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Information About Pastorello:

Personal Description:

Ciao!
My name is Maria and I am currently living in London as I am attending a MA in Educational Planning.
I lived in India in the past few years. There I worked as a teacher of Italian language and I also worked for educational project in rural areas.
I like traveling and hiking a lot and whenever the weather is nice, I always try to get out of London and to enjoy the beautiful English countryside. As well as this, I love cinema and I try to go there as much as possible.

Teaching Experience:

August 2012 - December 2012:Teacher of Italian language at the Institute of Italian Culture, New Delhi, India, Level B2
January 2012 - May 2012: Teacher of Italian language at the Institute of Italian Culture, New Delhi, India, Level B2
April 2009- July 2009 Teacher of Italian Language at the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bangalore, India.
January 2008-May 2008 Teacher of Italian language at the Institute of Italian Culture, New Delhi, India
January 2012-December 2012 Teacher of Italian language at the Institute of Italian Culture, New Delhi, India, Level B2

Tutoring Approach:

I have always been very keen on learning foreign languages. I learnt English when I was a child, I learnt French at school and I started Russian few years ago.
As a student, I have always been very aware of how didactics and teaching method play a crucial role in teaching a foreign language. Despite that, some of the worse experiences I had as a student, were those ones where the teaching of foreign language was reduced to the teaching of grammar, while the conversation skills were either not practiced or badly practiced.
Therefore, when I started working as a teacher of Italian language, I tried all my best not to replicate the bad example I had in my past as a student and to practice and improve the good practice which I saw.
Because of that, I have always been very good at teaching and especially in not getting people bored.
According to me, learning a foreign language must be a very enjoyable and active practice otherwise learning is unlikely to be effective.
If you are ready to learn Italian in a very nice and fun way, get back to me!

Qualifications:

• Master of Art in Educational Planning, Economics and International Development (Certificate still pending)
• DITALS II, Certificate of teaching Italian to foreigners. Awarded by University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy. December 2009
• MA in Education Sciences, December 2006

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
Types of Tutoring:	Travels to you / From their home / Online
References Supplied?	Yes
Current DBS/CRB Check?	Yes
Additional Languages Spoken:	Russian, Italian, French