Italian Lessons in Cambridge

From punting to Puccini: live online Italian lessons for Cambridge, taught by a native Sicilian teacher with PGCE, QTS and CELTA qualifications.

Looking for an Italian tutor in Cambridge? Lessons are one-to-one over Microsoft Teams, tailored to you — complete beginner, GCSE revision, holiday Italian or reconnecting with the family language. As a private Italian tutor I charge £30 an hour, with no travel time and no course-book padding: we spend the whole lesson actually speaking.

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.

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
• Small group courses — £15 per 1.5-hour session, 10-week terms from £150
• 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.

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.

“Laura is a great teacher — warm, friendly, knowledgeable and encouraging. I really like the style of the lessons with a combination of conversation and worked exercises.”
— Jess  Read all my Google reviews →

Cambridge’s Italian connection

Cambridge is one of the most Italian cities I know in England. ITALY Magazine reports nearly 6,000 Italians living here — extraordinary for a city of about 123,000 people. The first wave arrived in the 1950s from southern Italy and opened ice cream vans, fresh pasta shops and delis; a second wave of young Italians followed in the 1980s and 90s.

The city has built its own Italian cultural life too, from the La Dante cultural institute and Radio Dante — a bilingual Italian-English programme broadcast on Cambridge 105 FM — to Girotondo, a playgroup for Italian children. And Italian studies at the University has consistently been judged among the very best in the country. If you start learning Italian in Cambridge, you’ll be in wonderful company.

Common questions

Are lessons available in person in Cambridge, or only online?

Online only for Cambridge, over Microsoft Teams — I live and teach in Gloucestershire. Online lessons are live and fully interactive: we talk, read and write together in real time, and I send you everything we’ve worked on after each session.

How much should I budget for Italian lessons?

One-to-one lessons cost £30 an hour, and you’re never tied into a long contract. My ten-week online beginners course is £150 — Wednesdays from 16 September, 5.00 to 6.30pm, in a small group so everyone speaks plenty of Italian each week.

I’m starting completely from zero — is that a problem?

Not at all — it’s the perfect starting point, because we build good habits from day one. Most students who join my ten-week beginners course have never studied Italian before. With a patient, structured approach and a little weekly practice, zero becomes conversation surprisingly quickly.

Are there really thousands of Italians living in Cambridge?

According to ITALY Magazine, nearly 6,000 Italians live in Cambridge — an extraordinary number for a city of about 123,000 people. The first wave arrived in the 1950s from southern Italy, opening ice cream vans, fresh pasta shops and delis, with a second wave of young Italians in the 1980s and 90s. The city has its own La Dante cultural institute, the bilingual Radio Dante programme on Cambridge 105 FM and the Girotondo playgroup for Italian children.

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