If you really want to learn the Italian language, and not just learn to speak Italian, then Valenti Lingua is for you. My mother’s family is Italian. Most of my cousins and aunts and uncles speak Italian and a number of them live (or lived) in Italy. I have been a frustrated Italian language student longer than I care to admit. I tried multiple language learning platforms over the years and never really gained critical mass or retained much of what I learned. Then I found Davide. I have been working with him for a full year now and have learned more Italian , retained more Italian, and enjoyed using my Italian more than ever before. The secret sauce is simple, Davide is passionate about teaching the language, he has a very robust and engaging approach, and he genuinely cares about my progress and experience. If you have a busy life, no worries, his program is super efficient and flexible. The workload is manageable and yet impactful. I will be his student for the foreseeable future as I work towards complete fluency. I highly recommend Davide! P/S, if you want to make him really smile, talk about Italian food with him, it’s his achilles heel.