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Study Italian where the language is spoken
If you like art, fashion, food, Opera and “La dolce vita”, or you want to discover the country that is home to more than half of Europe’s Unesco protected monuments, Italian is the language to learn. And one of the best ways to learn or perfect your Italian is to take classes in Italy. Next stop: Italy! We can arrange individual or group lessons in the best locations throughout Italy, including: “La grande bellezza” Rome; charming and refined Tuscany; the romantic Amalfi Coast; and green and restful Puglia; the green and amazing Todi in Umbria and off the beaten track Agnone in Molise and last but not least Taormina, Sicily. We can organise one to one tuition, or small-group lessons, at a time and place convenient for you and suited to your level of Italian.
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Nine years together and still counting…
Ciao ragazzi! With over 450 articles since 2010, this has become a big blog, or a small book, or perhaps a chunky magazine. How does it work? Posts are listed with the newest at the top of the “blog” section. You go back in history as you scroll down, but that may not be what you want to do. Instead,…
Video: Cosa mangiano gli italiani a colazione?
What is a typical Italian breakfast? Guarda il video e completa la tavola con i nomi che ascolti. Come si dice in italiano? Completa la tavola con i nomi che hai ascoltato. Metti in ordine i giorni della settimana. sabato- martedì- lunedì- mercoledì- venerdì- domenica-giovedì Continua e metti in ordine i giorni della settimana Lunedì… Sai cosa significa: sempre, spesso,…
Italia DOC- Free Documentary screening
ITALIA DOC arriva alla quarta edizione, ed è l’unica serie di proiezioni gratis a Londra di documentari italiani contemporanei sancita da FilmItalia/ Istituto Luce in sinergia con University College London. Organizzata e curata dalla dottoressa Cristina Massaccesi, Senior Teaching Fellow and Language Coordinator a UCL e Stefania Bochicchio, artistic director di Draper Hall, Londra e co direttore UK dell’ International Theatre…
Che ora è? How do you say what time is in Italian
Telling the time in Italian Cominciamo con i numeri. Ripetiamo i numeri da 0 a 20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Clicca qui, ascolta e controlla i numeri In una conversazione: Domanda Informale: Scusa, sai che ora è ? = Scusa, sai che ore sono?…
Italian language services Workshops @Italian Cultural Institute- March 2020
Italian & Drama: improve your communication skills with drama techniques You know the moment when you’re in Italy and you try to speak Italian, but everyone keeps replying to you in English?! Or you’re chatting away to your Italian friends, but you suddenly get stuck? Learning Italian through drama techniques can help you to be confident, to manage communication breakdowns, and handle long silences. There’s no need to have any previous experience of drama techniques – it’s just a…
To go in Italian: Form & Use
To go= andare Italian conjugation for andare io vado noi andiamo tu vai voi andate lui/ lei va loro vanno What is andiamo= We go/ Come on!/ Let’s go! Dove vai? Il verbo andare usa diverse preposizioni e non segue una regola precisa ma bisogna praticare e memorizzare. Per ricordare quale preposizione usare, vi consiglio di memorizzare frasi intere o…
Italian words of the month: Natale, Capodanno, Befana..
Siamo arrivati alla fine dell’anno e ormai mancano pochi giorni a Natale. Ripetiamo insieme il vocabolario natalizio e impariamo cosa dire in questi giorni di festa. How do I write Merry Christmas in Italian? Buon Natale!= Merry Christmas La vigilia di Natale= Christmas eve Natale= Christmas 26 dicembre, Santo Stefano= Boxing day Babbo Natale= Father Christmas Il presepe= Nativity scene…
Italian courses- New term-Italian language services@ Italian Cultural Institute from 20 January
Enrolment is now open for Italian Language Courses at the Italian Cultural Institute in London, in collaboration with Italian Language Services. OPEN DAY: Enrolment and Assessment Tests– 14 January from 17:00 Book Now Whether you are new to the language, totally fluent, or everything in between, we can help. We offer General Italian courses on all levels, weekday mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekend. In addition,…
Teaching Italian online: tips and tricks for the perfect online Italian lesson
When I decided to start teaching online, I expected to have only “millennials”, nerds, hi-tech Silicon Valley boomers or people living their own life online. But with my big surprise, I received requests for Italian online lessons from all the ages, countries and nationalities. Nowadays taking online lessons is easy and it takes 5 minutes to setup. An online lesson…
Italian for Business: how to write a formal email
How to write a perfect professional email in Italian Scrivere una lettera formale in italiano non è facile. Perché? Perché in italiano le amministrazioni, gli uffici, le aziende usano ancora una lingua molto burocratica. Una lingua formale. Il lessico formale usa delle strutture e del vocabolario totalmente diverso da quello che usiamo quando parliamo. Per risolvere questo problema però, possiamo…
Essere o avere: questo è il problema. How to say in Italian: ha finito / è finito?
Normalmente in italiano l’ausiliare dei verbi composti è il verbo avere. Usiamo il verbo avere per formare il passato prossimo con circa il 70% dei verbi italiani. Solo alcuni dei verbi di movimento, i verbi di stato e i verbi riflessivi usano essere. Un piccolo trucco per ricordare quali sono i verbi di movimento che usano essere. Tutti i verbi…
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Antonio is not only a very friendly teacher, but he has this talent to explain everything in a simple manner. His classes are well structured and enjoyable, and he always summarises well the key points at the end. I truly enjoyed learning with him and he gave me confidence to speak and write in Italian. Read more…
