Ciao!
I'm Petra Khalil, teacher of Italian for non native speakers.

My biography in points:

• Born and raised in Rome, Italy.

• Bachelor's degree in Languages, cultures, literatures and translation from Sapienza Università di Roma with full marks

(110 cum laude/110)

• Master's degree in Teaching Italian as a Second Language from Università degli Studi Roma Tre with full marks

(110 cum laude/110)

• Certified DITALS I and DITALS II*.

• Certified CILS** examination administrator (somministratrice).

• 10 years of experience teaching Italian to non native speakers.

• Constant training via webinars, training days.

• Spoken languages:

Italian (mother tongue)

Spanish, English, French (proficient)

Lebanese Arabic (beginner)

* The DITALS Certification is a qualification granted by the University for Foreigners of Siena that certifies the possession of the theoretical and practical competences needed to fulfill the role of teacher of the Italian language to foreigners.

** The CILS Exam is an official proficiency examination to prove competence in the Italian language.

But if you've got 3 more minutes...

Let me tell you how it all started.

Back in 2015 my friend Benjamin asked me if I could help his friends learning Italian.

At that time I was studying Languages, cultures, literatures and translation at the University of Rome La Sapienza.

I told him I had never done that before, but I could give it a try. So I started to collect material, buying books and so on, and next week I began to tutor my first students.

From lesson number one, I totally fell in love with it.

I remember how excited I was after my first lessons with Kari and Wilfredo, my first students.

From 2015 to 2017 many things happened: my graduation with full marks at the University (110 cum laude/110), projects abroad, and more students to tutor.

In 2017, I decided I wanted to get deeper into the teaching Italian field.

Somehow I felt I needed to discover more about methods, approaches.

I decided to register to a full time training course for teachers of Italian as a second language at Torre di Babele, a pillar in the teaching field.

That course literally changed my life and there is where I finally became a true Teacher.

I studied and practiced to prepare first DITALS I and then DITALS II exams and I got the certificates.

In 2018 Torre di Babele called me to work with them, to teach Italian to non native speakers.

Something like a dream that becomes reality.

It was a booster for my career and my experience, I learned so many things it's impossible to summarize.

Unfortunately in 2020, with COVID-19 pandemic, Torre di Babele closed forever after 35 years of majestic work.

It was like losing a second home, but I decided not to give up.

In 2020 I became my own boss.

I found a very good accountant (thank you, Antonio!) and I registered as an official freelance teacher.

I work with students from all over the world with enthusiasm and professionalism.

I have to admit that I really like to be a freelance, or libera professionista, as we say in Italian.

In order not to miss the constant training, the positive confrontation and to develop even more my methods and skills, I decided to enroll in a master's degree in Teaching Italian as a Second Language at Roma Tre University,  where I learned more about educational approaches and techniques. I graduated with honors (110 cum laude/110).

My main fields of interest are:

• Task-based language teaching (TBLT)

• Dogme language teaching 

• Pedagogy of Multiliteracies

• Game-based language teaching (GBLT).

Check out my profile on  Ludic Language Pedagogy 👾 .

Well, I think my summary is over.

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A presto!