About us - Italiano come passione
A collaboration between professionals in the field of italian language
Puntolingua was founded in 2002 in Italy and has been based in Berlin, Germany since 2012. Puntolingua is a CELI (Certificate of knowledge of the Italian language) and DILS-PG (Certificate in Teaching Italian as a foreign language) exam center, both issued by the University for Foreigners of Perugia.
Contact: info[at]puntolingua.it – 0049 (0)30 87 333 929
Tasks: Teaching management, Italian teaching courses, Person in charge for the CELI and DILS-PG examination center in Berlin
Languages: Italian (mother tongue), German, French, Spanish and English
Website: puntolingua.it
I introduce myself: My name is Costanza and I was born in Piombino (Italy) in 1968. After high school in Humanities (maturità classica), I enrolled at the University of Pisa, where I completed a degree in Philosophy in 1994 and in History in 2005 (both laurea magistrale). In 1996 I got the Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (C2 level) issued by the Goethe Institute. I have spent many years in Germany. 1995-1997 I worked as a lector for Italian language at the University of Bielefeld and over the years I have worked at various language schools in Tuscany, Mannheim and Berlin. From 2009 to 2013 I taught Italian at a Volskhochschule in Brandenburg. Since 2002 I have been managing Puntolingua, which has been based in Berlin since 2012.
Further qualifications: DITALS II and recognized CELI examiner.
- Task: Italian Courses
- Languages: Italian (Mother tongue), English, Spanish and German
I introduce myself: My name is Eleonora and I was born in Penne (Italy) in 2002. After completing a language-focused high school (liceo linguistico), I earned a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Pescara in 2025. During my studies, I received two Erasmus Traineeship scholarships and worked as an Italian teacher, first at an Italian language school in Prague in 2023, and later at Puntolingua in 2025.
I introduce myself: My name is Veronica, I was born in Florence in 1998. After graduating from a humanities-focused high school (liceo classico), I enrolled at University for Foreigners of Siena, where in 2022 I earned a bachelor’s degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation. I am currently enrolled in a master’s degree in Italian Language and Culture for Foreigners at University of Bologna. During my studies I received two Erasmus scholarships, the first as a student at University of Bochum in 2019-2020 and the second as an Italian teacher intern at Puntolingua in 2026.
In 2022 I worked as an Italian teacher in a school in Florence.
I am a certified CILS and CELI examiner and I have the DITALS II certificate.
Puntolingua’s customers or project partners have included:
TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH – Berlin
Helmut Ziegner Berufsbildung gGmbH – Berlin
Kombi Consult GmbH – Berlin
Forum Berufsbildung e. V. – Berlin
IFOA – Reggio Emilia – Italy
Hoffmann Rechtsanwälte & Steuerberater – Berlin
LingaTel GmbH – München
Bundeswehr-Dienstleistungszentrum – Berlin
R.A.Z. Electronic Handels GmbH – Berlin
Rolema Rechtsanwälte Notare – Berlin
Communication Services Roland Luke – Berlin
Medical School Berlin
Thanks for the photos on our pages to: Ludovico Lovisetto on Unsplash and Clarissa Watson on Unsplash
