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Martina

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Italian
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125
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5 519
class
Italian
user_group_man_woman
125
time
5 519

Speaks

Italian
Native
,
English
C1
,
Spanish
B1

About Me

Hi! I have a long experience in teaching to all levels and I provide everything you need to learn Italian. All materials (PDFs, listening activities, videos, textpads ecc) will be available for download and you can keep them for future reference.

WHAT YOU'LL GET WITH EACH CLASS:
- speaking practice and feedback
- downloadable resources for free
- reading, listening, writing, and grammar activities
- homework

My learning materials are designed to best suit a virtual environment and, at the same time, to allow flexibility and creativity so I can consistently adapt to your general and specific needs and goals.

Through my teaching experience I learned to always keep in mind and balance out 2 important things:
1. Each student is a unique individual, with their own talents and strengths, learning goals and style.
2. Language learning is a journey, where we need to follow the "natural order" of the steps, to ensure effective, enjoyable and systematic learning.

I am cheerful and very patient and I strive to make my classes as enjoyable and engaging as possible, because I believe that it's easier to learn if you're relaxed and having a good time. After we've covered the topic at hand, I consistently make sure that we put it into actual practice by active speaking and other applied tasks.
If you want to learn from scratch I will guide you step by step, with a progression of classes that will make you able to understand and speak with ease in everyday-situations. If you already know some Italian and want to take it to the next level I'll help you progress designing classes around what you need to improve and developing your strenghts. No matter your level, we can build on that. We'll deal with grammar in a communicative context, to look at how it works in real life situations, using various resources such as news articles, videos, dialogues, songs. I can also help you with specific practical tasks such as formal writing or translating, preparing for presentations and interviews, improving your pronunciation or if you need to tackle specific subjects (grammar, vocabulary, art, language for travel...)

About me:
I first started when I still attended school, volunteering as a peer-tutor and I realized I was so passionate about it that I wanted to be a teacher. I call it my beloved job: this is what I love doing, but I also take it seriously and professionaly.
I've been teaching different age groups and levels, from young students to adults. I graduated in Foreign Languages and Intercultural Studies, which gave me a humanities background and formal training in teaching a foreign language, advanced linguistics, and translation.

Other things I enjoy: strange movies, cats, yoga, riding my bike, and most recently learning to play the ukulele!

Feel free to message me if you have any questions, I'm here to help you!
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My trial lessons

We'll start with a short conversation activity to break the ice and get to know each other. Then, an actual mini-lesson, to understand what really suits your learning style and how I can best meet your individual needs. This also helps us identifying your strong areas and what we can improve, designing a customized study plan. At the end there will be room for you to ask and clear up any doubts, or express specific requests relating our future classes.
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Teacher Stats

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timetable6 years ago
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class5 519
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Schedule

Teaching Expertise

Beginner
Upper Beginner
Intermediate
Upper Intermediate
Advanced
Upper Advanced

Résumé

schoolEducation

2021 - 2021
2008 - 2015
Laurea in Lingue, letterature e studi interculturali
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Firenze
Foreign languages and literature, language teaching and advanced linguistics, translation
2011 - 2012
Course title: Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language
University of Bristol - Bristol
Internship at a middle school, planning lessons and teaching pupils at Key Stage 3 level

briefcaseWork Experience

2018
Online tutoring and teaching
Verbling
2008 - 2015
English and Spanish private tutor
Tutoring children and young adults (7-16 years old)

diploma_2Certifications

2023 - 2023
How to teach a language
Preply
Language teaching methodology
2021 - 0
Teaching English Online
Cambridge Assessment - online
Creating teaching materials, planning and delivering online one-to-one and group lessons; developing the learner's receptive and productive skills; key skills, tools and resources for online language teaching
 a minute
5 years ago
Italian
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