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Patient and passionate Italian and Spanish tutor!
Elisa P.

417 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $50
Response time: 10 hours

About Elisa


Bio

Ciao! My name is Elisa and I am a native Italian speaker. I was born and raised in Italy and now I live in Portland, Oregon.
I have a bachelor degree in Foreign languages (Minor: Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication) at the University of Milan, Italy.
I have taught Italian to foreign back in Italy and in the US for 4 years.
I always keep up to date with Italian news and culture and courses. I come back to Italy every year for 3 months and teach from there.
I started teaching in...

Ciao! My name is Elisa and I am a native Italian speaker. I was born and raised in Italy and now I live in Portland, Oregon.
I have a bachelor degree in Foreign languages (Minor: Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication) at the University of Milan, Italy.
I have taught Italian to foreign back in Italy and in the US for 4 years.
I always keep up to date with Italian news and culture and courses. I come back to Italy every year for 3 months and teach from there.
I started teaching in Italy and once I moved to the Usa, I knew I didn't want to give up teaching. So here I am!

In these past years gained significant teaching experience for online and in person tutoring for all levels and ages. I use an entertaining, conversational and cultural approach when teaching.
I have been loving teaching so much that I am in the process of writing a book for foreigners!

Italian is my native language and I am always so excited and so proud of sharing it with you.

In my opinion, you learn a language when you develop each skill individually, meaning: grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing, speaking and culture.When I first arrived in the United States two years ago, I learned how important cultural habits are in order to learn a language. After all, language is transmitted through culture. In my time spent doing this, I have discovered that learning a language is challenging. Fluency is not something you can buy. You need to work for it. I can promise you that at times, it will be hard and even boring.

This is why my lessons are not only educational but also engaging. I will customize a curriculum for you based on your personal language goals and interests. I always use different media sources such as Youtube, videos I will create personally for you, books or recordings and podcasts to help you stay motivated.

Feel free to contact me for any questions! I also offer group discounts!

Grazie,

Elisa


Education

Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Foreign Languages

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $50
  • Rate details: Please contact me if you would like classes for less than one hour or for groups. Discounts may apply. Grazie!
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required
  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

Italian
Spanish

Examples of Expertise


Elisa has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 4 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.

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Ratings and Reviews


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Reviews

Excellent Educator

I cannot say enough great things about Elisa she was an amazing tutor and mentor while studying Italian before going abroad. I waited last minute and with only about 6 weeks or less before I left I started with Elisa. She was able to get me very prepared within just a few weeks and my experience in Italy has been so much smoother because of her lessons. Her lesson plans are customized to meet your individual needs and she really makes learning enjoyable. I strongly recommend booking lessons with Elisa if your thinking about learning a new language.

Juliana, 3 lessons with Elisa

Extremely helpful!

Elisa was extremely helpful and knowledgeable, and patient. Really enjoyed my lesson with her. Will definitely request more classes with Elisa! I'm glad I chose Wyzant for my Italian studies.

Jerry, 4 lessons with Elisa

Great listener, so patient!

Eliza really listened to my goals and how I learn and she is crafting lessons around these parameters. She is very patient and will wait until I am able to come up with verb conjugations and is integrating previous vocabulary/conversations into lessons. She has been great! Highly recommend

Gina, 4 lessons with Elisa

Very patient and nice teacher! Brava!

Classes are very interesting! Love all the classes. I was preparing for my study aboard plan for Italy. I had trouble with speaking and listening. Elisa was super kind and patient. She encouraged me to speak Italian during the whole class. English is not my native language, and sometime it‘s hard to explain my questions in English, but Elisa is very patient and helped my a lot. Now I am in Italy, although I am not able to speak Italian fluently yet, but I believe, with Elisa‘s help, I can speak Italian soon enough!

Xinchang, 8 lessons with Elisa

Knowledgeable teacher

I have been learning Italian for the past year. Elisa has been a fantastic teacher. I understood italian going in and now I can speak very well. I look forward to learning more Italian. Conversational italian is fantastic. I highly recommend Elisa as an italian professor. Molto Grazie!!

Sean, 145 lessons with Elisa

Amazing Teacher

Elisa is amazing. Although I know the basics of the Italian language, I didn’t have the proper structure. She can see my weak points and helps me work on it. She has a great understanding and patients for her students. Grateful to have found her.

Lisa, 51 lessons with Elisa

Knowledgeable and made a nervous student comfortable

My daughter was nervous to have a tutor but felt super comfortable with Elisa. She appreciated Elisa going through the basics and feels confident she will be able to learn Italian finally!

Adrienne, 12 lessons with Elisa

Very nice and helpful

Elisa was very nice and helpful. She was very flexible given problems with wifi on my end. It was a great start for my lessons. I look forward to my next lesson.

Jack, 11 lessons with Elisa

Fun!

Our first lession was fun. Elisa kept it interesting and took the time to make sure we were following along. Elisa's explained in English then in Italian. Can't wait for our next lession!

Patricia, 29 lessons with Elisa

Fun and easy to work with!

I was speaking Italian with Elisa P almost immediately. We had some troubleshooting issues with the Internet connection and she still made sure we had our full lesson and all of my questions got answered. She’s very knowledgeable, patient, and thorough. I’m excited to continue working with Elisa!

Heather, 6 lessons with Elisa
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Response time: 10 hours
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