Learn Italian from anywhere in the UK with live online lessons taught by Laura — a native Italian speaker from Sicily with over 20 years’ teaching experience, fully qualified with QTS, a PGCE and the Cambridge CELTA.
Available one-to-one slots
Any hours I have spare are listed here, straight from my diary. If one suits, get in touch and I will confirm it by email and send the Teams link once we have spoken.
No spare hours are listed right now - new slots appear here as soon as they open. Please get in touch and I will try to find you a time.
How online lessons work
- Live video lessons — real conversation with a real teacher, not an app
- One-to-one tuition — £30/hour, scheduled around you, Monday to Friday
- Interactive materials — custom resources, BookWidgets and Kahoot activities, all provided
Who they’re for
- Complete beginners building the foundations
- Improvers and returners who want structured conversation practice
- Students preparing for IB Diploma, GCSE or A-level Italian examinations
- Anyone with Italian family, travel plans, or a love of the language
Every lesson is tailored to your goals and level. As a specialist SEN-trained teacher, Laura is particularly experienced at supporting learners who find languages daunting — and at making every session genuinely enjoyable.
What a lesson is like
Each lesson is a live hour on Microsoft Teams, just you and me. We spend most of it speaking. I bring the material, built around what you want Italian for, and share it on screen so we can both see the page and the corrections as I write them. You do not need to be good with computers: if you can join a video call with family, you can do this, and there is a short guide to Teams for anyone who has never used it.
Is online as good as being in the room?
For learning a language it is often better. Nobody loses forty minutes getting to a class, so lessons still happen in a busy week, and a steady weekly rhythm is what makes Italian stick. You hear every word clearly through headphones and see each correction the moment I make it. Most of my one-to-one teaching now happens this way, with students all over the UK.
How quickly will I make progress?
With one lesson a week and twenty minutes of practice three or four times a week in between, most adults can order, ask the way, talk about themselves and follow a simple reply within a couple of months. Holding a real conversation takes longer, and depends on how much Italian you hear outside lessons. There is more on this in how long it takes to learn Italian.
Booking and times
Lessons run Monday to Friday at a time we fix together, and most students keep the same slot every week. Many book a block of ten weekly lessons, which keeps the rhythm going and keeps the slot theirs; you can also start with a single lesson. If none of the times above suits you, tell me which days would work — slots do come free.
Who you will be learning with
I grew up in Catania, in Sicily, and have taught Italian in the UK for more than twenty years: adult classes at Stoke Lodge in Bristol, the International Baccalaureate at Redmaids’ High School, and one-to-one lessons at every level. I hold Qualified Teacher Status, a PGCE and the Cambridge CELTA, and I am SEN-trained, so I am used to adapting lessons for people who find languages hard.
Prefer to learn in a group?
If you are a complete beginner and would enjoy learning alongside other people, there are also small online beginners’ groups. Register your interest for the next one.
Ready to start? Get in touch for a free chat about your level and goals, or meet Laura in her welcome video — wherever you are in the UK.