92 Van Nuys Italian Tutors

...The English language really becomes clear and vivid for a student and a writer when he or she discovers just how much our language, and Latin is especially important for understanding any and all of the so-called Romance languages: Spanish, Italian, French, Romanian, etc., because all of them are offshoots of the Latin language of the ancient Romans... read more

...I've attended World and European History lessons at three different European universities: Universidad de Barcelona, Queen's University of Belfast and Università degli Studi di Bologna. I'm nowadays writing my PhD thesis on the Renaissance in Italy and Spain. I hold a BA degree + Master's degree in Italian Studies at Barcelona University and Università... read more

...In my own case, I was not rejected from any of the colleges to which I applied, and was accepted by Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, and U.C. Berkeley. (O.K, I was wait-listed at Princeton.) I am fluent in Italian and work regularly as a translator. My clients have included major film/TV producers and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs... read more

Having an Italian father and an American mother I had to grow up bilingual. Half of the family only spoke Italian and the other half English. I grew up in Italy so I know the language and the culture and the differences between living in Italy and in the US. Subtle differences such as when you're offered something saying "yes, thank you" as opposed... read more

Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I am a graduate of Columbia University specializing in Latin and Italian tutoring. I have an extensive background in Latin. In high school I took Latin AP Virgil. I majored in Classics at Columbia, taking classes such as Latin Elegy, where I read from authors such as Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius. This past year... read more