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Italian for business and university - prepare CILS CELI PLIDA exams - conversation in italian
- Whether for your university studies, for business, or for culture, learning Italian could be an important choice for your life! I'll give you a fast, efficient, and engaging way to learn. As a qualified and experienced teacher, I ensure you make real progress, helping you successfully achieve your goals and communicate with confidence in Italian. I prefer not to use vehicular languages but don't worry, I have plurilingual and pluricultural competences so, if you need, we can speak English, French, Arabic (MSA and Tunisian) or Spanish! Together, we'll work on oral and written production and comprehension, focusing on fluency, lexis and vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. I'll give you access to a range of free resources and authentical materials like videos, audios, newspapers, and books, for sure.
Options:
- ITALIAN for BUSINESS for those who need basic knowledge and competences to interact and communicate in Italian.
- LANGUAGE CERTIFICATION & UNIVERSITY EXAMS: get prepared for CILS, CELI, or PLIDA EXAMS: we will concentrate on exam techniques and strategy. The aim is to maximize performance by familiarizing participants with the format of the exam and developing essential exam skills via strategy training and exam practice time simulation activities with a focus on reading, writing, including presentation of arguments and feedback on common error. And if you need to prepare an oral exam or to prepare and present your own project, we'll organize personal tutoring and training.
- My method: I follow a communicative and non-frontal approach in which the student always has a leading role and is stimulated to experiment with the structures and the vocabulary learned. In general, during a lesson, I give equal space to the reinforcement of each competence (comprehension and oral production, comprehension and written production, grammatical insights), but at the request of the student, it is possible to focus on particular objectives. I offer students a wide range of Italian language books for foreigners and the choice of texts or materials to follow will be done together during a preliminary meeting. Multimedia materials such as audio and video and interactive activities.
Options:
- ITALIAN for BUSINESS for those who need basic knowledge and competences to interact and communicate in Italian.
- LANGUAGE CERTIFICATION & UNIVERSITY EXAMS: get prepared for CILS, CELI, or PLIDA EXAMS: we will concentrate on exam techniques and strategy. The aim is to maximize performance by familiarizing participants with the format of the exam and developing essential exam skills via strategy training and exam practice time simulation activities with a focus on reading, writing, including presentation of arguments and feedback on common error. And if you need to prepare an oral exam or to prepare and present your own project, we'll organize personal tutoring and training.
- My method: I follow a communicative and non-frontal approach in which the student always has a leading role and is stimulated to experiment with the structures and the vocabulary learned. In general, during a lesson, I give equal space to the reinforcement of each competence (comprehension and oral production, comprehension and written production, grammatical insights), but at the request of the student, it is possible to focus on particular objectives. I offer students a wide range of Italian language books for foreigners and the choice of texts or materials to follow will be done together during a preliminary meeting. Multimedia materials such as audio and video and interactive activities.
Extra information
We choose together the program and I'll share with you all the material that we use. Furthermore, through the use of software or app, you'll be given the possibility of exercise on grammar and comprehension online, adequate to your level, and with my tutoring.Location
Online via webcam
General info
Age: | Teenagers (13-17 years old) Adults (18-64 years old) Seniors (65+ years old) |
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Student level: | Beginner Intermediate Advanced |
Duration: | 60 minutes |
The class is taught in: | English, Italian, Arabic, French, Spanish |
About Me
My name is Natalia. Graduated in Languages and Cultures for international cooperation, I specialize in teaching Italian and Arabic. I am a qualified teacher, having DILS-PG II liv. certification.I lived in Tunis for three years, where I taught Italian LS (Institute of Italian Culture and Dante Alighieri Society) and a year in Paris to deepen my studies in Arabic language and culture, at the Université Paris 8 Saint Vincennes.
I have many years of experience and training in the teaching of foreign languages in Italy and abroad and with different profiles of learners and a solid competence in language teaching, thanks to a permanent update: I attended training courses on the CLIL methodology in teaching Italian and Arabic language.
I currently live in Milan where I teach Italian as a foreign language; I also carry out cultural and linguistic mediation activities in school contexts to facilitate school-family communication.
I have several previous experiences also in pedagogical activities for children of non formal education to differences, group activities for the insertion of young people in difficult social conditions.
I speak Arabic, Spanish, French and English; I like to travel and discover the world and new contexts, following - possibly - work and study opportunities.
I love teaching languages because it is I firmly believe that knowing languages is a wealth and a powerful tool for understanding and citizenship.
