Italian for all levels: grammar, conversation, and culture

From 34 C$ /h

Ciao! 😊 I offer online Italian lessons tailored to your needs, interests and learning pace. Whether you want to learn Italian for work, communicate with your Italian partner and their family, prepare for a holiday in Italy, or simply explore the language and culture, I will help you achieve your goals!

With almost eight years of teaching experience, I have worked with students from a wide range of backgrounds and coming from different countries, including both children and adults. I can help you build a solid foundation in Italian grammar, expand your vocabulary, improve your pronunciation, and develop your conversational skills.

Our lessons will be tailored to your personal goals:
- For work and career: we will focus on professional vocabulary, formal language, and communication in professional settings.
- For relationships/family: we will explore informal Italian, everyday expressions, and family-related vocabulary.
- For travel and culture: we will cover practical Italian for everyday situations, from ordering food at a restaurant to shopping, and asking for directions.
- For general learning: we will work on grammar, vocabulary, listening, speaking, and everything else you need to become more confident in Italian.

What you will receive:
- A recap of each lesson to help you review what we covered.
- PowerPoint presentations when appropriate.
- PDF materials and learning resources tailored to your needs.

While we will try to keep our lessons mostly in Italian, I can also teach in English and Japanese.

Extra information

Online only!

Location

Online from Netherlands

About Me

Hi, I am Federica

I’m a native Italian speaker with almost eight years of experience teaching Italian to people from many different backgrounds, ages, and levels.

I’m passionate about languages and communication, and I love helping people discover Italian not just as a subject to study, but as a language they can actually use in their everyday lives.

Having lived and studied abroad myself, I know that learning a language is about much more than memorising grammar rules. It is about understanding how people really speak, what expressions they use, and the culture behind the language.

If you’re looking for a friendly, patient, and structured teacher who will adapt the lessons to your needs, I’d be very happy to meet you. 😊

Education

High school diploma in languages
Bachelor's Degree from Leiden University in International Studies
Master's Degree from Siena University in Public and Cultural Diplomacy

Experience / Qualifications

I have taught Italian privately for almost eight years to people of all ages, different gals and backgrounds. My students' Italian skills all improved greatly.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

45 minutes

60 minutes

90 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Italian

Spanish

Japanese

Skills

Italian

Reviews

Availability of a typical week

(GMT -05:00)

New York

Online via webcam

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

00-04

04-08

08-12

12-16

16-20

20-24

Gemma

5.0

(22)

Do you love Italian people, history, and food and you would like to speak the language?
I am a CEDILS-certified Italian teacher born and raised in Florence, and I've also been a language student myself for a long time! If you want to be able to interact with Italians quickly, I can give you some tips about correct pronunciation, fundamental grammar, and vocabulary, but also Italian art and popular culture, which I think is fundamental to understanding the mentality and the country that you are going to interact with.
Lessons will be tailored according to the student's needs, level, and mother language and focused on the conversation.

I am also available to proofread your writings.

Emma

5.0

(22)

- I'm a professional Italian teacher from Italy, now living between Pisa and Rome. I have 10 years of teaching experience. I am very patient and I love to make a relaxed and friendly class environment. I have qualifications and experience teaching at different levels and in different contexts. I can help the student to improve the oral, written, and comprehension skills. Most important is that each course is based on the needs, interests, and availability of the student. I can offer students private accommodation in Pisa, a comfortable private apartment in the historic center of the city, a short walk from my home.

- The method is mainly what is called communicative, aimed at stimulating the student to speak immediately and putting the focus on the functional aspect of the language. For beginners, I usually follow a specific program, I prepare a course, and for each lesson, I send students the files that I scan from the various books. Also, the lessons can be essentially developed as conversations on specific subjects.

Valentina

5.0

(22)

Ciao! I have been teaching Italian for the past sixteen years, privately and at language schools including La Scuola Italiana del Greenwich Village in New York and ItalCultura, the school of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.

During our first two lessons, I’ll make sure you have the tools to pronounce and recognize all the sounds of Italian. This step is essential, and it makes everything that comes afterwards much easier.

When I teach, I try to avoid all the things I hated as a language student. My terrifying French teacher in middle school made us repeat the same fake dialogue from a really bad textbook ad nauseam, over and over and over again. Some of it is still carved into my brain: “Bonjour, je m’appelle Richard Drapeau, je viens du Canada, je suis Canadien...”

So we won’t do that.

We’ll use real songs and real literature. We’ll have real conversations, tell stories, improvise, and, when possible, go on “talking walks.” I find that when you engage more of your senses, it becomes easier to relax, stay curious, and actually remember new words.

