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Level 6

Spring Session 2010 


Advanced Italian 1 
 
Course Description                                                                                                        

Students will review the grammatical structures learned in Basic and Intermediate Italian and will be exposed to more sophisticated constructions. Discussions of texts incuding literary works and magazine and newspaper articles will follow.

ITALIANO ALLA MANO: LA CONVERSAZIONE PRENDE VITA

Hai sempre studiato la grammatica sui libri e desideri migliorare la tua capacita’ di esprimerti?
Migliora il tuo italiano, raffina la tua grammatica e partecipa agli eventi che originano la conversazione. Le lezioni si basano sull’apprendimento di regole grammaticali piu’ complesse, grazie all’introduzione di applicazioni pratiche durante il corso. 

Schedule: Class will meet once a week for ten weeks on Wednesdays, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM 
 
ITALIARAMA: LANGUAGE AND PRACTICAL CULTURE**

Do you already speak some Italian but need a good polish to bring it a step up?
Italiarama is a program for all whose Italian language skill is solid but could use a good dosage of conversation to fine tune vocabulary, idioms and speech fluidity as well as finessing the understanding of everyday Italian culture.
Book club: read, digest and discuss a book a month
Movies: viewing, understanding and review
Cooking: we’ll cook Italian recipes together. Learn your way around the Italian kitchen and its vernacular
Idioms: tons, just like in English. Polish your language learning how to use idioms in your conversational language
Opera: how Italian! Understand and discuss arias, you will blend in with the real Italians…
TV shows: the best and the kitschiest of Italian TV show. This is real Italian culture!
Art: museum visits, Italian exhibition

Schedule: Class will meet once a week for ten weeks on Saturdays, from 10AM to 12PM

Schedule of Classes and Teachers                                                                                  

Monday                     
                   
6:30-8:30PM                                  
Apr 5 - June 7*                               		TBA

Thursday

 12-2pm Apr 8 - June 10 TBA

Saturday**

 10AM-12PM Apr 10 - June 12* TBA     

 
Length of lessons: 2 hours
Total hours: 20 hours
Number of students: minimum of 6, maximum of 12

* Classes will not meet Saturday, May 29th, Monday, May 31st & Wednesday June 2nd
* Make-up class dates will be Monday, June 14th, Wednesday, June 16th & Saturday, June 19th



Registration                                                                                                                        

When to register: Registration starts Monday, March 1st
Registration prerequisites: Intermediate Italian 2 or equivalent
Entrance exam: None
Course fee: $320.00/$350**
Payment method: Visa/MasterCard, Money Order, Check, Cash
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