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Sonia

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Rate $30
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5 (4 reviews)

$30/h

1^st lesson free

Italian
Italian speaking
Italian reading
Italian Vocabulary
Italian writing

Native Italian & CEDILS-certified teacher | 10+ years’ experience | Learn Italian through conversation, storytelling, art & culture

Italian
Italian speaking
Italian reading
Italian Vocabulary
Italian writing

Lesson location

- online

About Sonia

I’m a native Italian teacher, CEDILS certified, with more than 10 years of experience teaching languages in Italy and abroad.

My background is quite international: I lived and worked for several years in Beijing and Paris, and I speak English, French and Chinese. This experience has deeply influenced the way I teach. I know what it means to learn a language from the inside — not simply memorizing grammar rules, but gradually finding your own voice in another language.

Alongside language teaching, I work with intercultural education, visual communication and illustration. I am especially interested in the connection between language, storytelling, images and personal experience.

For me, learning a language is also a way of telling stories: about ourselves, the places we come from, the places we discover and the people we meet.

That is why my lessons often combine conversation with visual materials, stories, photographs, illustrations, cultural references and creative activities.

Whether you want to feel more confident speaking Italian, prepare for a trip, reconnect with your Italian heritage or simply discover Italian language and culture in a more meaningful way, I will create a learning path adapted to you.

About the lesson

My lessons are communication-focused, but they are not based on conversation alone.

I use a narrative, visual and creative approach to help students connect new language with experiences, images and stories. Instead of learning isolated vocabulary and grammar rules, we work with language in context.

Depending on your interests and level, a lesson might start from:

a photograph or an illustration

a short story or personal memory

an Italian place, artwork or cultural tradition

an everyday situation

a newspaper article, video or authentic Italian material

a visual storytelling or creative writing activity

From there, we develop vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, grammar and conversation naturally.

I also create many of my own learning materials and adapt them to the student rather than following one textbook from beginning to end.

My aim is to create a relaxed environment where you can experiment with Italian without being afraid of making mistakes, while still receiving clear guidance and structured feedback.

MY LESSONS CAN HELP YOU WITH

• Italian conversation and speaking confidence
• Italian for travel and everyday life
• Vocabulary and pronunciation
• Listening and reading comprehension
• Grammar in context
• Italian culture and contemporary life
• Creative and visual language learning
• Italian through storytelling
• Personalized learning paths for adult learners

Beginners are welcome, as well as intermediate and advanced students who understand Italian but want to become more spontaneous and confident when speaking.

Italian is not only a language to study. It is a language you can experience, imagine and make your own.

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Elen

Sonia is a wonderful Italian teacher. She's super kind and so patient, which makes learning fun and stress free. Her teaching methods are clear and easy to follow. The way she explains and structures lessons, it just make sense and you actually remember things quicker. I can't recommend her enough!
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Elen
Sonia is a wonderful Italian teacher. She's super kind and so patient, which makes learning fun and stress free. Her teaching methods are clear and easy to follow. The way she explains and structures lessons, it just make sense and you actually remember things quicker. I can't recommend her enough!
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Landmark

Sonia is an excellent teacher. Her knowledge of language is exceptional and he approach is very professional. More importantly, Sonia is a kind and empathetic teacher who assist you all along the way in your journey to become a good speaker of the language.
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Landmark
Sonia is an excellent teacher. Her knowledge of language is exceptional and he approach is very professional. More importantly, Sonia is a kind and empathetic teacher who assist you all along the way in your journey to become a good speaker of the language.
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Sophie

Sonia is a teacher with many years of experience. Not only concerning teaching but also related to her experience with different cultures and language learnings. During our class I can see that she not only teaches grammar of vocabulary but she focuses a lot on linguistics cultural habits which help to understand how language works. Sophia
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Sophie
Sonia is a teacher with many years of experience. Not only concerning teaching but also related to her experience with different cultures and language learnings. During our class I can see that she not only teaches grammar of vocabulary but she focuses a lot on linguistics cultural habits which help to understand how language works. Sophia
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Polly

Sonia is very professional and friendly at the same time. She really helped me to understand a new language and to improve my skills.

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Polly
Sonia is very professional and friendly at the same time. She really helped me to understand a new language and to improve my skills.
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