Reviews
Talk@Work provides international employers with specialized one-to-one and small group full immersion bespoke language courses for expats and their families.
The Corporates' Perspective
The founder of Talk@Work has worked with large international employers such as IKEA Italy, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bayerische Landesbank, Bain & Company, Otis Elevator Company and R+V Insurance. He and his team of qualified teachers have been providing effective language services to CEOs, executives, Country Managers, first-line managers, and many members of their families. Here is an outline of how the bespoke language courses for expats and their families were structured and developed:
Planning & Monitoring
Kick-off meetings with HR managers about general goals, timing, and systematic learning progress. Regular follow-up meetings to confirm the satisfaction of the students with our interactive and versatile language teaching approach. Periodic progress monitoring plus monthly reports to the HR department on the learning results achieved.
Course Development
Informal but professional assessment of every student. Development of focused and customized one-on-one lessons or small group courses to suit the exact needs. Development of personalized courses to all expat family members and second language support for expat children at school.
Hands-on Support
Personal support with internal team communication (colloquial and business communication), external communication (standard conversations and business communication), data mining (e.g. press releases, annual business reports, social, political and news articles...), and building new relationships in a foreign environment.
Daily Life Family Support
Continuous assistance to expats and their families when dealing with paperwork, the authorities, the medical or educational system. Tipps for shopping, food, restaurants, culture and holidays, plus guided sightseeing to make everyone feel comfortable in their new home town.
Achieved Goals:
- CEOs reached a high level of confidence and fluency in speaking, being able to give speeches and press or TV interviews.
- Executives started speaking the new language in and out of the office and became more and more able to manage their everyday life by communicating confidently with locals.
- Most managers and other employees reached a very advanced, even excellent, level of the learned language.
- Partners and expat family members learned, improved, and mastered their new language, achieving the highest levels in important language certification exams.
The Participants' Experiences
Fruto (Fructuoso) Hernández, Creative Leader | Head of Retail & Space Design and Brand Visual Identity | Advisory Board member | Home Furnishing & Retail Design Manager, IKEA Italy
Besides being a wonderful person to be around with and always willing to help, Andrea is one of these rare language teachers who is able and willing to adapt his teaching method to the person. I recommend Andrea and Talk@Work to any language student.
John McKie, Managing Director at CA Immobilien Anlagen AG, Hungary
Andrea made learning Italian a great experience for me. Interesting, challenging and fun. His language services, with the support of the team of TALK@WORK, are highly recommended.
Ilona Eichler, PA CEO/HRM at TCX Investement Management, Netherlands
When I lived in Milano in 2008, I took my language lessons with Andrea Campisano. A very pleasant experience, both conversational, in writing as in learning about Italy in general. Strongly recommend Andrea Campisano and his team of teachers at Talk@Work!
Viktoria Bratushka, Head of Brand Activation, Ukraine
Andrea is an an excellent teacher and a great professional. I was lucky to meet him during my MBA program, when I first came to Italy, and, since then, he helped me to improve my Italian basically from zero to a decent C1/C2 level. I really appreciate his dedication & commitment, high level of professionalism and flexibility. One of the best teachers I’ve ever had. Even now, Andrea and Talk@Work is my reference for some linguistic assistance I need in my professional activity.
Maria BarriosMaria Barrios, Project Management, Marketing, International Relations, Consultant, Columbia
Andrea was my Italian professor in 2020-21. His method of teaching Italian is dynamic, personalized, and efficient. He makes you fall in love with the language and the culture. You can tell that he enjoys teaching and sharing his knowledge about Italy. After following his courses my Italian improved and I could talk and write correctly.
Sam Abbasi, Account Director, Ampion, Australia
Andrea is one of the best foreign language instructors I have ever had the honor to call my teacher. He helped me improve my Italian over the course of a month to actually bump up to the next level at my college course. His practical approach, professionalism, and most importantly his attitude are what sets him apart from his peers.
Zoë Donato, Financial Planner, RBC Financial Planning, Canada
Andrea was my Italian professor at university. He was very kind, patient, and a great teacher. He makes learning Italian very easy because he does a great job of breaking down the grammatical rules and encouraging you to have conversations in Italian which is the best way to learn. I highly recommend Andrea as a professor! I advise Andrea and Talk@Work to university students and corporations.
