Ottavia Li Volsi - Italian Tutor

Introduction

Hello! My name is Ottavia, and I am a native speaker of Italian from Sicily, Italy!

I have a bachelor’s degree in film studies and a Erasmus Mundus Master degree in Women’s and Gender Studies.
I also have a diploma specializing in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language from the University for Foreigners of Siena.
I offer classes to students from 11 years and upward and have experience working with students from around the word in private as well as group classes.
I offer classes for Exam preparation (CILS) as well as specialized courses for College/University and tourists.
I am a very creative person so I always try to be creative with my students to experience interesting and amusing classes.
I love traveling and reading and I think that thanks to these two passions I deepened a sense of curiosity, interculturality and tolerance.
I am also very fascinated by languages, and I always challenge myself by learning new ones – Deutsch now!

I'm looking forward to our free trial lesson! :)

Education

I did an extensive course to prepare to obtain the DITALS certification. I learned about the different techniques for teaching Italian as a second language, as well as different profiles of students and different styles of teaching.

Teaching options

Courses I teach

CILS

Age ranges

Adolescents College Adults

Hobbies

Researching and creating creative projects mainly with photography and video
Playing Guitar
Dancing

Teaching Italian as a second language since 2020.

I speak a total of 6 languages:
Italian (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Portuguese (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), German (Beginner).

I've visited or lived in the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United States

"This is fantastic, and also so much fun. I am learning so much Italian and I can have the classes whenever I want. Let me also say that [my Italian tutor] is great. He makes it so that even a difficult student like me can learn. Gratzi!" Helen M. - Retired

"Flexible hours and affordable prices. I did not believe it when I saw it, but after using Live Lingua [Italian] for over 6 months it is all true." Victoria E. - Camp Manager

"I really love the ease of this site- finding appointments, the reminders the day of your class- the flexibility of having different lengths of classes. I have really loved it!" Gabriela Y. - Unknown

"Ciao. If you have every wanted to learn this romatic and beautiful language, now is your chance. Live Lingua [Italian] has made the experience fun and affordable for me." Isaac E. - Business Consultant

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