Chantal C   

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Your Italian Journey Awaits! Tailored Lessons with Chantal, Your Native Guide.

What is your favorite dish from your hometown? If you no longer live there is there a good local restaurant that serves it?

Pizza Margherita! I love this typical Italian dish, simple and delicious. You can find it in different countries, but only in Italy tastes like it should taste!

Besides the languages you teach, do you speak or study any other languages?

I speak English (B2 level). In my life, I have studied several languages. Nowadays I have a basic knowledge of French, Chinese, Japanese, and I understand a bit of Spanish.

What do you consider your hometown? Why do you love it?

My hometown is Torino, in the North of Italy. I was born in this city and I currently live here. I traveled a lot when I was younger, but this will always be my town.

What are your interests outside of teaching at Strommen?

I enjoy studying languages, so I try to fill my free time by watching films in their original language. I also like reading novels or essays about linguistics. To relax, I love listening to some music and taking long walks.

What is your favorite word in your language and why?

This is such a difficult question! Since I love Italian, there are lots of words that I find fascinating. If I have to choose one of them, I would say QUIPROQUO'. Quiproquò, also spelled separately as "qui pro quò", has a funny sound and means, in short, "misunderstanding". Clearly, from Latin etymology, it's interesting also because it originate from copying typos, and this makes me imagine the Medieval times, when laborious scribes used to do this amazing work and help this language to rise and evolve.