Education
* Education and Training:2021 - Certificate as CILS exam administrator
2020 - DILS-PG II liv. certificazione in didattica della lingua italiana L2
2019 - Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures for Communication and International Cooperation - 110/110 cum laude
2016 - Erasmus at the Université Paris 8, Paris
2013 - Bachelor's Degree in Cultural and Linguistic Mediation (arabic and spanish)
2012 - DITALS Certification level I
2007 - Graduation, Liceo Classico G. Parini, Milan
* Language certifications:
Spanish (C1), Arabic (C1), French (C1) + Excellent skills in English and Tunisian Arabic dialect
Experience / Qualifications
* Professional experiences as Teacher of Italian Language to Foreigners:2022-2023 - Arabic Language Teacher at Lingue in Comune, Milano, Italia
2022–2023 - Teacher in Scuola Superiore di I grado Tito Livio
2021-2022 Italian Language for Youngs and adults in CPIA school, Milano
2020–2021 - Teacher in Scuola Superiore di I grado Cairoli
2019-2020 - Prg. FAMI / Prg. PON, scuole primarie
2019 - IMU Communication School - italian language for chinese people
2018-2019 - Italian Red Cross and Franco Verga Foundation, Milan 2017-2018 - MediHospes Cooperative, Novara
2015-2016 - Italian Cultural Institute, Tunis
2014-2015 - Dante Alighieri Society, Tunis
* Professional experiences as English Teacher and Spanish:
2013 - Students and Professors, Milan
* Experiences as Linguistic and Cultural Mediators:
2018-2019 - Cooperative Project A, Milan
2017 - MediHospes Cooperative, Lecco
Reviews (3)
Natalia has been a wonderful tutor over the past year : she has been a great help in gaining confidence in conversation as well as grammar work, which underpins it all. It is often easier, when learning, to 'hide behind the grammar' however the drawing out and use of it in conversation has been done gently and with great understanding, assistance and humour. Not forgetting patience. And I never feel I'm being chided when I hear the words "..in italian now" - sometimes you just need a push.
As a tutor, Natalia is very flexible (a great help when you work), supportive and always full of encouragement. I look forward to continuing my lessons !
Natalia is a great tutor, she is very friendly, professional, experienced and fun! I recommend her very much.
Great Class!
Do you need to learn how to speak in Italian really quickly? Do you already speak at a basic level and you want to improve? This course is for you!
Every lesson, a new thematic: you will learn how to deal in the most common situation with immersive focus on everyday life & job situation. Relax and just speak!
-As a qualified and experienced teacher, I ensure you make real progress, helping you successfully achieve your goals and communicate with confidence in Italian. I prefer not to use vehicular languages but don't worry, I have plurilingual and pluricultural competences so, if you need, we can speak English, French, Arabic (MSA and Tunisian) or Spanish! Together, we'll work on interaction, dialogue, oral production and comprehension, focusing on fluency, lexis and vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. I'll give you access to a range of free resources and authentical materials like videos, audios, newspapers, and books, for sure.
- My method: I follow a communicative and non-frontal approach in which the student always has a leading role and is stimulated to experiment with the structures and the vocabulary learned. In general, during a lesson, I give equal space to the reinforcement of each competence (comprehension and oral production, comprehension and written production, grammatical insights), but at the request of the student, it is possible to focus on particular objectives. I offer students a wide range of Italian language books for foreigners and the choice of texts or materials to follow will be done together. Multimedia materials such as audio and video and interactive activities.
- Whether for your studies, for business or for culture, learning Arabic could be an important choice for your life! I'll give you a fast, efficient, and engaging way to learn. As a qualified and experienced teacher, I ensure you make real progress, helping you successfully achieve your goals and communicate with confidence in Arabic. I prefer not to use vehicular languages but don't worry, I have plurilingual and pluricultural competences so, if you need, we can speak English, French, Italian or Spanish! Together, we'll work on writing and reading letters, words and sentences and then we will work on oral and written production and comprehension, focusing on fluency, lexis and vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. I'll give you access to a range of free resources and authentical materials like videos, audios, newspapers, and books, for sure.
We will study Modern Standard Arabic, but we coud have a focus on north african dialects too, as I lived several years in Tunis.
- My method: I follow a communicative and non-frontal approach in which the student always has a leading role and is stimulated to experiment with the structures and the vocabulary learned. In general, during a lesson, I give equal space to the reinforcement of each competence (comprehension and oral production, comprehension and written production, grammatical insights), but at the request of the student, it is possible to focus on particular objectives. I offer students a wide range of arabic language books for foreigners and the choice of texts or materials to follow will be done together, during a preliminary meeting. We'll use also multimedia materials such as audio and video and interactive activities.
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