Learn Italian With Lucia - Guilford, Connecticut

Laura Saunders

Lucia is by far the best Italian tutor I have found, and her program is flexible enough to adjust to my knowledge level and accommodate my difficult schedule.

My family is Italian and I studied Italian language and literature as an undergrad, but I had fallen out of practice. In 2019, I started looking for classes to refresh my knowledge. One challenge is that there are lots of courses for beginners, but not very many for intermediate/advanced.

Lucia offers private lessons at a reasonable price, tailored to your individual needs and levels, and on a flexible schedule. Not only is she accommodating, she is truly an excellent teacher. She is a native speaker with superior knowledge of language and grammar. Not only can she correct mistakes, she gives clear explanations of the rules so I can really understand the grammar. She keeps the conversation flowing organically, offers spot-on feedback in a very kind way, and adapts the lessons to meet your interests. For instance, over time, we have done school-like worksheets, read articles, listened to music, and now we're reading books!

I highly recommend this program!!

Dorian Merriman-Boddy

Lucia is absolutely a phenomenal teacher. Very detailed, helpful, patient, and fun to work with. I have been learning Italian on and off by myself for over the last decade. But now I've been taking private lessons with Lucia for over 2 years now. I feel as if in this time my speaking and recollection of the language has grown immensely. Her group sessions are so much fun and helpful. And really help to make the language more interesting and beautiful. Recently we did a small class travel group with Lucia for a week in Italy (May 2022). Only in Italian. We had group lessons everyday and they were so wonderful! I feel as if my level and ease of speaking in Italian is so much better after this trip. During the Italy trip after each group lesson we did events or excursions that had to do with the lesson. It helped to solidify the information we learned and therefore broadened the learning experience. Lucia planned so many great details and locations that made this trip amazing. I tell everyone I know about my wonderful Italian teacher Lucia. She is truly a bright soul with a gift of teaching her native language. And I am so glad I took the leap of faith to finally start taking private lessons to help me on my journey to fluency and being able to travel around Italy freely speaking it's beautiful language.

Catherine Grace

Lucia is a very patient teacher. Learning Italian with her has been fun with stories, music and lessons. She allows you to learn at your own pace and does not make you feel like you have to memorize everything at once. Speaking in Italian with her 2 sometimes 3 times a week about everyday life has allowed me to learn with ease.

I would highly recommend Lucia if you are looking for a true Italian teacher. It has been a great experience working with her and I look forward to learning more!

Kristina Butkute

Hands down, Lucia is the best tutor! She is an intelligent, polished professional, who explains things clearly and is extremely patient. She always varies when tutoring between writing, speaking and reading activities, which really helps me to improve my language ability. I also enjoy our conversations on different topics, which makes my learning process much easier and memorable. I should mention that I met Lucia when I had zero knowledge of Italian language. With her help these past four months, I now can confidently say that I have a progress understanding, reading and speaking Italian. It is also worth mentioning, her happy personality and big smile always makes our lessons very pleasant 🙂 I would highly recommend Lucia as a tutor!

Jeff Davis

Lucia is a great Italian teacher and I really like her curriculum and materials she provides. Her communication is very good and she was very flexible with scheduling. I've really enjoyed the lessons so far and look forward to continuing.

John Epprecht

My wife and I have been taking weekly Italian lessons via Skype with Lucia for the past 2 months and are truly thrilled with the experience. Lucia is very patient (we started as complete beginners) and she keeps the lessons interesting by using multiple sources for her teaching content (videos, text, recordings). My wife and I have very busy work schedules and Lucia is flexible with the lesson scheduling. Already noticing a huge difference in our comprehension and pronunciation. Highly recommend Lucia!!!

Lindsay DeJong

My only regret was that I didn't find Lucia earlier! She has a genuine passion for teaching and is incredibly encouraging and patient. I have gained an immense amount of knowledge, not only about the Italian language but their culture and way of life as well. I started as a beginner but walked away knowing way more than I could've imagined. Lucia's lessons gave me the extra drive to work even harder at learning a new language but to also have fun with it. I am forever grateful for her. Now, having just arrived in Italy, I can put my skills to the test and continue learning!

David Tancredi

I am studying Italian for personal and professional reasons, and have been taking weekly lessons on Skype with Lucia for 4 months now. Lucia has been a terrific teacher. She is a native Italian speaker with a lot teaching experience, but also with a natural ability to educate and to motivate. She quickly adapted her lesson plans to my interests and needs. Her lessons, organized and well planned, often incorporate internet content from Italian media and websites. And her good-natured approach makes it easy to get over the shyness that comes with having to speak another language. If you are interested in learning Italian, I would absolutely recommend her.