Irene

I appreciate Irene's patience with my learning progress. I also appreciate her commitment to providing excellent quality of instruction as well as her enthusiasm when I demonstrate that I have acquired knowledge on a topic. She encourages me to take steps that will lead to increased proficiency. I appreciate this because sometimes I am hesitant to provide an answer if it won't be perfectly correct. Yet it's important to make attempts. I enjoy our lessons each week and look forward to continuing and increasing my proficiency with the Italian language. It's a pleasure to work with such a great teacher.

It has to be said: Irene is an exceptionally gifted instructor. She is highly attentive to what students want to achieve, to what they might need in order to reach their goals, and also to what might be hindering them, psychologically or otherwise. She has a deep curiosity about what goes on inside the head/brain of the L2 learner -- a curiosity that has led her to explore the relevant neuroscientific findings. This same passion for discovery is reflected in the joy she demonstrates when, together, she and her students uncover underlying motivations or discover strategies and tricks for understanding more deeply the structures of the language. Always full of encouragement, always down to earth and approachable, Irene is a top-notch facilitator of Italian language-learning.

Irene is a wonderful Italian tutor! She is patient, caring, and seems genuinely invested in helping me to prove my Italian. In fact, in the few lessons I’ve already had, I feel that my pronunciation and fluidity in speaking are starting to improve. She strikes a great balance between having structured lessons in which we complete exercise focused on listening comprehension, grammar and other areas while also having a conversation in which I’m able to practice my Italian and receive feedback and corrections. I highly recommend Irene and look forward to continuing to work with her!

Irene è un insegnante favolosa per me. È estremamente paziente e incoraggiante con me. Mi guida nell'apprendimento della grammatica complessa, adattando il metodo alle mie esigenze. Mille grazie Irene!

Irene approaches learning Italian in a personalized way, helping to identify and overcome the unique challenges the learner faces. She helps identify goals and then creates a learning environment where you feel supported and safe to make — and learn from — mistakes. I cannot recommend her more highly!

Irene is very thoughtful in her teaching approach, paying careful attention to the individual student and how best to help them learn. She is creative and flexible while keeping focus on the desired outcome of the lesson. I definitely recommend her as a teacher and I'm happy with my progress as we continue to work together. Irene is very thoughtful in her teaching approach, paying careful attention to the individual student and how best to help them learn. She is creative and flexible while keeping focus on the desired outcome of the lesson. I would definitely recommend her as a teacher and I am happy with the progress I've made while working with her on my language learning journey.