I have been a private student of Davide Valenti’s – Valenti Lingua – Italian language school for several months. It is a pleasure to work with Davide because he is passionate about his teaching. Davide is a skilled professor of Italian and greatly enjoys teaching. My environment is a college level course, not a casual conversational class, but still retains an enjoyable atmosphere. My course focus has been grammar and proper usage. Italian has idiomatic quirks that can only be conveyed by a deep, natural understanding of the language. This deep understanding is apparent in my teacher. I feel my progress has been steady and thorough. Since I do not have the advantage of complete language submersions, I have the best possible alternative and will be very educationally prepared for such submersion when my lifestyle allows.