Jason
★★★★★
Maddalena is a wonderful Italian teacher. I wanted to learn the basics for my trip to Italy and only had a month to prepare. Maddalena got me beyond simple greetings. I got lost in a huge park in Rome and had the confidence and ability to ask for help in Italian and understand the directions given back to me in Italian and found my way back to my hotel. Learning from Maddalena in advance really made my trip more enjoyable, I felt more like I was getting to know Italy, rather than just touring around. In addition to the language she also gave me a lot of tips and inside info on Rome for planning my trip. Maddalena was always well prepared for our lessons with books and resources. I was impressed by her organization, but also her adaptability as I could tell she was good at gauging both my needs and my progress and she would often make adjustments to our lessons to suit me. Most impressive though is her teaching personality. She made learning Italian really fun. I left each lesson lookin
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