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I was born and grew up in Italy, I live in Italy and I am a teacher. In secondary schools, I teach Philosophy and Human Sciences (Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology), here I teach ITALIAN. As a teacher, I will guide you in learning (grammar, pronunciation, accent...). I will put at your disposal my skills, my experience and my knowledge of Italian (I also studied Latin and ancient Greek). Master's degree in communication, specialized in journalism, graduated from the Faculty of Education Sciences, I studied law too. My lessons will be personalized and aimed at achieving your goals. I also teach children (13 years and older). Lessons for students of all levels, with attention to all aspects of the Italian language and culture (I also teach absolute beginners). We will do a lot of conversation, but also exercises and grammar (when it will be necessary). We will talk about any topic and we will correct mistakes. The lessons will be in Italian, English and Spanish. We can de...

I was preparing a lesson for a student of mine, when I found myself struggling with a translation. The word was “cavare”. «Pull out» I thought. But then… was there a better word? “Cavare”, in Italian, doesn’t only mean “to pull out”, that would be “estrarre”, “tirar fuori”, “rimuovere” or something else. “Cavare” has the word “cavità” (cavity) in it. “Cavare” means “to extract from a cavity”, “to remove and leave a cavity” and I couldn’t find a single word in English that suited the perfect meaning. This happens to me all the time, as I speak three languages daily and I am a “word perfectionist”: I am fascinated by the meaning that every word can have, those little shades of significance that can only be understood by those who profoundly study a language. And that is what I do: I study, all the time, to speak each of my three languages at its best, and I teach, to make my students learn properly the meaning of words and their best combination. My name is Cindy and I am a langua...