Italian Reviews

I have studied Italian at Marlow Language Centre for around 4 years. In that time all my lessons have been with Paola and over that period to accommodate my own personal requirements I have had a mix of class lessons, 1:1 and online sessions. Paola's teaching, guidance, direction and kindness are unparalleled. Her professionalism consistently goes above and beyond with her taking time even in a class lesson to ensure a tailored individual approach is provided to each person and their particular learning requirements. In every lesson I have taken with Paola it is evident that she has extensively and thoughtfully prepared the lesson with the aim of engaging myself and class mates fully while always ensuring we are all left with a love for both the Italian language and culture. I continue to take lessons with Paola to hone in on the technical proficiency of the language together with ensuring I am able to put all of this into practice in a conversational setting and to also express my Italian in writing to a very good standard. My thanks to Paola and all the staff at MLC who cultivate a fabulous, welcoming, learning environment. Grazie mille!

The teaching is super-helpful. Michele is appropriately persistent with pronunciation, and he shares his expertise in broader contexts to build our knowledge of the language and it's structure. I've wanted to learn Italian 'properly' for many years and I'm enjoying starting to achieve this goal.

Very happy with relationship with Paola - she understands what I am trying to get out of these lessons and is very flexible

Paola has been an excellent teacher and allowed each pupil the chance to learn the language as we progress through the course. Thank you Paola

I enjoyed the classes and the way they were taught more than I expected and hope to continue next term

Extremely happy with the course and excellent tuition from Michele who is very patient and goes beyond to try to explain and ensure we are understanding everything being taught. It is a very enjoyable class. As a complete beginner I did find the book a little challenging to revise at home as it is all in Italian!

I really enjoyed this term, Michele is a wonderful teacher, he was so patient going back over previous lessons, making sure we had a good understanding before we moved on, as well as going off piste to answer our questions, even if they weren't what he had planned for the lesson. Grazie mille Michele!

I have been so very happy with the course and especially my teacher Paola who is just wonderful. I am a beginner and a very slow learner... Paola has an abundance of patience and is so very kind and supportive and makes the lessons really interesting and enjoyable. The lessons whizz by so very quickly! The back office team are also so very supportive and accommodating and do everything to support my learning.

I have thoroughly enjoyed lessons with Paola, who is a patient, kind and personable teacher. She is empathetic and eager to help students' learning. Group lessons are good natured and good fun. Paola has a great sense of humour and as a native Italian enjoys learning from the backgrounds and experiences of her students in turn. I find learning grammar more challenging than expected but think it will provide a more solid base for reading and writing as well as conversing in Italian.

Paola is an amazing teacher full of empathy and a great sense of humour The course content is good and the structure works We all gel as a class which helps the learning process