Tutor Profile "Valentina C"

Valentina C

Cost  £20 - £25 per hour

Experience Level  7+ years experience

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Tutoring approach

My lessons are usually held in a friendly atmosphere.

I like to use differen tkind of material for preparing lessons and I love integrate the study of the language with the cultural background.

My timetable is quite flexible, so please do not hesitate to contact me for arranging lessons.

 

Professional experience

My name is Valentina and I am a native Italian speaker. I`m doing a Phd in Italian Studies at the University of Reading skilled in contemporary Italian literature and in writing. I am poet/ writer, I have published poetry books, academic essays and journal articles.
I am an experieced Italian private tutor. I have worked both with Italian and English students.
I`m a very enthusiastic person who really love her job and really love Italian culture.

CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS

• Calista V., David Maria Turoldo traduttore dei Salmi: linguaggio poetico e discorso biblico, EUROTALES 11th April 2014, Linguistic diversity and Cultural identities in Europe: Oral voices and Literary Languages. Organized by The British Academy, University of Reading, Università della Sapienza Roma.




PUBLICATIONS


POETRY BOOKS


• 2013: Oltretutto, Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, Osnago, Milano
• 2012: La vertigine dell’andatura, Edizioni Ensemble, Roma
• 2006: Poems by Valentina Calista, L’eco del vento, Pagine, Roma
• 2006: Poems by Valentina Calista in Dialoghi in Versi, La Stampa.it, commented by Maurizio Cucchi
• 2001: Poems by Valentina Calista, Ti confido un segreto: scrivo poesie, Rome, Pagine



LITERATURE REVIEWS

• 2010: Calista V., “Alda Merini: quell’incessante bisogno di Dio”. Otto/Novecento, XXXIV, n. 1, Milan, (January/April 2010)
• 2007: Calista V., ”Alda Merini. Non potete rinchiudere i poeti”. Stilos, IX, n. 5-6, (March 2007), Catania






ON-LINE


• Personal Blog: http://valentinacalista.wordpress.com/
• Academia Edu : http://reading.academia.edu/ValentinaCalista


• CalistaV., Silloge poetica inedita parte II, in El Ghibli - Rivista di Letteratura della Migrazione, Anno 10 numero 44 giugno 2014, http://www.el-ghibli.org/valentina-calista-testo/; Silloge poetica parte I, http://www.provael-ghibli.it/silloge-inedita/
• Calista V., Inediti, in Il giardino dei poeti, 16 Giugno 2014, http://giardinodeipoeti.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/valentina-calista
• Calista V., Quattro testi inediti, in Carte Allineate: recensioni e testi, 25 Febbraio 2014, http://cartescoperterecensionietesti.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/valentina-calista-quattro-testi-inediti.html
• Calista V., L’onestà e l’indipendenza della poesia oggi in Italia, apparso su Culture Club Underground, il 29 Agosto 2014, https://uncultureclub.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/ lonesta-e-lindipendenza-della-poesia-oggi-in-italia/
• Calista V., Poesie inedite, in La Poesia e lo Spirito, 29 Gennaio 2014, http://lapoesiaelospirito.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/valentina-calista-poesie-inedite/
• Calista V., La porta si apre sul fiume di un giorno, in Women in Culture, 2 Agosto 2013, http://www.womeninculture.eu/2013/08/la-porta-si-apre-sul-fiume-di-un-gior no/
• Calista V., Dottoranda a Reading, lontana dai baroni, in Giovani Talenti, Blog di Sergio Nava, Il Sole 24 Ore.com, 11 Novembre 2013, http://www2.radio24.ilsole 24ore.com /blog /nava /?p=1642
• Calista V., Intervista ad Alda Merini: l’esperienza e la poetica. Non potete rinchiudere i poeti, in Women in Culture, 11 Luglio 2013, http://www.womeninculture.eu /2013/07/intervista-ad-alda-merini-lesperienza-e-la-poetica-non-potete-rinchiudere-i-poeti/



AWARD AND HONORS


• 2013: AHRC Scholarship

• 2011: “Gianfranco Rossi” award for young authors
• 2008: “Parco Poesia” conference
• 2006: “Palmaria giovane” literary award for unpublished poets
• 2003: “Claudia Fioroni” literary award
• 2001: “Poets and poetry in schools” award



WORK EXPERIENCES AND TRAINING


• 2008-2013: Private lessons: Italian language and culture.
• 2010: Second Traineeship at the Centro Europeo Toscolano (CET), music school for young songwriters funded by songwriter Mogol (Giulio Rapetti)
• 2008: First Traineeship at the Centro Europeo Toscolano (CET), music school for young songwriters funded by songwriter Mogol (Giulio Rapetti)
• 2007: Interview with poet Alda Merini, Milano
• 2007: Course at the Officine Cinema School of Cinema. Drama course scholarship winner, Viterbo
• 2006-2007: Part-time Librarian worker at the Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty library, University of Tuscia, Viterbo. Main activities and responsibilities: loans, archiving and cataloguing.


LANGUAGES

• Italian: native language
• English: advanced
• German: basic level (current learner)
• French: basic level
• Latin: good knowledge

 

Education and Qualifications

Valentina's education and qualifications are listed below.

Institution	Degree	Subject	Grade
University of Tuscia (Italy)	BA	Modern Language and Literatures	108/110
University of Tuscia (Italy)	MA	Modern Philology	110 cum laude
University of Reading	PhD	Italian Studies - Contemporary Italian Poetry	current (2nd year)

 

Subjects

Subjects taught by Valentina.

Subject	Level	Price
Italian	GCSE	£20
Italian	Undergraduate	£20
Italian	Postgraduate	£20
Italian	Interview preparation	£25
Italian	Adult Learner	£25
Italian	Other	£20
Creative Writing	Other	£20

 

Block bookings

Discounts for all subjects.

No of Lessons	Discount
10	5%

 

Availability

This calendar shows my availability.

 

Reviews

Valentina's rating and reviews.