Paula Torres Bocos, Co- Founder & PR Luxury Marketing Director en Éclat Media, Spain
Andrea was my Italian teacher when I was an exchange student at Politecnico di Milano for two semesters. Prior to being his student, I had studied italian only for a few months so I was in his beginners class. He did an excellent job teaching my class what we needed to learn to live in Italy without using almost any English. He was very engaging and fun. He goes above and beyond for his students.
Özgün Altop, Legal Consultant on Italian Civil Law and International Law, Turkey
I can tell with no hesitation that Andrea is very professional, patient with students, and a very good teacher. One of my best teachers who taught me Italian!
Vinh Phung Lu, Cluster Operations Leader, Real Estate Cluster Europe South & East, Ingka Group
I have a lot of fun learning Italian with Andrea and Enrico. It is a great and dedicated team. I wanted this combination, one for the grammar and one for the speaking part! For my learning style this is the best combination. I warmly recommend you the team of Talk@Work and I am looking forward to my next lesson!
Ufuk Aksoy, Principal Owner, Elba srl, Turkey
Andrea Campisano is an excellent teacher who enhances the confidence of students while making them passionate about learning. Andrea is a great team leader too, able to build an efficient group of valuable teachers. They are creative and efficient, adapting their communication style to the needs of different students depending on their age, culture, ability, and learning style. I appreciate their clarity, accuracy, and professionalism. Thanks to their enthusiasm, Andrea and his team of teachers know how to keep the students engaged and motivated.
Tim Birkin, Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality professional, NCRQ Dip, GradIOSH, UK
Andrea is a great language teacher who finds different ways to engage students individually and tailor make lessons that suit each student. Also a respectful, polite and trustworthy individual with a great sense of humour. I would recommend Andrea and Talk@Work to any individual or organisation.
Nicole Erdmann, Ingka Real Estate Manager Cluster South & East Europe, Germany
Andrea is an excellent Italian teacher. With him and his team you get a complete understanding of the culture of Italy and its challenges. He is very flexible and proactive. Also, he has many ideas to interest you in the historical language. Learning is really fun with him. He is well qualified and will provide you with all the tests and qualifications you need to express your professional language skills. Thank you, Andrea, for your patience with me and I wish you and “Talk@Work” many inspiring courses with open minded people. I recommend Andrea and his highly professional team of teachers!
Elena Moeller, Sr. Business Development Representative, USA
Andrea was not only a teacher of language, but also Italian culture and friendship. My time in Italy was amazing and Andrea took time out of his busy schedule to ensure that his class had a great understanding of the language. He also took our class out on excursions around Milan where we could practice ordering in Italian. I made life long friends and I will always be thankful for his lessons and friendship.
Wubbo Tempel, Netherland Former Managing director of Elsevier Masson, Italy
I highly recommend Andrea as an excellent Italian language tutor. Andrea taught me when I directed Elsevier’s Italian office. Andrea explains backgrounds of expressions and phrases, which helps the understanding greatly. Clearly, Andrea works from a broad knowledge base. Also, Andrea is a pleasant and serious person, which is very important in a tutorial relationship.
Lana Silanteva, Co-Founder at 700 plus CLUB, Russia
I got to know the founder of Talk@Work through my MBA program in which he taught Italian. Apart from being an excellent tutor, Andrea is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of the Italian (and world!) culture, literature, history, and art. His lessons were always stimulating, and his approach challenging and encouraging - just what a student needs to continuously improve. Andrea also has a very open personality and a great sense of humor, so I would recommend him and Andrea’s team of teachers!
Enver Candan, IBMer, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, USA
Andrea was my Italian teacher when I was an exchange student at Politecnico di Milano for two semesters. Prior to being his student, I had studied italian only for a few months so I was in his beginners class. He did an excellent job teaching my class what we needed to learn to live in Italy without using almost any English. He was very engaging and fun. He goes above and beyond for his students.
Laurent Bruyere, Directeur général chez ERYMA, France
Andrea was a great Italian teacher for me. I thank him and recommend his language services.
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