Italian Beginners (Level 1)

• Mon 01 May
  Eight Monday classes 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - no class King's Birthday 5 June At Selwyn College, Auckland. Presenters: Ludovica Maria Ercolessi
  

  • $149.00 incl. GST
  Session information

  Sessions

  Session 1

  Mon 01 May 19:00 - Mon 01 May 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 2

  Mon 08 May 19:00 - Mon 08 May 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 3

  Mon 15 May 19:00 - Mon 15 May 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 4

  Mon 22 May 19:00 - Mon 22 May 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 5

  Mon 29 May 19:00 - Mon 29 May 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 6

  Mon 12 Jun 19:00 - Mon 12 Jun 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 7

  Mon 19 Jun 19:00 - Mon 19 Jun 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.

  Session 8

  Mon 26 Jun 19:00 - Mon 26 Jun 21:00

  At Selwyn College, Auckland.
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Description

This course is designed for anyone who is new or relatively new to the Italian language. This course is designed to start off your Italian language learning journey with some basic grammar and to learn some simple language to use for a trip.

During this course you will learn to:

• greet in every situation
• talk about yourself (nationality, age, family)
• use the terminology for a basic conversation
• ask and tell the time
• use the present tense of the verb to be, the verb to have and main regular verbs (to eat, to go etc.)
• ask for prices
• manage a simple conversation in a restaurant/café/shop/hotel
• use the interrogative pronouns
• ask for directions
• use the definite articles
• use numbers, time, weather and festivities.

On completion of this course we expect that you will be able to use Italian language to: 

• buy something in a shop or at the market
• order food or drinks at a restaurant or a cafè
• describe yourself, your family and the place where you live
• ask for directions
• ask for information
• have a basic conversation using the present tense. 

Your teacher will prepare weekly homework assignments.  For effective learning, short daily practice sessions are necessary.

See our blog for ideas on effective language learning.

This course is designed both as a foundation for further Italian language study, and as preparation for a trip to Italy.

More about our Italian Courses

• Italian for Travellers - a level 1 weekend workshop focusing on language for travel - aim to teach students some basic phrases and vocabulary related to travel
• Italian Beginners (Level 1) - for absolute or relative beginners - suitable as an introductory course to start your Italian learning journey with foundational grammar, and to learn some basic phrases and vocabulary for a trip
• Italian Beginners (Level 2 ) - for those who have successfully completed a Level 1 - aim to enable students to function in Italian at a basic everyday survival level
• Italian Continuation (Level 3) - introduction of the past tense - aim to enable students to communicate more confidently in everyday situations
• Italian Continuation (Level 4) - to join this course you will be confident with il presente, and i verbi riflessivi confidently and able to use il passato prossimo - learning new grammar structures and vocab to enable students to understand and speak in Italian on many practical matters related to various aspects of Italian culture
• Italian Level 5 - for those confident with using present, reflexive and past tenses - continue learning some grammar structures including future tense and develop your fluency

Note that not all courses are offered every term. Please enquire at the office.

Testimonials

We have done 2 x Italian courses with Fiorella (who is amazing!) and would love to do a third... any chance of adding another one to the mix? :). When we went to Italy on our honeymoon we were able to have the most amazing (albeit broken!) conversations with people, it made our whole experience so much better. She is such brilliant teacher - we had an absolute blast learning from her. Really enjoyed her classes and would jump at the opportunity to do another one. Thanks, Rachel.