Maria
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Maria
Community Tutor
Teaches
English
Native
Romanian
Native
French
Speaks
Spanish
(Future) Certified Linguist ready to explain the "why's" of language learning
Teaches
English
Native
Romanian
Native
French
Speaks
Spanish
(Future) Certified Linguist ready to explain the "why's" of language learning
From RomaniaLiving in Strasbourg, France (01:31 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 7, 2021Interest topicTechFoodArtScienceTravel
As a Linguistics student I am more than an average language aficionada, I'm developing an understanding of their technicalities.
From a young age, I loved picking up foreign words from movies and replicate them in my best possible gibberish. Having realized my potential, I now divide my free time between people-listening (mostly to analyze speech styles in the wild!) and dipping my toes in the field of AI and voice synthesis.
I am also researching the field of language acquisition and have a particular interest in bridging the gap from intermediate to fluency. Hence, I am NOT accepting new beginner students at the moment.Me as a Teacher
My rather 'unorthodox' method of learning languages by myself has provided me the necessary skills to attain native-like fluency - countless have been the times when I got mistaken for a native speaker when travelling :)
If that is what you too aim for, there's no one better out there who could teach you the witchcraft of speaking in an accent and on top of that, sound convincing as well.
I work best via a flexible approach - ditch the textbooks and handouts. We'll be getting chatty!
My approach is tailored according to your goals, needless to say if you prefer a standard 'by the book' method, I can totally make that work.My lessons & teaching style
I am for the moment no longer accepting beginner students in any of the languages I teach. Please contact me if you estimate having a minimum of A2+/B1 (lower-intermediate).
Main area of expertise are conversation practice and accent improvement classes in any of these languages - includes: breaking down your target-accent, methods on how to attain it
Upon request, I can also provide help with grammar and vocabulary.
!!! PLEASE NOTE - I take myself the liberty to consider completed lessons where students are absent for half or more of their duration. No attempts to start the lesson during its remainder will be entertained. (i.e. 15min+ out of a 30 min lesson)My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
Teaching experience
2021 - 2024
Community Tutor
2023 - 2024
Business English Teacher
5.0
Rating
113
Students
265
Lessons
100%
Attendance
99%
Response
English Lessons
English
Romanian
French
Trial Lesson
41 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
English fluency without moving overseas!
B1 - C2Conversation Practice85 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 3% off
Speaking exam conversation practice for Cambridge/ETS
B1 - C2Conversation Practice0 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
Package with 3% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
Morgan
9 Romanian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Maria is a great teacher, time flies during the lessons. Athough she can easily explain almost everything on romanian, in those very rare cases when it's needed resort to another language, her perfect French comes in handy !
Mar 20, 2024
Sean Em Rufo-Curran
5 Romanian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Maria is awesome! We talked about different dialects and regions of Romanian and Romania, plus regionalisms and cultural differences we’ve observed in the Romanian diaspora in other European countries. We both have a passion for linguistics and plan to talk more about this in the future.
Îți mulțumesc, Maria pentru o discuție interesantă și deschisă în scopul său! 😄
Mar 17, 2024
Mariann Toth
7 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I had a great trial lesson experience. Maria was highly professional with an easy-going personality.
Jun 2, 2021
Sean Em Rufo-Curran
5 Romanian lessons
Maria and I talked so much about linguistics, language learning, perfect pitch, and the intersections of music and linguistic sciences — and all of this was based off of a blog that Maria shared with me from one of the rare Romanian linguists with a following online.
A fost o conversație splendidă și care mi-a fost o sursă de inspirație!
Apr 28, 2024
Morgan
9 Romanian lessons
As always, very productive and insightfull lesson, we had a conversation about influencer and group psychology. I enjoy every second of the lessons :)
Apr 18, 2024
Morgan
9 Romanian lessons
Top lesson!
Apr 17, 2024
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