Students looking for an English tutor in Italy
I need an English tutor
Tell us the level, the goal and roughly when you are free. The request goes up without your name or contact details on it, and tutors reply through us, so you are not publishing your email to the open web.
I teach English
List yourself and answer requests as they come in. Listing is free while the board is being built, and you decide what of your profile is public.
This side of the board is new, so there is nothing to show yet in Italy. Everything here is posted by real people who asked to be listed: we do not copy tutor profiles from other sites, so it starts empty rather than starting fake.
How tuition requests work in Italy
- A student or parent posts what they need. Level, goal, whether they want lessons online or in person, and roughly what they can pay.
- We publish it anonymously. The listing shows the level, the area and the kind of lessons wanted. It does not show a name, an email, a phone number or an address, and a request from a parent about a child says so without identifying the child.
- Tutors reply through the board. The reply reaches the person who posted; their address is never handed out, and they choose whether to answer.
What we will not do
We do not copy tutor profiles or student enquiries from other sites. Every person listed here asked to be. That means this side of the board fills up more slowly than one built from scraped profiles, and it means nobody finds themselves advertised here without having agreed to it.
Paying a tutor
Rates vary far too much by country, level and whether lessons are online to quote a figure honestly, and we would rather say so than invent a range. Agree the rate, the cancellation terms and how you will pay before the first lesson, and be wary of anyone asking for a large block of lessons up front.
Jobs in Italy, by email
One email a week with new tuition requests in Italy. No account, no charge, and a quiet week means no email.
Italian demand for English tuition is strong and persistent, and it is concentrated on two things: certificates and school. The Cambridge certificates are widely recognised and widely pursued, by students wanting credit towards university and by adults who need documented proof of a level for a job or a public sector application. Alongside that is a steady stream of school-age students who need help keeping up with English at school, often arranged by a parent.
The school year runs from mid-September to early June, and private tuition follows it closely, with a noticeable surge from families in the weeks after results and before the autumn restart. Adult demand is steadier, and concentrated in the north, where the business and manufacturing centres are, although online tuition has flattened that geography considerably.
Two practical points. First, a lot of Italian learners have had years of grammar-heavy classroom English and can read far better than they can speak; the thing they usually want from a private tutor is the confidence to talk, which is a very different lesson from the one their school gave them. Second, August is genuinely quiet. Much of the country is on holiday and in-person tuition largely stops, so plan the year around it.
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Common questions
Which certificates matter in Italy?
The Cambridge levels, especially B1, B2 and C1, are the common currency and are recognised for university credit and by employers. IELTS appears mainly with people applying abroad. Knowing the format of the Cambridge speaking and writing papers is the most directly useful preparation for tutoring here.
What do adult learners in Italy typically want?
Speaking confidence, more often than grammar. Many have a solid passive knowledge from school and freeze when they have to produce language in real time. Lessons that are mostly the learner talking, with correction that does not stop the flow, tend to land better than another pass through the conditional.
Is August really that quiet?
Yes. A large part of the country takes holiday in August and in-person tuition drops away sharply. Tutors who want to work through it rely on online students elsewhere, or treat it as their own break and plan the year’s income on eleven months rather than twelve.