Italian Beginners Stage 2

Duration
8 Sessions of 2 hours
Cost
$247
Delivery Location
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Italian Beginners Stage 2 overview

For those students who have completed the first term or for those who are familiar with the basics of Italian language.

 

Please Bring:

‘BUONGIORNO ITALIA’ by Joseph Cremona – New Edition – (approximate cost $35)
Pen and notebook.

Where to buy the book:

Abbey’s Bookshop, 313 York Street, Sydney www.abbeys.com.au
or www.amazon.com.au
or www.bookdepository.com

NOTES

There are many bookshops shops, or options to order the book online in addition to the recommended outlets above. Please note it is quite common for a textbook not to be available at the commencement time of your course. If this becomes the case, your tutor will have photocopied handouts available until your book arrives.
If you are new to this group, before you buy the book and for more information, we are happy to put you in contact with the tutor. Please call and check with the office on 9970 1000 to confirm the class is going ahead before purchasing your book. NBMC is not liable to for any loss incurred from purchasing a textbook if a class is cancelled.

 

About the Tutor

Rosa Santi moved from Italy to Mosman. She studied cinema and communication in Rome and worked many years in tourism, wedding and events planning on the Amalfi Coast. She obtained a full qualification to teach Italian according to the newest standards of the University for Foreigners of Siena and is experienced teaching Italian to both professionals and amateurs. Believing that language is alive, she uses mostly authentic resources, to let you learn having fun and at your own pace!

Please call and check with the office on 9970 1000 to confirm the class is going ahead before purchasing your book. NBMC is not liable to for any loss incurred from purchasing a textbook if a class is cancelled.

  • Identification and Pronunciation (vowels, consonants, tones in words and structures).
  • Greetings (meeting people) – Introducing and describing yourself and others.
  • Asking and responding: your and someone’s name; country of origin; your well being (for example ‘how are you?’ ‘where are you from?’ or ‘what’s your name?’).
  • Using basic communicative expressions in formal and familiar forms
  • Small talk – idioms
  • Time – time of the day, days of the week, months; birthdays
  • Numbers – For example telephone number, address, money, age
  • Cultural Perspective – geography, demography, and social customs
  • Practice – Some language learning/study strategies
  • Greetings and describing yourself and others, professions, finding out more about somebody
  • Restaurants – ordering food, drinks etc.
  • Directions
  • Likes and dislikes, hobbies, activities, negatives, agreeing and disagreeing, personal opinions, social life, daily activities and routines, family and friends
  • Grammar practice, pronouns, possessives, demonstratives, present and past time relations, singular and plural
  • Practice, dialogues in formal and informal context – role plays, strategies for language learning, reading texts.
  • Present tense of regular and irregular verb

    Zoom is very easy to use conferencing software that enables you to connect with multiple people at the same time. You will be able to see and hear your trainer and fellow classmates and discuss and ask questions all from your device, in the comfort of your home.

    To participate in training via Zoom, please check you can meet the pre-requisites below:

    • A computer or iPad/tablet (please see individual course descriptions for specific requirements. Some computer courses can only be conducted on Windows PCs); and
    • A webcam* so that you can be seen by the trainer; and
    • A microphone* so that you can participate in the class and be heard by the trainer; and
    • Internet connection

    *Laptop computers usually include a webcam and microphone built into the top of the screen frame. Smartphones and iPad/tablets also contain cameras and microphones.

    We have a very simple to follow instructional video, which can be viewed by clicking here.

    Please note: Students must have viewed our Zoom instructional video above prior to booking into a course which they plan to attend via Zoom.

    This course is delivered once a week over a period of 8 weeks.

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