Giovanni is a great teacher! He's encouraging, supportive, and very eager to help. He really goes out of his way to provide everything you need to succeed in learning Italian. Highly recommended!

Today we improved my understanding of prepositions which have been difficult for me. The lesson helped me better understand when to use what prepositions with which articles in a sentence.

As usual we started with conversation, still light topics, but as always a great opportunity to practice words and discussing ideas that I don't normally use in Italian. It's only by implementing the lexicon and grammar through conversation practice that these become consolidated in our minds. So, very beneficial! Then we once more reviewed some information that I had written for an assignment. Though there were some minor improvements required. It was very validating that almost all my structures were accurate, particularly as I am using more academic and technical language. 100% Giovanni's support and guidance over the time I have been studying with him has played a major part in my improvement alongside my own study. Grazie, Giovanni!

Oggi abbiamo avuto una lezione emozionante! We looked at a homework that included pictures from my weekend, and Giovanni even shared some pictures for his life! This type of studying is fun because it gives great examples of typical conversations, and it makes me feel like Giovanni is a great friend instead of a teacher. Grazie Giovanni- a domani!

Today was a more relaxed lesson. We reviewed some photos that Giovanni had taken and discussed them. Then we turned to finalising the review activities on ci and ne. Relaxed but still beneficial as Giovanni still guided me when I made errors or provided me with terminology, for example profondità di campo, discussing imagery. Looking forward to next week!

Another great session today. Although my vocabulary is still limited relative to a native speaker, it is good experience to have conversation practice with Giovanni about complex social topics. We integrated this with checking the grammar of some materials I had written for an assignment. A little less structured lesson today, but nonetheless both as useful and as fun as ever!