better.

After that, we'll work both on written and oral exercises in order to help you get more confident with that grammar point and make you use it naturally in conversation.
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    CONTENUTI DELLE LEZIONI
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Se fai fatica a capire o ad utilizzare una certa regola grammaticale, queste sono le lezioni perfette per te!

Inizieremo analizzando la regola a partire da frasi d'esempio, in modo tale che tu riesca ad estrarre la regola in autonomia (con mio supporto, naturalmente!) e pertanto la memorizzi meglio.

A seguire la metteremo in pratica con esercizi più o meno strutturati, sia scritti che orali. Otterrai così maggiore sicurezza nell'uso di quella regola e imparerai ad usarla naturalmente anche durante una conversazione.

[ENGLISH] Grammar course

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If you want to become more fluent but you're scared of interacting with students, this is the perfect course for you!

For each topic, I'll prepare:
- a list of useful vocabulary
- a list of useful grammar rules to know
...which will be used as starting points for our conversation.

This way you'll feel much calmer and in control, and you'll learn exactly what you need!

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Corso pensato per studenti dal livello A2 in su.

Se volete parlare in modo più fluente in inglese ma avete ancora paura di fare conversazione con un madrelingua, queste sono le lezioni che fanno apposta per voi!

In base all'argomento di cui volete trattare, preparerò: 
- una lista di vocaboli
- una lista di regole grammaticali utili
...che useremo come punto di partenza per la nostra conversazione.

Così sarà molto più facile per voi mantenere la calma, e imparerete proprio le cose che vi servono!

[ENGLISH] Conversation course

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*Italian description below

Open to all students starting from an A2 level.

Thanks to these lessons you'll be able to progress evenly with all the 4 main skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) as well as focus on those that you consider weaker.

Since my method is communication based (as I was taught during my CELTA qualification) you'll have plenty of time to practice speaking while working on the other skills at the same time.



[ITALIANO]
Aperto a tutti gli studenti a partire dal livello A2.

Queste lezioni vi permetteranno di progredire in modo equilibrato in tutte e 4 le principali abilità (scrittura, ascolto, parlato e lettura) ma anche di focalizzarvi sulle skill che ritenete più deboli.

Visto che utilizzo un metodo comunicativo (appreso durante il corso per la qualificazione CELTA) avrete un sacco di opportunità per fare pratica di speaking mentre lavorate al contempo sulle altre abilità.

[ENGLISH] General course (all 4 skills)

Are you getting ready to take an Italian certification, but you feel like you need extra practice and guidance? In these lessons we'll work exactly on that. 

We can either focus on every aspect of the exam, or just the ones that you struggle the most with.

[ITALIAN] Test prep (CILS, CELI, PLIDA)

IMPORTANT: these lessons are meant for groups of two people who
- want to take classes TOGETHER 
- have a similar Italian level