Language Courses

  • 101 - beginner

    Topics:

    In level 101 course you will learn how to greet, introduce yourself, ask the meaning of words, give your phone number, order food and drinks, make requests, say thank you, ask for the price and the bill, the difference between scusa and scusi, vorrei vs prendo / voglio, introduce someone, describe daily activities, give and ask for information about your and other people's jobs, and state dates.

    Grammar:

    Pronunciation of vowels; Pronunciation of C, G, GN, GLI, SCI, QU; Singular adjectives -o / -a; Prepositions of place; 1st and 2nd person singular present indicative of essere and chiamarsi; Plural and singular nouns; Definitive and indefinite articles; Demonstrative questo vs quello; 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular present indicative regular and irregular verbs (essere, avere, fare, andare, stare); Singular nouns -e / -i, -ante, -ente, -ista; Prepositions of place

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso beginner and pre-intermediate Updated Edition (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

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  • 102 - beginner

    Topics:

    In level 102 course you will learn how to talk about free time, talk about your interests, express what you like or dislike, describe places, talk about the quality of life, give and follow directions, ask for and know how to tell the time, understand information about hotels, describe a hotel room, complain about problems in a hotel, ask for tourist information, talk about holidays.

    Grammar:

    Complete conjugation of the regular and irregular present indicative (andare, avere, bere, essere, fare, dire); Verb piacere; Verbs sapere and conoscere; Complete conjugation of the present indicative of dare, rimanere, dire, scegliere, andare, venire; Prepositions a and in; C'è / Ci sono; Complete chart of regular adjectives; Concordance of articles, nouns and adjectives; Present indicative of modal verbs; Adverbs bene and male; Articulated prepositions; Focus on the preposition a

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso beginner and pre-intermediate Updated Edition (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 103 - pre-intermediate

    Topics:

    In level 103 course you will learn how to understand tourist information, express opinions, talk about past events, ask for travel information, talk about your own and other people's daily life, congratulate, talk about holidays, describe your family, talk about family habits, talk about past events.

    Grammar:

    Regular and irregular past perfect; Adverbs of time; Ci vuole / Ci vogliono; Prepositions of time; Prepositions a and di + infinitive; Present indicative reflexive form; Possessive adjectives; Past perfect reflexive form

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso beginner and pre-intermediate Updated Edition (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 104 - pre-intermediate

    Topics:

    In level 104 course you will learn to talk about your eating habits, write a shopping list, talk about Italian cuisine, understand recipe instructions, go grocery shopping, use Italian measurements, talk about future events, go shopping, describe clothing, talk about technology, talk about recurring events in the past, talk about your childhood and youth, express opinions.

    Grammar:

    Direct object pronouns; Partitive ne and di; Future tense (regular and irregular); Direct and indirect object pronouns; Complete form of the demonstrative adjective quello; Poco, molto, tanto, troppo; Regular and irregular indicative imperfect (essere, fare, bere, dire); Present perfect vs Imperfect Tense; Agreement of direct object pronouns with past participles

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso beginner and pre-intermediate Updated Edition (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 201 - lower-intermediate

    Topics:

    In level 201 course you will learn how to describe people and their behavior, invite, accept or refuse invitations, talk about actions that happen in the moment, understand rental ads, describe a home, express desires and needs, express the consequences of a possible hypothesis, give advice, compare Italian customs and traditions with those of other countries, understand and know how to give orders, recommendations and instructions, talk about cultural differences.

    Grammar:

    Present perfect of cominciare and finire; Absolute superlative; Molto (adjective and adverb); Present perfect with modal verbs; Present progressive regular and irregular (dire, fare, bere); Comparatives; Present conditional (regular and irregular); Pronominal particle ci; Informal imperative (regular and irregular); Position of the direct and indirect object pronoun with the informal imperative; Contracted forms of the informal imperative with pronouns and pronominal particles ci and ne

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso beginner and pre-intermediate Updated Edition (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 202 - lower-intermediate

    Topics:

    In the level 202 course you will learn how to tell about memories and past events, express surprise and displeasure, report health problems and describe their symptoms, give advice and instructions about health, express assumptions and conditions, talk about work and working conditions.

