Italian Language Lessons

Italian is often thought of as the language of theatre and opera. The truth is that Italian as we know it is based on the writings of Dante Alighieri who mixed southern Italian languages, especially Sicilian, with his native Tuscan in his epic poems, known collectively as the Commedia, in the first years of the 14th century. Dante's popular works were read throughout Italy and his written dialect became the basis of a language that all could understand.

Conversation Piece offers a wide variety of Italian language training options to suit your availability and tuition needs. Whether you wish to learn Italian in a one-to-one with a trainer, you and your partner wish to learn Italian together or you and a small group of friends wish to take Italian lessons together, we can arrange for an Italian trainer to come to your preferred location (your home, your office etc.) or we can arrange for you to use our training room (week days only).

Our teachers recommend a minimum of 1.5 hour lessons per week but this is entirely flexible.

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Tourism

Plan a trip to see the beautiful art that Italy has to offer or the museums at the Vatican City! Then allow our Italian lessons to give you all the knowledge you need to thrive in these locations. Our Italian courses will teach you all that you need to know to ensure your Italian vacation is nothing less than amazing! Italian trainers will prepare you for your travels by teaching you things such as:

• Placing orders in restaurants
• Using public transportation
• Asking for directions
• Having conversations with locals

Italian Course Content

The content and format of your Italian language lesson / course will depend on your degree of fluency and reasons for learning. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced, core areas covered in all our Italian courses can include:

• Spoken fluency
• Listening skills
• Pronunciation and accent
• Reading skills
• Italian telephone skills
• Email in Italian
• Sector-specific terminology
• Presentation & negotiation skills

Topics:

• Greetings and introductions in Italian
• Italian phrases for use in shops, hotels, bars and restaurants
• Italian for travelling around a city
• Introduction to Grammar, nouns, verbs, word order and numbers, starting to build up confidence in speaking Italian
• Use of adjectives, pronouns and Italian adverbs
• Addition of more common phrases like 'how much or many’
• Alphabet
• Dates (days of the week and months)
• Subject words and phrases describing your job, family, nationality
• Expanding on your vocabulary of common items such as clothing, food and drinks

• Additional key adjectives, verbs, adverbs, connectives
  Included in learning the above is:

• Speaking/active practice

• Lots of listening to Italian pronunciation

• First steps on reading/writing Italian

• A background to the Italian culture

Other Italian Courses

• Beginner Italian Course
• Post Beginner Italian Course
• Intermediate Italian Course
• Advanced Italian Course

Italian Teacher

Italian Teacher profile

Angela C is a qualified Italian tutor with over 28 years experience in teaching Italian. She is a native Italian speaker with a pleasant and encouraging teaching manner that has proved very popular with her prior students. She has been highly recommended by her prior employers and students.

Italian Language Training Options:

• Italian Language Lessons
• One-to-one Private Tuition
• Small Group Tuition
• Large Group Tuition
• Italian Language Intensive

Prices

• Individual: From £40.00 + VAT
• Small Group: From £49.00 + VAT
• Large Group: From £59.00 + VAT

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