I customize my materials around your interests, needs, and desired pace. If you love cinema, we can work with films. If you’re interested in literature, politics, food, art, history, or simply being able to have a proper conversation when you’re in Italy, that can become part of the class.

And because you’re learning with a native Italian, you’ll also learn about Italian culture, history, habits, gestures, contradictions, and ways of thinking. Language is never just a pile of grammar rules.

I speak several languages myself, so I know both how exciting and how painfully tedious learning one can be. My aim is to give you a strong foundation without draining all the life out of it.

I hold a degree in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (Foreign Languages and Literatures) from Università Roma Tre and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago. I wrote my university thesis on translating a long epic poem by W. H. Auden, and at one point I tried to ride a horse across America.

Francesca

5.0

(22)

👋🏼 Hello! I'm Francesca. Do you want to learn or improve your Italian?
No problem, more than 300 students have studied with me and learned while having fun. I started teaching at 19 thanks to the director of my high school and I have more than 15 years of experience, in Italy and abroad, all over the world thanks to the internet.
I offer online Italian courses for all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced learners, i.e., C2. I always have quality reference books to recommend to students.
My classes are highly personalized and tailored to the specific needs of each student. I guarantee quality because I put a lot of passion and care into everything I do, trying not to overlook the details.

🚀 During the lessons, I will help you learn the basics of general Italian, paying attention to pronunciation and intonation while reading. I am always attentive to the needs of the students and ready to tailor my lessons. My lessons are an investment for the present and the future because they are prepared with passion, a lot of experience, and dedication 🧡.

🌟 If you are a beginner, don't worry because I take great care to make you feel comfortable.

➡️ I work on different levels: conversation on different topics, grammar, reading, writing, dictation and games (role-playing games in which the student can test himself by communicating in a natural and practical way with the teacher, as in real life).
In addition, preparation for official language certificates (CELI, CILS, PLIDA), the Swiss maturity exam, apprenticeship as a commercial employee CFC and tailor-made courses in a certain professional field.
➡️ All levels: A1-C2

Francesca

5.0

(22)

As an Italian Opera singer, I help since many years singers with the right pronunciation of the repertoire they sing, helping them in shaping the language in a clear way, which also helps the singing.

Our lesson will involve speaking, pronunciation exercises and singing.
We will start the lesson by reading the text and finding the right direction and emphasis.
We will focus on the sounds and how to produce them.
In the second part of the lesson, we will apply all of the above to the singing!

Giorgia

5.0

(22)

Hello everyone!
I'm Giorgia and I come from Torino, Italy.
I offer my native knowledge of Italian to any of you, who wants to discover this beautiful language.

I teach for all levels, from very beginners to advanced speakers, passing through amateurs or simply curious of any age. I can also help with university exams and school works/assignments.
Being a pianist and a piano teacher, I already have lots of experience with teaching and pedagogical approach with the whole range of ages.

The lesson is intended to meet the student needs: the focus can be on the grammar, conversation or literature. In case of a middle-level speaker, the lesson will cover all four language's abilities: listening, speaking, writing and reading. My suggestion of a well planned lesson is, for any level, to divide it into two parts: grammar first and then conversation (covering all the abilities mentioned above).

Thank you for your attention and looking forward to meeting you !!

Paola

5.0

(22)

Hi, I'm Paola and I'm a graduate in Italian Literature and I also have a master's degree in Teaching Italian to Foreigners.
During my time at university, I gave private lessons to Erasmus students in Italy. That experience further strengthened my interest in teaching. For many years, I have been giving individual Italian lessons in Amsterdam and online to students of various levels. Whether you want to learn or improve your Italian, I am happy to help you.
I use a book that I integrate with different materials. Conversation is very important, but so is listening and understanding a text.
The price for 2 people is higher of course, so send mj a message for more information.

A presto!

Silvia

5.0

(22)

If you wish to brush up your Italian, resume a past series of lessons, or simply start from scratch learning Italian, this is the right lesson for you! I like to personalize each class/course according to the needs and goals of my students. My classes are focused on improving the student's communication skills. At beginner and lower intermediate levels, I prefer using a text book/ student book in the first part of the class. I usually use "Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano" and "Arrivederci" by Edilingua, or "Nuovo Espresso" and "Dieci" by Alma Publishing. For the second part of the lesson, I create engaging contents using original videos, press articles, extracts from blogs and social media, literary texts. If the students do not feel comfortable using Italian from scratch, I can switch to English, German, or Dutch. The course fee includes the correction of home assignments.

