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Activities i am interested in:
teaching Italian, speaking Italian/English, reception
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Hello, I'm an Italian teacher, career advisor and counsellor. I have a Certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge University and a DITALS Certification for teaching Italian to foreigners, from Siena University.
Currently I'm teaching English in a State High School and I teach Italian to foreigners ,besides doing some vocational guidance and counselling work.
I am planning to spend a week overseas next December/first nweek of January, helping out anybody willing to speak Italian and/or English and/or take lessons in both languages. I will be available from March, 28th to April, 4th (which is, Italian Easter holidays) and then from late June on for the whle Summer.
On January, 7th I need to be back at work in Italy, but if things work out well I can come back during Easter holidays in April and during the Summer. I am willing to have the pleasure to meet people and exchange life experiences and views.
I can teach both English and Italian. I'm flexible, I am a very good listener and I'm keen on relationships. I' m good at teaching and at estasblishing warm & friendly relationships with people, I like meditating and I love nature. I' m not so good at doing manual practical work, I' d rather give a hand with relational tasks ( including answering the phone, being at a reception, giving information or things like that...) I can cook and I can drive.
I am and always have been enthousiastic abot life stories, and have a good understanding of human nature.
Thanks to Workaway exchanges I spent two great months in France (Occitanie and Lille) in the Winter and two more very exciting & rewarding weeks in Nantes in June . In March I spent 12 days with Juanita in Austria (Vienna) and it was so very good tyo teach her Italian, eschange experierncers, talk and read books together. I found it quite easy to live with different people teaching Italian, helping out with every day tasks, exchanging views and experiences, visiting around. I am feeling so grateful and enthousiastic about such experience that i would love to continue in the future.
I' m looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in my profile :!!
We can have a video call so we can meet and have a talk together, so do not hesitate to get in touch and we'll arrange a good chat online :-)
Alessandra
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Yoga / WellnessVegetarian or veganWritingPolitics / Social justicePerforming artsMovies & TVMusicLanguagesHistoryEvents & socialCultureBooksCooking & foodArchitecture
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: IntermediateMore details about my language interests
I am Italian and I'm fully qualified for teaching Italian to foreigners. I have a DITALS Certification (for teaching Italian to foreigners) from Siena University for foreigners and a Certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge University.I have had many very successful experiences both in Italy and abroad, teaching my own language to adult learners, professionals, miliotary, and private students. I have been an Italian teacher in England, Spain, USA (Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco) through homestays with local families with a passion for Italian culture and language.hanks to Workaway exchanges I have just come back from two great months spent in France and in Austria (Vienna) where I stayed with different people teaching Italian, helping out with every day tasks, exchanging views and experiences, visiting around. I am feeling so grateful and enthousiastic about such experience that i would love to continue in the future.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Hospitality/Tourism
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More details about your skills
teaching English and/or Italian; counselling ;communicating relational social skills
Age
61
What else ...
I'm offering teaching/conversation in English and/or Italian; /help with tourists; counselling for a weerk in the last week of December or first week of January 2024.
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Eager in learning Italian, passionate and intelligent.
He lives in a beautiful house and helped me in any possible way to feel at home and to bget around and visit the area.
He is a lovely interlocutor with whom you can enjoy great conversations about all sorts of topics.
We became good… read more
She has so many experiences and knowledge to share !
Then I wanted to make sure she would get to discover enough for her to get to know Lille and some people living there for her to live a recordable stay in the North of France.
She had indeed...even the french terrible transportation strikes!!
She is… read more
She did all she could to make me feel comfortable and she really made a great effort for me to enjoy the time I spent there.
She is a very busy woman, with a demanding job and a 5-and half- yesr old daughter: so she is always on the run but what I really liked and shared… read more
She was extremely welcoming to me, and eager to share experiences and personal views on life and many different topics.
As she lived a full life, conversations with her were never banal or boring, but ever stimulating and food for thought.
She has many interests, and we watched some movies… read more
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Eager in learning Italian, passionate and intelligent.
He lives in a beautiful house and helped me in any possible way to feel at home and to bget around and visit the area.
He is a lovely interlocutor with whom you can enjoy great conversations about all sorts of topics.
We became good… read more
She has so many experiences and knowledge to share !
Then I wanted to make sure she would get to discover enough for her to get to know Lille and some people living there for her to live a recordable stay in the North of France.
She had indeed...even the french terrible transportation strikes!!
She is… read more
She did all she could to make me feel comfortable and she really made a great effort for me to enjoy the time I spent there.
She is a very busy woman, with a demanding job and a 5-and half- yesr old daughter: so she is always on the run but what I really liked and shared… read more
She was extremely welcoming to me, and eager to share experiences and personal views on life and many different topics.
As she lived a full life, conversations with her were never banal or boring, but ever stimulating and food for thought.
She has many interests, and we watched some movies… read more
It was lovely to exchange views on life, personal experiences and cultural details. I very highly reccommend spending some time with them, you definitely will leave richer… read more
Their liveliness, interest for all that' s beautiful in life, gentleness of heart and manners are contagious.
It was a great great pleasure to be with them, to be included in the extremely pleasant athmosphere one breathes in their house and to take part in the numerous activities they are engaged into.
Their warm and… read more
