Information About Annalisa - Highbury teacher -

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Personal Description:

I am a recent graduate from City, University of London, where I attended a postgraduate programme
in International Publishing. During the past year, I explored different sectors of this industry,
focusing on academic publishing, and on Open Access, more specifically. I developed a strong
interest in this movement last summer, when I joined a research internship at the World Health
Organization (WHO) and then worked for Biomed Central, the first UK Open Access Publisher.

I an MSc candidate in Data and Society and the London School of Economics.

Teaching Experience:

I studied foreign foreign languages in Italy, where I worked intensely as private tutor for secondary school kinds and university students who were studying for language certifications.

Therefore, I have proven experience as French, German and English tutor. During my year in Germany, I also joined a tandem program: for the first time I found myself teaching Italian to German students who already spoke Italian because they spent one or two semesters in my country.

As I graduated in Foreign Languages, I am entitled to teach German and English in Italian secondary schools. However, this is not the career that I am interested in, but I enjoy tutoring in my free time.

Teaching Approach:

I am an Italian native speaker, and in the past 8 years I decided to learn three languages: English, French and German. I perfectly know the struggles and the timing of learning a foreign language, and I can offer my students many tips and cultural insights in the four languages that I know.

I think that showing younger students how they can use a foreign language in their everyday life is extremely important, because it foreing newspapers (both online and paper-based), listen to music and read novels. Alongside grammar exercises I would focus our classes on each student needs and ability.