Type of Programme
One-to-One, personalised Italian tuition living full-board with the tutor's own family and in the tutor's own home, including local visits and excursions, meeting friends, neighbours and professional colleagues etc.
Type of House: Apartment - Italy
Teaching Qualifications and Experience
Specialized both in English teaching methodology (from 1976 to 1990) and Italian teaching methodology (since 1995 )- Responsible for the Italian language for foreigners programs in the Dante Alighieri Society Committee for 5 years. I've been teaching Italian to foreign students since 1995, mostly one-to-one tuition.My Italian pronunciation has no regional accent. Long experience in COOKING CLASSES to foreign students of Italian. IMPORTANT: At present my teaching is focused on free conversation with explanations about language and grammar while cooking, watching videos and visiting.
Hobbies and Interests
Modern and folk music , psychology, medicine, nutrition science,COOKING and COOKING CLASSES, nature and outdoors, History of Art. I have a passion for healthy cooking with Mediterranean ingredients. My husband is an engineer, very fond of sailing and bricolage.
Accommodation
We offer a small but comfortable, cosy single room with a desk, a wardrobe, a ceiling fan, air conditioning and a little balcony. Free WI-FI. Our apartment has two bathrooms, a fireplace in the large sitting room with a terrace , an eat-in kitchen, a study, air conditioning in summer. Nice view.
Excursions and Local Attractions
I 'm very fond of cooking. I offer PRACTICAL COOKING CLASSES concerning all Italian regions, during which we can have conversation about both the History of the Italian cuisine and healthy food. I use season vegetables and natural olive oil. Visiting enchanting Verona: the History and Art from the Roman times up to early 1900-the summer open-air operas and rock concerts in our 2000-years-old amphitheatre , Shakespearean plays, jazz, dance performances and modern music at the Roman Theatre; live music, dance and theatre productions in the Medieval squares. Many world famous fairs, such as Vinitaly in April. Evenings at our friends'houses. Visiting the surroundings:The Rice Fields, the olive groves with oil tasting and olive harvest ( in November) The Valpolicella valleys(wine tasting, olive oil, and Venetian villas); lake Garda: breath-taking panoramas, beaches, sailing, Mediterranean plants, olive groves and vineyards, great shopping. Some of our friends are musicians.
