Private English Tutor in Bologna and Online

I am a native English speaker who grew up across four countries: China, Australia, Poland, and Japan. I completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo, including English A: Language and Literature at Higher Level, and I now study Business and Economics at the University of Bologna. English has been my working language my entire life, in international schools, in university lectures, and in professional research work. That means I do not just teach grammar rules from a textbook; I teach the English people actually use in classrooms, offices, and interviews.

My focus is on students who need English for something specific: university exams, IELTS and TOEFL preparation, business and economics vocabulary, CV and cover letter writing, job interviews, presentations, and academic essays. I also tutor IB students directly, since I sat the same exams myself: English A commentaries, the Extended Essay, TOK, and the oral assessments. I currently lead a research division of 14 analysts and write professionally in English, so I know what strong written and spoken English looks like under pressure. I also work with students who simply want confident, natural conversation and want to stop translating in their head before speaking.

How easy is it to learn English? English is one of the more accessible languages for Italian speakers. There are no genders for nouns, no case endings, and verb conjugation is far simpler than in Italian. The hard parts are pronunciation, phrasal verbs, and listening speed, and those are exactly the parts that improve fastest with a tutor rather than an app.

What is the easiest way to learn English? Speaking from lesson one, even badly. Most Italian students I meet have a large passive vocabulary and years of school grammar, but freeze when they have to produce a sentence in real time. My lessons are built around you talking for most of the hour, with correction that targets the mistakes that actually block understanding.

How long does it take? With one lesson per week plus honest daily exposure, most students go from hesitant to comfortably conversational in roughly six to nine months. Reaching B2 from a solid A2 typically takes around a year. Exam preparation is faster, since IELTS and TOEFL scores usually move within two to three months of focused work.

I teach in person around the city centre and the university area, or online. Lessons are structured around your goal, not a generic curriculum, and I will tell you honestly whether you are on track.

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