Find your words.
You know what you want to say, but pause to translate or search for the right expression.
Online Italian with a native teacher
Italian for
real conversations.
I’m Manish, an Italian teacher from Palermo. I help you turn the Italian you understand into conversations you can enjoy, with personal guidance and practice that fits your life.
MA in Teaching Italian L2 · CEDILS
7+ years teaching · 7,000+ teaching hours
For adult learners around A2–B2
Understand more
than you can say?
You can follow a video or read an article, but real conversation can feel harder. If this sounds familiar, we can work on it together.
Go beyond short answers.
You want to tell a story, share an opinion and keep a conversation going.
Use Italian in your life.
You want to feel more at ease on your next trip, with Italian friends or in everyday situations.
Your 8-lesson speaking path
A clear focus.
More room to speak.
A personal plan for adult learners around A2–B2 who want to use Italian more naturally. We choose one practical speaking goal and work towards it together.
Choose your focus.
In our first lesson, a short speaking activity helps us identify your starting point. We agree on a goal, such as telling travel stories or expressing your opinions.
Practise with a purpose.
Work on conversations that matter to you, with personal feedback and grammar or pronunciation support when you need it.
See what has changed.
In our final lesson, we return to the initial speaking activity, review your progress together and identify your next steps.
Between lessons: targeted homework, your personal vocabulary and flashcards in your student area, built from our work together.
Your personal student area
Your lessons.
All in one place.
Manage your lessons and recorded payments, find your homework and personal materials, and practise with vocabulary and flashcards built from our work together.
Included with private lessons. Group access for the Speaking Club is being prepared.
Explore the student areaFrom my students
What learning feels like.
He asks great questions and introduces new topics to talk about. He corrects mistakes in a kind way without disrupting the flow of the conversation.
His class combines conversational practice and grammar. He builds personalized lessons around exactly what I need, and with his guidance I have made great strides in Italian.
It is evident that he has vast teaching experience. He perfectly adjusts to the level of his students and combines free speaking with grammatical concepts very efficiently.
Reviews of my teaching on italki.
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