Description
Aim: Begin acquiring the basic tools necessary to successfully understanding and communicating in Italian using basic language in practical situations.
Skills / Topics / Applications:
♥ Pronunciation (alphabet and sound system) ♥ greetings ♥ polite expressions ♥ questions ♥ numbers ♥ directions ♥ gender and plural of nouns ♥ adjectives ♥ prepositions ♥ introduction to regular and irregular present tense verbs ♥ verb phrases to formulate simple sentences and communicate basic concepts ♥
Greet others; introduce yourself; make polite requests and ask for information; talk about yourself and others; describe people, things, and places; tell time and dates, read schedules, buy a ticket, make reservations; order in restaurants, get directions, go shopping.
This class will give you a good grounding in the basics, tools to navigate and communicate in Italy, and a solid foundation to build on toward fluency.
APPROACH: “Hands on.” Not your typical language class. Everything we learn in class, you’ll begin speaking and actively practicing right away. That’s the secret to getting comfortable with the language.
Unlike many language courses that dig down deep into grammar and then maybe one day get down to the business of actually using it actively – we go there first and approach grammar through the side door on an as-needed basis to aid us in speaking better, not as an exercise unto itself. At IWJ the belief is that people studying a language have the goal first and foremost of speaking and being confident doing so, and that’s where we put our focus.
Any grammar (aka the mechanics of language) you learn will be in context – meaning you’ll first learn language to accomplish something practical, then have a closer look at the nerdy grammar “underbelly.”
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💲 PRICING 💲
Early-Bird price $245 – ends Mar 19
Regular price: $255 – from Mar 20
Last-minute registration: $265 – 3 days or less from class start date
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