Serena is the founder of Italianencounter.com. She holds an MA in Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics; she loves language education and meeting people from all over the world (which happens everyday thanks to Skype!). She can speak English, French and Russian. Her mission is to provide the best Italian experience possible to all the readers of Italianencounter.com.
Vincenzo has recently joined Italianencounter.com in December 2013 as a contributor and certified Italian teacher. Born in beautiful Bari, he graduated in Arabic and Hebrew and has recently completed an MA at Ca’ Foscari Venice University. He was awarded several scholarships to study abroad: he lived in Spain, Tunisia and the US. He has published a poetry book entitled Canzoni della Passione and can speak English, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and a little French. He is currently teaching Italian at Northcote High School in Melbourne.
What our students say:
ALEXANDER, Norway
“Serena is an excellent teacher and her passion for teaching and conveying her knowledge really shows. She is also great at making the learning process less daunting and more fun, finding a good balance between making me feel comfortable as a student but also pushing me and my abilities. I would wholeheartedly recommend Serena as a teacher.”
ALEXEY, Russia
“I’ve tried to study Italian myself many times and failed due to many different reasons. Finally I realized that I need a teacher and that was my big fortune to meet Serena. Her lessons give me great foundation to keep my efforts in learning Italian. She teaches with passion and patience. Every lesson she gives is full of joy and life. No matter how good I’ve prepared for the lesson Serena does everything to level up my Italian at the every single lesson. Even when I’m in frustration and can’t find what to say she turns things in a way when I can do more than I could. Add to this that my English, language we use on lessons, is not as good as I need to explain what I want to say and you will realize why I like her lessons so much. Serena gives me the trully confedence that the day I say ‘Parlo italiano perfetto’ will become really soon.”