Italianize You offers Italian language private and group live online lessons conducted by native teacher Donatella (located in USA and specialized in Italian for English speakers), that focus on engaging participants in an interactive experience of the language, and its culture, food, music, history and arts.
Meet Your Native Italian Teacher
Donatella Marcovigi
Originally from Ravenna, Italy, Donatella is an Italian Language Professor and Translator with a degree in Humanistic Studies from the prestigious University of Bologna . Since a young age she has combined her passion for academic studies with her devotion for traveling which has led her to discover and to live in different parts of the world. While living in Moscow, Russia, she collaborated with the Italian Embassy in the project "Stare insieme", dedicated to lovers of the Italian culture in Russia.
After completing her studies, she worked as a teacher for the school network of Ravenna's City Hall, and since 2014, she has been devoted to the teaching of the Italian language in the United States.She has been recognized for the creation of her own method in which the learning of the language through the contextualization in its culture plays a decisive role. In 2015 she founded her own academy "I Italianize you" where doctors, journalists, professors, actors, university students, opera singers and worldwide lovers of the Italian language and culture have benefited from her innovative system. In addition, she also collaborates with the Orange County Library System of Orlando (FL) offering yearly complementary lessons for the community.
Donatella has translated books including; "The return of Quetzalcoatl" by Antonio Cassella, and "Margherita’s shoes" by Karen Kavelin Jones.
She is currently writing her first novel "Tre" inspired by the three great passions of her life: music, dance and travel.
Reviews
What students are saying.
Jason M.
Donatella is great! I engaged Donatella to learn Italian once and for all so this will be a long-term commitment. She is fair and very easygoing. But, she will put you through the necessary steps to learn the language based on your commitment level. There are no shortcuts. Italian Grammar rules can be complicated for English speakers, But, she makes it as easy as possible to understand and speaks to you in a thick Italian accent so you begin to pick up on the pronunciations and mannerisms to mirror the conversation. I'm so glad I came across her and will continue to work with her throughout my studies!
Peter S.
Professor Donatella is pure joy! She is very professional and fun at the same time. She understands what you want to learn and why, and can then customize your lessons to support your ambitions. Learning Italian with a native teacher makes all the difference, she helps us understand the differences between languages, corrects our pronunciation, and makes each class entertaining.
Angela P.
Donatella is a pleasure to work with and has an effective student-centered approach. The material is presented in a clear and concise manner. She also takes the time to explain the cultural responses verse literal dialogue used in practical circumstances. She explained things that were confusing and instead turned them into lightbulb moments! Her way of explaining things totally made sense and I can’t wait to have more sessions! I highly recommend her.