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Use the new vocabulary studied in class to write a small presentation of yourself (example of a topic) .

First of all the tutor should make sure that the student has a full understanding of all the vocabulary studied in class. This also implies being able to write the words down without looking at them. Followi...
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Analyse a short text.

First of all, I would ask the student to read the text out loud in order to work on pronunciation. Then, we would replace the text in its context: book it has been taken from, synopsis of the original book, ...
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How do you know when to put an accent or a stress on a word?

Normally in Latin languages, a word will have a stress on its penultimate vowel. However, if you say the word to yourself and hear that the stress is not on the penultimate vowel but indeed on the last lette...
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Answered by Thomas W. Italian tutor
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When to use passato prossimo and passato remoto

When speaking of past actions, there are a few tenses that can be used in Italian. Both passato prossimo and passato remoto can be translated to the English simple past, yet they're used differently in Itali...
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Answered by Paola T. Italian tutor
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When to use the subjunctive (congiuntivo)

The subjunctive can be quite tricky for English speakers as it is rarely used in the English language. There are several cases in which one should use the subjunctive when speaking Italian: DOUBT: when there...
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Answered by Paola T. Italian tutor
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