About
I am a native Italian tutor, educated to University degree level in Italy, and based in Buckinghamshire, UK.
My qualifications include:
Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL level 5)
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
City and Guilds 7407 Stage 1 certificate (Certificate in Further Education Teaching level 4)
7302 City and Guilds Certificate in Delivering Learning: An Introduction - Level 3
Degree in Classics, specialising in Oriental Studies. University of Turin, italy.
Following my degree, I spent almost 20 years in IT, first in manufacturing industries, then in retail and insurance, both in Italy and the UK. In case you are wondering how I ended up working in IT from a Classics background, it all started with my interest in languages and a curiosity about the difference between human and computer languages. Not to mention the fact that, at the time, IT professionals were paid significantly better than linguists.
The same interest in languages, combined with an interest in working more closely with people, and understanding what motivates us all to achieve, eventually led me to a new career in tutoring and finally working as a Life Coach and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner and Trainer. Teaching and coaching have much in common. They are different means to help others reach excellence and fulfilment, whether in a specific skill, or subject matter or the whole of their life potential.
