Welcome, I'm Eleonora!
At school I didn’t like languages at all. I couldn’t see what they were for, and I was the despair of my high-school English teacher.
I’m Eleonora, and I was definitely not born a “language person”.
Slowly I realised what languages were giving me: the freedom to travel and to talk with people from completely different cultures. So I learned them my own way. I took lessons where I mostly practised speaking, and I grabbed every chance to live inside the language: vlogs, TikTok, podcasts, real conversations, my phone switched to English or French.
Dublin and then Paris did the rest.
That's the entire foundation of The Italianity Project.
I've since trained formally: I hold a certification in teaching Italian as a foreign language, and I keep up with current approaches to how languages are really learned.
But everything I teach was tested on myself first, in two languages, long before I taught a third.
If grammar drills never got you speaking, this is built differently: real materials, real conversation, real culture, from day one.
Voices of Authentic Italianity
After taking private and semi-private lessons with Eleonora, I feel much more confident in my ability to speak Italian. She was patient with my mistakes and made learning fun!
— stefany D.M.
Studying with Eleonora made me less afraid to actually speak Italian. I feel so much more confident overall. She's encouraged me to try new expressions and use more complex grammar.
— RUDI S.
I'd previously learnt Italian through courses and found them a little awkward and slow. Through practical sessions with Ele, focused on actually speaking and reading, I saw a huge improvement within months. She's leagues ahead of any other teacher I've had!
— Isabel O.