Graziella Barbas

Hello students! I'm Graziella, from Brazil. I'm an outgoing and spontaneous person! I like to have a light atmosphere in class so that we can practice the language naturally. My methodology is to use the language of our daily lives to learn better.
I am a native Portuguese speaker with five years experience in teaching Portuguese for foreigners. I teach with passion, so if you're looking for a native Portuguese teacher to talk to about everyday life, I'm the right person to help you! I'm fluent in English and Italian too, in case you are starting as a beginner, it might be helpful and make you feel comfortable. I was a show jumper and I love sports, nutrition and traveling! My hobbies are watching movies and series and eating sushi. I love music, and through music I've been able to learn other languages, so we can work with that method. I've lived in Italy for two years, and I currently work in an international Cambridge curriculum school in Brazil.
I usually go with the student’s need. We practice a lot of listening and conversation. But depends on the student. We practice regular grammar but more focused on the daily life conversations. We hear a lot native pronunciations and try to focus on the natural way of speaking, so the student won’t have difficulties when hearing natives.
I’ve studies 5 languages and lived abroad so I know the feeling of trying to put the traditional learning in practice so I always try to adapt the traditional grammar to the natural way of speaking so the student won’t have many difficulties when talking with natives and understanding the subject.
I recommend at least to lessons a week but that depends on the students’ level and their goal on learning ether Italian or Portuguese.