BEGINNER ITALIAN I - for absolute beginners
Goal: This course gives students the basic tools needed to successfully understand and communicate in Italian. At the completion of this course students should be able to greet others, introduce themselves, ask for information and directions, talk about themselves and others, and describe people, things, and places.
Grammar: Pronunciation, subject pronouns, c’è (there is) and ci sono (there are), indicative present tense of essere (to be), avere (to have) and regular verbs in -are, articles, gender and plural of nouns, numbers 0-49, formal and informal communication, prepositions, interrogative.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter Preliminare – Chapter Primo Incontro- Chapter 1- Chapter 3).
BEGINNER ITALIAN II - for students with a very basic knowledge of Italian
Goal: this course builds on Beginner Italian I and provides students a stronger and wider skill set necessary to understand, speak, read and write in Italian. At the end of the course students should be able to talk about the Italian education system, to order and to talk about food and drinks, as well as discuss common activities, leisure time, trip planning, daily life.
Grammar: reinforcement and practice of tenses of the indicative mood, including prepositions, partitive, adjectives and adverbs of quantity.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 3 – Chapter 4- Chapter 5.2).
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I - for students with a fairly good command of Italian
Goal: this course builds on Beginner Italian II and provides students a stronger and wider skill set necessary to understand, speak, read and write in Italian. At the end of the course students should be able to talk about common activities, leisure time, daily life, the family and traditions, trip reservation and planning.
Grammar: reinforcement and practice of tenses of the indicative mood; irregular verbs in –are, -ere, -ire; possessive adjectives, direct pronouns, present perfect with essere or avere
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 5.3 – Chapter 6- Chapter 7).
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II - for students with a good command of Italian
Goal: this course builds on Intermediate Italian I. At the end of the course students should be able to talk about money, media, Italian fashion, weather and time.
Grammar: reflexive verbs, adverbs of time; imperfetto tense and the use of imperfetto versus passato prossimo; pluperfect tense, imperative and demonstrative adjectives will be studied.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 8 – Chapter 9- Chapter 10).
ADVANCED ITALIAN I - for students with strong command of the language
Goal: to give students the tolls to be able to talk in detail about food, recipes and how to order; vacations and free time; house and furniture.
Grammar: the course will be focused on direct and indirect pronouns, imperative with a pronoun; future tense, verb piacere; irregular plurals; ne and ci, double pronouns.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 11 – Chapter 12- Chapter 13).
ADVANCED ITALIAN II - for students with strong command of the language
Goal: to give students the tools to talk in detail about trades and professions; geographical descriptions; sports.
Grammar: conditional mood, present and past; verbs and expressions with infinitive; coparatives and superlatives; relative pronouns and indefinite pronouns.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 14 – Chapter 15- Chapter 16.2).
ADVANCED ITALIAN III - for students with strong command of the language
Goal: to give students the tools to talk in detail about health and environment; music, art and theatre.
Grammar: passato remote; gerund and progressive form; subjunctive mood; present and past subjunctive of irregular verbs; conjunctions and subjunctive; subjunctive imperfetto and pluperfect; how to useallthe subjunctive tenses in complex sentences.
(Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapter 16.3 – Chapter 17- Chapter 18).
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced CONVERSATION
Italian culture - art, cuisine, cinema, lifestyles, music, fashion, etc– is the starting point for a number of conversations and discussions that will help students to both enrich their knowledge of Italy and build a larger vocabulary. Includes practical usage and review of the grammar previously studied.
Note:
Beginner Conversation requires Beginner Italian II level completed (or equivalent).
Intermediate Conversation requires Intermediate Italian I level completed (or equivalent).
Advanced Conversation requires Advanced Italian I level completed (or equivalent).
You asked we listened!
GRAMMAR PILLS are here!
Got grammar aches and pains? Would you like to go deep into grammar subjects? We picked the most challenging subjects of the Italian Grammar and prepared “grammar pills” for you!
This class will be taught by Gabriella, who has a deep love for grammar rules, but is also known for approaching subjects in unconventional and lighter ways.
This class is designed for Advanced-Intermediate and Advanced levels and it will focus on:
· Uso del congiutivo
· Uso del condizionale
· Uso dell’imperativo
· Uso dell’imperfetto/passato prossimo (incluse le forme come l’imperfetto narrativo)
· Uso del trapassato prossimo
· Pronomi oggetti diretti/indiretti
· Verbi reciproci/riflessivi
· Preposizioni articolate
Class runs for 1 hour and 30 minutes, for 8 weeks. Expect 30 minutes per class spent on interactive correction of the homework assigned the previous week. No textbook needed. Educational material included.
Come to the ICC on Tuesday nights, we’ll treat all your grammar aches with our grammar pills!
Italian Through Art
We have combined two of the strongest traits of Italians in one class: art and conversation. Those who have an appreciation for Italian art finally have the right place to practice their conversation skills while learning more about their favorite subject.
The class will be taught by Consuelo Endrigo-Williams an art lecturer who achieved her Laurea in Art History from the University of Bologna in Italy and taught art laboratories for young students at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the same city.
The class is designed for intermediate and advanced Italian language proficiency level. No book necessary, the teacher will bring material and implement it with special presentations.
Italian History II - Storia D’Italia II
Learn Italian history with an interactive and unconventional approach
Italian History II - Storia D’Italia II
Learn Italian history with an interactive and unconventional approach
Discover the rich history of Italy and learn Italian at the same time! This 8 week course aims to give an overall idea of Italian history from Roman to modern times. No book is necessary, the approach is very interactive: the teacher will show movie excerpts, short videos, pictures, articles and students will participate in a discussion on historical events. This is not the type of class where you learn boring dates! It’s a class that invites students to think critically on Italian History while practicing their Italian. Classes are taught in Italian and are designed for an intermediate to advanced language proficiency level.
Conversation with a book for beginners (Pasta per due) and
conversation with a book for intermediate level (Linea A)
The beginner conversation class is designed for students who have taken Beginner Italian I and II (formerly Italiano 1 and 2). This class will be supported by one simplified Italian book wit CD, whose function will be used as a point of reference for conversation to help build up vocabulary.
The intermediate conversation class is designed for those students who have taken Intermediate Italian I and II (formerly Italiano 3 and 4). It will be supported by an intermediate level reading book and CD.
Both classes run for 10 weeks, tuition fee is $135 and the book and CD are included in the price. Students will read and discuss the book in class and will also be assigned special homework each week.
Click here to go to the online enrollment page. Please note annual ICC membership required to enroll in classes and workshops.
