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Rachele P

£30/hr

Italian tutor - Native Italian speaker

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I completed a Bachelor in Multilingual Communication at the University of Geneva (CH) and an MSc in Specialised Translation at University College London (UK), where I graduated with distinction. During my studies I practised translating from English and French into Italian and I studied in depth different aspects related to languages (linguistics, sociolinguistics, cultural aspects linked to languages, etc.). My academic path also allowed me to study Italian (my mother tongue) in greater detail, improving my sensitivity to the subtleties of the language as well as my writing skills. Moreover, I recently obtained a Level 3 Award in Education and Training from City of Bristol college, that allowed me to hone my teaching methods. I love languages and linguistics (I could probably call myself a “linguistic nerd”!) and being able to share this passion with other people, and that’s one of the reasons why I like teaching. I also think that knowing another language is a great advantage in both one’s personal and professional life and I would therefore encourage everyone to learn new languages. Having been a student myself and learned different languages (e.g. German, Spanish, French, English), I know what difficulties one might encounter, and I can share a few tricks to overcome them. Moreover, to make the tutoring sessions as useful and effective as possible, I aim at having a very personalised teaching methodology, making sure to take into account the student’s necessities, skills as well as possible learning difficulties. Finally, I try to make the classes challenging but also entertaining, with a mix of listening, speaking and writing exercises that concern Italian grammar but also Italian culture. In this way, the students will gain a general cultural knowledge of Italian, and not only a linguistic one. I'm an Italian native speaker, born in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland (Ticino) and now based in Bristol (UK). I've always been very passionate about languages and, after having followed an academic path mainly focused on translation, I currently work both as an Italian tutor and a freelance translator, specialising in subtitling. Thanks to the nature of these jobs and their requirements, not only I have the chance to practise daily my main working languages, French and English, but I can also maintain the link with my mother tongue, Italian, and help other people learn this beautiful language!

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Italian
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Italian
 £30/hr

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