    Grammar:

    Different uses of the past perfect and the imperfect indicative; The verbs sapere and conoscere in the past perfect and the imperfect indicative; The use of volere in the imperfect indicative; The relative pronouns chi and cui; The endings -ino/-one; The pronominal forms farcela and andarsene; The formal imperative; The position of object pronouns in the formal imperative; The comparative and superlative of buono and bene; The verb servire; Nouns with irregular plural; Review of future tense; Functions of the simple future; Object pronouns la / le; The verb bisogna; The verb metterci with the meaning of needing time; The hypothetical period of reality

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso intermediate and advanced (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 203 - upper-intermediate

    Topics:

    In level 203 course you will learn how to apologize, start a story, invite someone to tell a story, mark the times of a story, show curiosity towards the person telling the story, describe, make hypotheses, express hope, make comparisons, make analogies, invite someone to do something together, express doubts, tell a cultural or linguistic misunderstanding, express your opinion.

    Grammar:

    Mentre / Durante; Stare per + infinitive; Past perfect of modal verbs; The conjunctions però, quindi, perché, mentre, quando; Present subjunctive of regular verbs and some irregular verbs; Use of the subjunctive to express necessity, hope and personal opinion; The comparative più… di / più… che; The adjective bello; Nouns ending in -tore and -ista; Pluperfect perfect; Prima di + infinitive; The verb dovere to express a hypothesis; Combined pronouns; The negative prefix in-

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso intermediate and advanced (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 204 - upper-intermediate

    Topics:

    In level 204 course you will learn how to express disapproval, hope, and preference, indicate the geographical position of a place, describe an object, say its material, its usefulness and characteristics, ask for / give confirmation of an intention, express emotions and moods, express a condition, make a complaint, apologize / justify yourself, express yourself in a way appropriate to the medium of communication, give an explanation, start a telephone conversation, ask for a person, report the words of a third person.

    Grammar:

    The past conditional to express an unfulfilled wish; The pronominal particles ci and ne; Some pronominal verbs: tenerci, volerci, spuntarla, piantarla, finirla; Possessive pronouns; Past subjunctive; Agreement of tenses and moods (1); A patto che, purché, a condizione che + subjunctive; The suffix -accio; Adverbs ending in -mente; Imperfect subjunctive; Come se + subjunctive; Indirect speech; The verbs andare and venire in indirect speech

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso intermediate and advanced (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 301 - lower-advanced

    Topics:

    In level 301 course you will learn how to tell the plot of a book, express interest / disinterest / a preference, ask for the reason and explain, give a suggestion, give an opinion, argue, ask for confirmation and confirm, indicate the reasons for a thesis, comment on a statistic, indicate the consequences of a fact, indicate the advantages and disadvantages of a condition, indicate the lack of desire to do something, admit the interlocutor's reason, tease, make fun of, remind someone of a promise made, give advice, make hypotheses.

    Grammar:

    The construction che io sappia; Agreement of tenses and moods (2); The passive form with essere and with venire; Remote past; Historical present; Sebbene,nonostante, malgrado, benché + subjunctive; Anche se + indicative; Particular comparatives and superlatives; Fare + infinitive; Impersonal form of reflexive verb (cisi); Adverb mica; Past conditional as future in the past; The second type of conditional sentence (possibility)

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso intermediate and advanced (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

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  • 302 - lower-advanced

    Topics:

    In level 302 course you will learn how to tell historical figures' life, interrupt, ask a question indirectly, find out about the characteristics of a place, ask for confirmation, report what others have said, point out the beauty of a place, express disagreement or disappointment, talk about your own linguistic errors, make jokes, make hypotheses in the past.

    Grammar:

    The modal and temporal gerund; The position of pronouns with the gerund; Use of the third person plural as impersonal; Prima che / Prima di; Indirect interrogative sentence; Indirect speech with the main clause in the past; The passive form with andare; Past subjunctive; The 3rd type hypothetical period (in the past); Past gerund; Past infinitive; Dopo + past infinitive

    Book:

    New Italian Espresso intermediate and advanced (Textbook + Workbook) - Alma Edizioni

    Duration and frequency:

    12 weeks; 1 online class per week (via Zoom); 90 minutes per class

    Requirement: Placement Test

    Enroll