Italian is an official language in several European countries and is spoken by over 125 million people world-wide. Italian 101 is a beginners course and requires no previous knowledge about the language. Course material will cover basic greetings and introductions, expressing likes and dislikes and travel by bus and train. Noun, article and prepositions use will be introduced as well as basic pronunciation, writing and reading skills. Course Content Greetings Introducing yourself an... [More]

This course is the first of the second year Italian program and is suitable for those who have completed all levels of Italian up to 104 or who have completed 95 hours of recent face to face tuition. Italian 201 will extend on first year material in a grammatical revision of the imperative, present and past tenses. Your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills with be further developed through exploring several current affairs in various media forms as well as several film di... [More]

Learn Italian faster! Italian is an official language in several European countries and is spoken by over 125 million people world-wide. Italian 101 – Fast Track is a beginners course and requires no previous knowledge of the language. Ideal for preparing quickly for travel or work commitments, or just as a quick stepping stone to start one’s path to mastering Italian, participants learn basic greetings and introductions, expressing likes and dislikes and travel by bus and train. No... [More]

Il corso mira a mettere in pratica tutte le regole sintatico-grammaticali studiate dallo studente e quindi consentire allo studente di conquistare una padronanza della lingua che gli possa permettere di usarla come propria espressione verbale. Usando esclusivamente materiale autentico provvisto dall’insegnante (quindi non un libro di testo), si praticano le quattro abilità linguistiche basandosi su temi di attualità. Questi sono sempre diversi per poter permettere agli studenti di v... [More]

This course builds upon material from the beginners course and is suitable for those who have completed Italian 101 or who have completed 20 hours of recent face to face tuition. Italian 102 will teach you how to describe your day, give and understand directions and how to shop. Reading, writing, listening and speaking components of the language will be built upon from Italian 101 while furthering grammatical skills to adjective, partitive and pronoun use. Course Content Describing ... [More]

This course offers advanced students the opportunity to further improve their Italian language skills through lively discussion on a diverse range of topics including film, literature, music and current affairs. It uses group discussions and individual presentation by the students on various topics (culture, society, environment, etc., as well as Italian current affairs) to build on the competencies achieved in previous levels. This course will allow the students to practice and imp... [More]

Want to put into conversational practice the Italian you have learned formally? Feel confident talking about yourself, your hobbies and interests, getting around in Italy, and describing what you have done and intend to do – all in Italian! This intermediate-level conversation course will help you practise and consolidate your Italian language skills before going on to the upper levels. It is designed for those students who have a good working knowledge of the present verb tense and... [More]

This course is the third part of the first year Italian program and is suitable for those who have completed all levels of Italian up to 102 or who have completed 45 hours of recent face to face tuition. This course focuses on describing yourself and your family, talking about others and their actions and how to make arrangements. Grammatical themes will focus on the use of comparatives, pronouns and various tenses. Course Content Talking about yourself and family Describing people ... [More]

This course is the final class in the first year Italian program. Italian 104 is suitable for those who have completed all levels of Italian up to 103 or who have completed 70 hours of recent face to face tuition. This course will prepare you for the second year courses by furthering your ability to recount the past, give instructions and discuss work. Your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills from previous terms will be consolidated and extended by learning the use of th... [More]

Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Italian up to 201 or who have completed 120 hours of recent face to face tuition. Course Content Content will be confirmed upon class consultation. Prescribed Text Text to be confirmed in first class. [More]