I am Ilaria, and I am a native Italian teacher. I have been teaching Italian for several years now, and I love my job.
I am a full-time Italian teacher, and I am building my entire career around the Italian language. I am also a blogger and a podcaster.
In the past, I have attended German and Spanish courses. But I am still a language student, in fact, I keep taking English classes, so I know how difficult and frustrating can be to learn a foreign language for my students.
My teaching method is focused on the students. During the first lesson, I ask them why they want to learn Italian and the goals they want to achieve. I am a supportive person, and I will constantly be there to guide you during the challenge of learning a foreign language!
With beginners, we will start learning grammar, but I will try to let them speak from the first lesson, helping them to create their first sentences.
Once the level advances, the part of the conversation will become gradually longer, but obviously, we will keep adding grammar information.
With students with a higher level, I will be more flexible and, the work to do will be decided together. Some of them prefer to have an informal lesson, based on conversation. Others prefer to have a more structured class, with readings and exercises.
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12 Lessons | July 30, 2024
Ilaria is the best Italian teacher I"ve had and I've had many. She is great at correcting your grammar and helping you learn to speak at the same time.
8 Lessons | July 27, 2024
Ilaria è fantastico! I took ten lessons with her before my trip to Italy, and she made me feel very prepared. She teaches well, she’s flexible, and she’s very kind.
27 Lessons | June 6, 2024
Ilaria has excellent and efficient ways of practicing, correcting and teaching for purposes of conversational Italian (my current goal). whereby listening/speaking skills must be honed to speed of normal conversation. Especially for me, the pronoun combinations, matching endings and verb conjugations at my current intermediate level. Bravissima!!
27 Lessons | May 10, 2024
For my objective to become fluent in Italian conversation for travel and Italian friends, Ilaria has wonderful intuition which of my mistakes to correct during conversations, and how to focus my studies on digestible categories of grammar and common Italian expressions with individualized feedback, exercises and practice. And how to proceed methodically in cumulative steps, to learn a big topic such as Italian congiuntivo verb conjugations. Otherwise overwhelming for me at A1 level. I am very pleased to feel immediate progress and greater confidence.