Domenica
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Best Italian Teacher, mother tongue, enthusiastic, passionate, motivating, and motivated. Learn Italian Culture, traditions and if you fancy, even Italian cuisine
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- Keynsham
- at their home
- By webcam
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About the lesson
I am a bilingual teacher who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Modern Foreign Languages from the University of Macerata, one of the oldest University in Europe, a Master in interpreting and translation from the University of Reading and a Diploma of Merit for Linguistic services released by the Italian Ministry of Education.
I am a Certified Community Interpreter in the UK, where I have been working for the NHS for many years.
I used to teach in Italian public and private schools, from kindergarten to Further education levels, always with outstanding results, exceeding the initial expectations.
In the UK I have been teaching young learners, Italian for GCSEs, Italian for A levels, Italian for University students and helped Foreigners to achieve the necessary Italian goals to pass the exams to achieve Italian citizenship. I also teach French, History, History of Art, Drama, and European Literatures.
I have been teaching in many countries all around the world, accumulating a huge amount of experience.
I also teach Spanish and Latin for beginners.
I believe in motivating my students with enthusiasm for my mother tongue language and culture in “learners based” approach. I am DBS Enhanced checked. I am happy to work with students of all ages, in classes and one-to-one lessons, according to the students needs, in order to better achieve their highest Linguistic goals (Young and adults).
subjects
- Italian
languages
- French
- English
- Spanish
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Italian
levels
- All Levels
About Domenica
I was born In Italy, but I have studied, lived, and taught all over the world.
I love teaching in a serene and pleasant environment.
People of all ages learn better if they enjoy themselves during the lesson.
I have been teaching in many countries all around the world, accumulating a huge amount of experience.
I believe in motivating my students with enthusiasm in achieving their goals, in a “learners-based” approach.
I am DBS Enhanced checked. I am happy to work with students of all ages, in classes and one-to-one lessons, according to the students' needs, in order to better achieve their highest Linguistic goals (Young and adults).
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5 (8 reviews)
Perfect! Domenica is so lovely. Her home is your home. I couldn’t of felt more welcome and I’m excited to reach my goal with her!
Domenica's response
- Domenica's response : Isabelle is a wonderful skilled student and it is my pleasure as her Italian teacher to help her reaching her linguist goals. I am sure she will be doing amazingly well!!!
Perfect! I had my first lesson with Domencia, and can say Domencia first like at your strengths, and what you want to learn or focus on.
I would recommend Domencia to anyone.Domenica's response
- Domenica's response : Michael is a motivated student and very good at Italian, it is my pleasure to teach him Italian! Michael will be able to get further than his expectations! Bravissimo!
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6
Domenica is the best teacher I have had in my entire life!
Super friendly and professional, I could learn Italian fluently and I was able to get my dream job! I started as an absolute beginner!
Now that I am proficient, I like having lessons with her to be fluent and get a lovely Italian accent. Highly recommended!!! A+Domenica is an outstanding tutor.
She is friendly, calm, reassuring, so experienced. I could learn Italian and I could improve my French, too. She helped me with History and Latin. I really appreciated her help, because I could improve a great deal with her tuition. Highly recommended!Domenica is an amazing teacher. She helps people of every age and level to get to their goals, to pass their exams. I have known her since she was a brilliant student and now she is a fantastic teacher.
She is really educated and experienced, patient, serene, dedicated. Learning with her help becomes a joy! Highly recommended.Domenica is an outstanding tutor. She is friendly, enthusiastic and motivating. I found this wonderful tutor who helped me a great deal with learning Italian and French. She is passionate and dedicated, very experienced, too. I highly recommend Domenica as the best tutor I have ever had.
Domenica is a wonderful tutor and I feel the strong need to recommend her. She gave me the best preparation for my exams and extremely useful advice, while also making me improve my English skills and knowledge of the subject. She is very supportive and helpful, l deeply appreciate her kind tutoring and all the support she gave me.
Francesco
I have been following lessons with Dominique for 5 consecutive years and I can assure you that she is an extraordinary teacher.
Of course she has a perfect knowledge of the English language but, even more important, she is always able to control the "learning process". I mean she is an amazing "teacher".
Following my passion for the English theatre she held for me, what actually was, a drama course in English. She brought in that course all the knowledge of the English literature that she had. But, most of all, she brought in that her amazing ability as a "teacher".Francesco
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- 5h: £80
- 10h: £180
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Do you speak this language fluently because of your origins or because a teacher inspired you to learn?
I do speak Italian fluently because of my origins, I was born in an Italian family in the centre of Italy, in a colourful town by the sea. I love sharing with my students those amazing aspects of my mother tongue language and the beauty of its culture, the regional cuisine, the different traditions, Italian Cinema (I used to work as a journalist for a local newspaper writing about cinema, books and exhibitions).
I was also inspired by one of my teachers to share my love for learning foreign languages. (I speak Italian, English French Spanish, Latin and I am learning Maori!02
Can you name a living, historical or fictional character that you think is the emblematic representative of the language's culture?
I am very honoured to mention more than one if possible!
Starting with Dante and his Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) that I found much more interesting than I thought in my younger years, I could continue with Alessandro Manzoni, less known than the previous one, but the father of the modern Italian and his "I Promessi Sposi" (The Betrothed) is a masterpiece.
I come from the same area of Giacomo Leopardi, one of the Italian greatest poets of all times, underrated according to me but so enlightening!
I love cinema and I cannot miss mentioning De Sica, Fellini, Benigni and my contemporary Paolo Sorrentino, highly recommended to get to know the Italian language, history and culture in a better way!03
Is there a typical word, phrase, tradition or behavior in the language that you particularly like?
Yes, I do like "non puoi avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca" meaning -but not literally translated since there is a cultural gap- "you cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds" . I remember smiling so much at the university of Reading with my English classmates because the Italian sentence means literally "you cannot have a drunk wife and a full barrel", nonsense, and I was asked "why do Italians need to have a 'drunk wife'"? Well, they don't. It is just a funny proverb!!!
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Why does speaking this language matter to you?
Because I can fully express myself and I can share of the fabulous variety of shades of my mother tongue language. It made of body language expressions, too. This is what makes Italian pretty unique.
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What is the main difficulty in learning this language and what can help the process of learning?
Italian is a very melodic language, but it has quite a difficult grammar, full of tenses and declinations, a lot of exceptions in the vocabulary and idioms sentences. Motivation, a professional but friendly guidance can help the learning process and every student can find their personal method to get to thier linguistic goals.
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Provide a valuable anecdote related to your language learning or your days at school.
When I was a student at my Italian secondary school I found particularly challenging to learn by heart Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio and Paradiso.
I worked hard more to get my best mark than the topics, but I fell in love with Dante's works and I was invited by my teacher to join a local newspaper writing about culture. Such an unexpected aftermath!07
How has travel or a specific trip helped you to increase your skill and knowledge of the language?
I have traveled around the world to improve my knowledge and experience, but I have traveled around Italy a lot, learning from the locals the different dialects, folklore, cuisine, traditions and customs. Italy offers such a great value for curious travellers!
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What makes you a Superprof in language?
First of all my studies and research in Italian language, history, geography and culture. My long term education, competence, my learning Italian in every single aspect that a language can have is a valuable asset, and I also have twenty five years of experience in teaching Italian, in many countries and different students. I have helped students of every age and different goals, I can proudly share that every single student has been able to achieve their linguist goals and get results beyond the inital expectations. I can use my knowledge and experience to make a personalised plan for every student and apply teaching methods that put the student at the centre of their linguist learning process.
