For me, Ornella makes playing the recorder an adventure. I had two lessons till now and I asked Ornella to help me with two things at first: learn to add and play baroque ornamentation and to handle dynamics between forte and pianissimo in a book with 8 Japanes tradionals. The first task Ornella gave me was to come up with the story in the music. She asked me to find out by myself, which is not really easy. She gives me small tips, like how to end a fermata in a way the listener will think the sound is still there, or alternative fingering to play notes very soft. In this way, after just two lessons I learned a lot of new skills I can try by myself. She also helps me with the fundamentals like to hold the recorder better. Because she is mainly suggesting improvents, I feel I have room for my own ideas. Actually, I look forward to the moment we disagree on how to play things. Ornella is an excellent teacher for me. I cannot tell if this will be the same for you. You may need different things and a differnt teaching style. But, give it a try. Ornella understands Dutch quite well, but she talks in English to me, while I stick to Dutch, mostly. This works well and I think there ned not be any issues with language, even if you do not speak English very well. We also talk a lot in music language.