Matteo

5.0

(22)

CLTA qualified teacher, native Italian who turned his passion for Italian language and culture into his profession.
I am a friendly person, always looking to create a relaxed and easy-going atmosphere during the classes.

I am available for online classes or in person.
Lessons will be tailored on the student's needs and interests.
During the first lesson I will assess your level just with a very informal chat and we'll set up together a functioning plan.

During my classes I make use of various resources such as books, films, music, newspapers, providing an informal and enjoyable way of learning.

Debora

5.0

(22)

If you answer yes to one or more of these questions:
○ Do you want to learn the basics of Italian, one of the most beautiful languages in the world?
○ Would you like to converse in Italian with a native speaker, improve your oral communication and pronunciation, and learn new commonly used expressions?
○ Are you fascinated by the culture, art, gastronomy or even the history of Italy?
○ Or do you mainly need to revise Italian grammar, improve your written communication or practice conjugation?

So good news, look no further: you've come to the right place!
Dante's language will no longer hold any secrets for you thanks to clear, dynamic and entertaining lessons, adapted to your pace and your personal needs.

- Small games will also be organized: don't they say that it's by having fun that we learn best?
- In addition, classes will be taught primarily in Italian from day one. For me, immersion is the most direct method of learning. However, I will use French, English, or German to clarify any doubts, especially for beginners.
- Having learned many languages myself, I understand the challenges you face and can share with you the techniques that helped me overcome them.
- At the end of each course, you will receive a personalized document containing all my notes and observations to facilitate revision and your learning.

If you are motivated, I can:
- plan homework to help you progress more quickly.
- share authentic material with you in the form of articles, videos, films or podcasts to present and comment on with me during the course.

An expert in Italian culture and literature thanks to my university studies and multilingualism, I offer courses that will help you progress quickly thanks to an effective method.
My classes are structured to allow you to practice conversation (practice Italian through everyday situations), work on grammar in a targeted manner and enrich your vocabulary through the analysis of written or oral documents together.

No, you don't see the unexpected news, here you go!
I look forward to meeting you, see you soon!

Lara

5.0

(22)

Italian is one of the most beautiful language in the whole world; and what’s better than learning it from an Italian girl without having to move from your couch? Absolutely nothing. I’m Lara and I’m a 23 years old student in Paris. I’d love to introduce you to this language via webcam online.
I speak English very fluently as well and I’m also nice and used to be around children, if you need lessons for your younger son or daughter.

Valérie

5.0

(22)

I offer Italian lessons for adults using a specific, very lively and effective method that will allow you to understand, read books in Italian, watch films in the original version and above all to express yourself quickly, with a solid grammatical foundation, in everyday life, but also to have rich conversations with your interlocutors.
Possibility of face-to-face or video lessons, at your convenience, knowing that my video lessons are just as interactive and lively as in person.

Fer

5.0

(22)

Do you want to learn Italian from scratch? I offer private lessons specifically designed for beginners, in a friendly atmosphere and at your own pace.

The goal is to give you a solid foundation for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Italian. Each course is tailored to your progress and objectives, whether it's for travel, study, discovering Italian culture, or learning a new language.

In the program :

Alphabet and pronunciation
Basic vocabulary
Useful everyday expressions
Basic grammar concepts
Construction of simple sentences
Oral comprehension and expression
Practical exercises to consolidate acquired knowledge

The courses are interactive, progressive and adapted to each student's pace in order to make learning enjoyable and effective.

Abdelazim

5.0

(22)

In this lesson we will study the past simple( il passato prossimo ) in Italian language and we learn how to form and use it in the daily conversation . It's one of the important objects in the Italian grammar because it's mainly used in daily life

Dario

5.0

(22)

As a native Italian teacher with academic training in languages and experience teaching students of varying levels, I believe it is essential to develop all language skills in a balanced way: speaking, listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing, always placing special emphasis on oral communication. My classes combine clear and structured explanations with practical and interactive activities that allow students to apply their newly acquired knowledge from the very beginning. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, serving as tools to improve expression and fluency in everyday conversations. I also like to incorporate a playful and creative element through language games, role-playing activities, debates, simulated situations, audiovisual resources, and interactive exercises. In this way, learning becomes a more enjoyable, motivating, and participatory experience, without losing sight of the learning objectives. Each class is tailored to the students' level, pace, interests, and needs, creating a supportive and stimulating environment where making mistakes is seen as part of the learning process. My goal is for each student not only to learn Italian, but to dare to speak it, gain confidence and discover the pleasure of communicating in another language, while also getting closer to Italian culture and customs.