Mauro S
Mauro S
Teacher with 9 years of experience, from A1 to C2, PLIDA Interviewer
Ciao! My name is Mauro, I am native Italian from Calabria! I studied International Relations at Bologna University, then I moved to Padua, for a PhD in History of Political Thought. I currently live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I love running, Mozart, tango (I'm trying to improve my dancing abilities...), cook, and culture.
I am a very passionate teacher, I love to share my language and my knowledge about Italy, and its culture, films, music, literature, arts, food!!! I firmly believe that learning is based on trust between teacher and student, and the first objective of my classes is to individuate student's objectives and preferences.
My teaching methodology is integrated: I think that it is important to work on all of linguistic abilities: oral and writing comprehension and production. I also think that lessons must be as much as fun as possible, and I use a lot of authentic material: songs, films, cooking recipes, newspapers, advertising and so on...
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Student Reviews
5.0 68 Ratings
Franca
11 Lessons | June 28, 2024
This was my first full Italian class with Mauro and I really enjoyed it. I'm a complete beginner so it wasn't easy! But he's very patient and made me feel at ease. I learned a lot for a first lesson. I also really liked that speaking is important from day 1. I'm a native English speaker but I'm challenging myself to learn Italian from Spanish instead of English, which I'd like to avoid using at all. If I lose my place in Italian at least I'll be practicing my Spanish!
Brooke
12 Lessons | May 3, 2024
Only my first lesson but I really liked the format. I am excited to have more lessons!
Gino
62 Lessons | March 22, 2024
Mauro is an excellent tutor, easygoing and very effective at helping you learn in a relaxed environment. I always enjoy our discussions which can go in any direction due to Mauro’s extensive general knowledge and his ability to steer the conversation to help a learning objective. He is very apt at selecting the pace and direction of the learning, tailoring it to suit my abilities / weaknesses. I always look forward to our next session!
Eugene
2 Lessons | November 21, 2023
His approach for me, since I speak some limited Italian is to speak Italian with me for the entire lesson. Due to my limited vocabulary, there are times when I do not understand what he is saying. This is challenging and probably just what I need since the same happens in Italy when I speak with relatives who do not speak English. i will continue with the instructor.