My name is Andrea Quarantotto (Andrea in Italian is a man’s name).
I was born in Bologna in 1950 and have always lived here.
I graduated from The University of Bologna with a degree in languages, and ever since those university days I have taught Italian to foreigners, first at Dante Alighieri, and later at other schools.
From 1973 until 2000, while working for a large company, I continued to teach on my own time.   In 2000 I left that company and decided that the time had come to begin teaching Italian in “my own way”, in my home.

From this idea was born bolognalingua, a small association of teachers specializing in individual courses for those who want to learn Italian in a natural way, outside the bounds of a traditional language school.

I love teaching this way and I devote most of my time to it.

Although students do not live in my house, I organize almost everything for their stay in Bologna –accommodations, excursions to other cities as part of the learning experience, and naturally, courses tailored to each student’s needs.

Studying a foreign language abroad is an absorbing, complex experience.
It involves not only mastering new words, but also gaining a deeper understanding of the culture in which the language is rooted.
To achieve this goal I devote all my enthusiasm, my skill at communication, and a sense of humor which makes for a relaxed study environment.
Students appreciate these characteristics, and so I look for them in my collaborators as well.  We are all university graduates, fluent in at least one foreign language.
We are particularly careful to use from the start a direct method,  based on communicative stimuli, which emphasizes the use of current spoken Italian.