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Stephen
5 months ago

I've had three lessons so far with Graziana. She is patient and well prepared, designing bespoke classes to meet your goals, interests and experience. Given her education and life experiences she is very knowledgeable about the Italian language, literature, culture, and history so despite my beginner status there are always interesting topics.

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Andrei
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Enrica is an excellent teacher! We had lessons for several months now starting from zero and I have seen a huge improvement in my skills to understand and speak Italian. I enjoy our classes a lot since they are very interesting, interactive and diverse yet well structured.

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6 months ago

I like the lessons with Alessia. She always is well prepared and we do different things (grammar in one lesson and cultural topics in the next lesson). I am improving my knowlegde of Italian step by step and I really can recommend Alessia as a teacher.

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Robert
6 months ago

Hi, I have had 5 lessons now with Martina and I can tell you that she is amazing!! I also use other tutors who are good but my preference is Martina. She is smart, knows her Italian and has a great sense of humour. Our sessions are based a lot on talking while also doing grammar.

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