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Hi! I'm a professional language teacher with several years of teaching experience both in Italy and abroad. I can speak different languages and I love learning languages, understanding different cultures, getting in touch with people, and sharing experiences, hobbies and ideas. I'm passionate about nature and hiking, reading, watching films and documentaries, cooking and exploring every cultural and social aspect. I graduated in Modern Languages with a specialization in Chinese and Asian Cultures. I also took some courses in Teaching Modern Languages and in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language. I got the CEDILS Certification of teaching Italian to foreign learners and also the TESOL- TEFL Certification of teaching English to foreign people. Thanks to my personal learning experience, I understand the difficulties of learning a new language and I can make it as easy as possible by giving you tips, advice, learning strategies and techniques. My lessons are based on the active use of...

I was preparing a lesson for a student of mine, when I found myself struggling with a translation. The word was “cavare”. «Pull out» I thought. But then… was there a better word? “Cavare”, in Italian, doesn’t only mean “to pull out”, that would be “estrarre”, “tirar fuori”, “rimuovere” or something else. “Cavare” has the word “cavità” (cavity) in it. “Cavare” means “to extract from a cavity”, “to remove and leave a cavity” and I couldn’t find a single word in English that suited the perfect meaning. This happens to me all the time, as I speak three languages daily and I am a “word perfectionist”: I am fascinated by the meaning that every word can have, those little shades of significance that can only be understood by those who profoundly study a language. And that is what I do: I study, all the time, to speak each of my three languages at its best, and I teach, to make my students learn properly the meaning of words and their best combination. My name is Cindy and I am a langua...