Learn Italian while walking around Rome
This course consists in 8 meet ups of 2 hours each that will help you discover popular and hidden areas of the eternal city. Let’s start speaking Italian from scratch, start dealing with survival sentences. Get to know popular idioms, dive into the basics, let your curiosity drive your language skills to the next level, in a fun, engaging way!
The walks are not intended as guided tours, but every single neighborhood will offer a unique scenario and new hints on how to approach the Italian language and start speaking about ourselves, the environment, our feelings, the italian culture and get to know useful sentences concerning food, travel, shopping, art, depending on the interests of the students and its present level, which will be defined during the first meeting.
Meetings will be planned in the slot 10am to 6pm, will include a walk and a stop in the park or in nice local outdoor cafés. Any optional drink/food is not included.
They may also include some creative activity as sketching!
If you enjoyed the experience, you can plan some more classes according to your schedule.
The student will interact with the teacher everyday via email or whatsapp not only to fix appointments but also to keep a journal of their journey and explore the lexicon more deeply. The teacher will provide a google drive chart with some useful extra materials.
The course doesn’t include any text book, but one will be advised during the first lesson.
The student will be given a genuine list of local must see, hidden gems, best restaurants and cafés, and may be introduced upon request to local professionals, e.g. beauty centers, yoga teachers, reiki masters, store managers at Gucci, Chanel, etc.
The programme includes an extra 30 minutes chat via zoom once back home to revise the entire journal, clarify any doubts, give further advice on how to keep on practicing the language!
Meet your Teacher
Roberta is a certified teacher of Italian as a second language. Born in the North of Italy, she has been traveling a lot and has lived 12 years in Rome, where she’s also a lecturer for private universities. She’s keen on art, design, architecture, fashion. Get to know a bit more about here here
She teaches everyday to international students at different levels, online and offline, and she’s an event host on Duolingo.
The programme
Let’s plan it together, according to your wishes! Here you can find a proposal to be revised during our first meeting! Meet up locations will be given in advance. Every meeting last around 2 hours, either walking or sitting in nice outdoor cafés. Cancellation terms: 48 hours before planned meeting may allow a re-schedule. Cancellation in the 48 hours before the meeting is intended as a no-show. The itinerary is tailored on your interests and curiosities!
TRASTEVERE
this area was intended as “the opposite and foreigners’ side” of the Tiber. Now a quenty, international neighborhood where Roberta has lived for 12 years
AVENTINO
one of the hills of Rome, which keeps an amazing secret through a hidden keyhole…
GIANICOLO
Not just for lovers and dates! Janiculum hill boosts one of the greatest views of the city!
VILLA SCIARRA
Small, fascinating park with baroque statues (driven here by chance, from the North of Italy) and a Gingko Biloba, rare tree quoted by Goethe in one of his poems to his lover.
GARBATELLA
This is a down-to-heart, genuine neighborhood built around 1920, that hides plenty of gorgeous corners.
NAVONA
The area of the fountain seen from the top, from a hidden rooftop cafe!
SANTA MARINELLA
The ancient villa of Ulpiano was built here before the castle, which is now a wedding set. This was one of the first ports of Rome, and a high end beach resort in the 60s. Discover the park of the castle and its secret way to a pebble beach!
VILLA PAMPHILI
The biggest park of Rome and its cute café is a perfect place to relax and to enjoy the view of the city into the green.