Grazie Marzia! Feel free to add the music you like. All tastes are welcome;-))

Great idea Katia!!!

Hi Mary,

As far as I know, there isn’t any established rule. It all depends on the politeness and respectfulness of both the teacher and the students.

It has happened a few times with some students that they did not show up for their scheduled lesson without preventing me, so that I’ve been waiting for them for the time of lesson and lost valuable time I could had used for another student or other important stuff.

Since we are all humans and further more busy people, I always understand and ask the student not to pay for the missed lesson and to reschedule it.

However, since my regular students are polite and respectful people and know that I always prepare a tailored class for their needs only, I have been paid for the lost time and effort in most cases, and never asked for a refund.

All the best for your teaching here:-)

Cheers,
Katia

well,
I am mostly interested in European languages like Latin and Italian

I have in the past through school have taken:
*French-in 7th grade
*ASL-a year in 9th grade
*Español- in 10th grade
*Japanese/Nihongo in 11th & 12th grade

No matter what language I am learning, I put my all into it :D

Thinking now, despite an ease with Asian languages….
I desire to learn Latin/Italian instead
It has been there for quite a while, and now I can through eduFire!

I am also loving the other classes that one can take
As soon as I am able, I shall be getting a Super Pass
It may take a while, but defenitely worth whatever wait I am put through
(i don’t have a credit card)

That won’t stop me from enjoying what Free Classes are available, I’ll ravish them ;D

And I will just go where my heart~<3 takes me, and find out where along the way!
Jason

Kim had been my first superpass student and it had always been a pleasure to have such a nice and smart student in class. I’d like to have her back to edufire too!

Kimberly, come back “’sta casa aspetta a te” ;-)))*

Katia

• Very famous and funny sentence in the Italian dialect from Naples to say " your home is waiting for YOU!". You home is eduFire and its community of course;-))

Ciao Aemilia,

Bentornata:-)

Katia

My dearest students,
I’ve been missing you all, I’m writing to inform you that I’ve completely fixed my mac and tomorrow the lessons will start again!
I’m so happy!!!
Free tribute to the greatest Italian poetic voice tomorrow, Alda Merini http://edufire.com/classes/11110-a-tribute-to-alda-merini-the-most-important-poetic-voice-of-the-twentieth-century-in-italy
Ci vediamo presto!!
Un abbraccio a tutti!
Marzia

thank you all for the wonderful comments

i am so very glad that the teachers here are so interested in teaching and getting involved

this is just one more reason to want to stay :D
Jason

thank you for having me here
i am already happy with eduFire
from the moment i saw the youtube video :D

later that night i did a class
Yessir’s Arabic class

then this morning i did the student orientation

i already now i am going to get a Super Pass

just have to wait until December

~_
i can’t wait to get really involved in what matters to me
the future is at my fingertips, here :D

i love anything that can be customized to fit what i want, and what i can do
Thank eduFire for making this ALL possible ! !
Jason

Ciao Andrew,

As a native Italian speaker and teacher, I’ve been often asked this question by my students and foreign friends.

It’s very easy to learn when a child and it’s a matter of tongue:

Simply imitate the noise of the “brum brum” – this is how we call the car when children :D – exagerating a little the vibration of the “r” by trilling a lot.

If this does not work for you – and it will most probably be the case if you don’t have a native speaker to imitate in front of you!- try placing your tongue against the roof of your mouth, near the front, and trill your tongue.

If none of these attempts work and if you are an English native speaker ONLY, you can repeat the following English terms a few times and very fast:

ladder, pot o’ tea, or butter.

I cannot tell on the legitimacy of this third rule but it did work perfectly with some of my native English speakers on eduFire. And as Machiavelli taught us “il fine giustifica i mezzi” (only the results count;-)).

Let me know what worked for you!

Anyway, don’t panic if you cannot!
As my fellow tutor Marged said, some Italians cannot roll their r’s either! Those pronounce the “R” like the French (called in Italian “R moscia” = soft R)…. and we all understand them when they speak :D

ciao ciao,
Katia

P.S. The Italian “R” is much different from Spanish one!

Like Alaia and Amaura ( and many others I guess) I need a metaphysics-spiritual studies category!!!

Thank you in advance eduFire from all of us and our students :-)

Cheers,
Katia

Hi again dear students and fellow tutors,

I am glad this question arised your interest! It is very informative and interesting to read your answers.

Of course, as an Italian national and a French resident I am very pleased to learn a vast majority of you cherish the so called “romance” or “latin” languages, Italian and French in particular;-))

I am looking forward to reading more of your testimonials!

Cheers,
Katia