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Biagio
My Qualifications
Universit? degli Studi di Padova
Classics and Ancient History
110/110 (2012)
Universit? degli Studi di Padova
classics
110/110 cum laude (2010)
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Information about Biagio
I am a highly experienced teacher of Latin, Classical Greek, Classical Civilisation and Italian. I currently work in an independent school in north west London. I have a PhD in Classics from the University College London, an MA in Latin Philology (110/110) and a BA in Classical Studies (110/110 cum laude) from the University of Padua in Italy.
Availability: I am able to organise myself according to tutee`s needs.
Weekdays preferably.
Available for online lessons.
Willing to travel: 2 miles
Experience: I have been tutoring Latin, Ancient Greek, Classics and Italian for over 10 years, and have several thousand hours of experience teaching these subjects to students and pupils of all ages. Additionally, I have been working as a Latin, Greek and Classics teacher at different independent day schools in London (and hold a valid CRB certificate) and have taught at a state high school (liceo classico) in Italy. I have also taught undergraduate Latin and Greek at UCL`s Department of Greek and Latin, and have worked as a Latin teacher to mature students at both the UCL and Kings College Summer School programmes.
Tutoring Approach
My approach to tuition is to construct individualised tuition programmes for each student, paying close attention to their precise needs as they progress in their subject. To this end, I plan extensively for tuition sessions, and prepare materials and resources for each tutee week by week.
I am a strong believer that engaged students are successful students. As such, it is my aim to make any subject that I am tutoring as interesting as possible. So often, students fail to sustain their efforts in a subject due to a lack of interest in areas that they find tedious, particularly grammar. However, I have found by relating such problems topics in some way to something that the student finds interesting or by supplementing each tuition session with something different, interest and progress can be maintained. As someone who is very passionate about studying and teaching classical studies and languages, I am driven to encourage others to feel the same way as I do about them, at least in some way.
For me, it is also critical to ensure a safe learning environment during sessions where tutees feel comfortable to ask questions and are free to explore their subject. Moreover, I believe in encouraging students in their progress so as to build up their confidence.
In addition to tutoring Latin, Ancient Greek, Classics, I have a great deal of experience teaching Italian to non-natives - Italian is my mother tongue. My preferred approach for teaching Italian is to encourage students to talk as much as possible in the language, even novices. Though this can be difficult at the start, I find this to be the quickest and most effective route to improvement. In addition, it is vital to supplement this kind of learning with grammar, listening and writing exercises, all of which I tailor to the individuals needs.
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Feedback For Biagio (2)
yana (Mrs)
03/05/2020
Brilliantly prepared tutor. You do not meet people like him often. He knows exactly what is expected and tutors to the point. No blah blah. Superb notes and it is obvious that he has invested a great amount of time to prepare for the lessons. Brilliant Teacher!
Mark (Mr)
23/07/2018
Biagio has a great enthusiasm and good knowledge of his subject