Italian Absolute Beginners level 1
Vocational qualification
In Cambridge
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Location
Cambridge
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Duration
10 Weeks
A course for those with a love of Italy and the Italian culture and who would like to understand and make themselves understood while visiting or working in Italy. This course will suit those who have no previous knowledge of Italian. Learning is based on everyday situations: restaurant/cafe, shops, directions etc., with practical dialogues useful for conversation. You will learn a little basic.
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Italian Absolute Beginners level 1
Your Course
A course for those with a love of Italy and the Italian culture and who would like to understand and make themselves understood while visiting or working in Italy. This course will suit those who have no previous knowledge of Italian. Learning is based on everyday situations: restaurant/cafe, shops, directions etc., with practical dialogues useful for conversation. You will learn a little basic grammar so that you can begin to manipulate the language. You will develop the listening skill to understand what people say and gradually be ready to cope with the unexpected. You will be encouraged to build your own vocabulary lists.
Each lesson will include an introduction to new material, pair work and listening to audio/video materials. There will be homework to consolidate what you have learnt.
The course book is 'Espresso 1'. Photocopies will supplement this when necessary. Handouts are most easily kept in a ring binder, which could also have a section for vocabulary, grammar and homework.
This course feeds into Beginners level 2 [summer term 2010] and then Beginners level 3 [autumn term 2010].
During the Absolute Beginners course students will take a short internal assessment in Reading. This will help to prepare them for the OCR ASSET language test that will be taken at the end of the first year of study.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the 10 week course you will have been given the opportunity to:
· Greet people and introduce yourself.
· Spell your name in Italian.
· Use and understand numbers 0-1000.
· Order drinks a/or a simple meal.
· Check into a pre-booked hotel room (or book a room in a hotel).
· Ask directions to a place and understand the answer.
· To go shopping.
· State likes, dislikes and preferences
Your Tutor
Group 1. Anna Maria Bedford was born and educated in Italy and is therefore a native speaker of Italian. While pursuing a career in Science [she holds degrees in Biological Sciences and Public Health Nutrition], she has been studying foreign modern languages [French, German and Spanish] obtaining diplomas from the Centre Culturel Francais, the Goethe Institut and the Instituto Cervantes. She has extensive teaching experience at all levels and has taught Italian to students of all ages and nationalities. She is a registered member of the Institute for Learning.
Group 2 Michele la Motta is a native Italian speaker who graduated at ARU in 2001 with a BA degree in English and Spanish Studies. He has been teaching modern Foreign Languages for 6 years. He teaches EFL for an independent school and also Italian and Spanish for a private sixth form college.
Day and time: Tuesday 7-9 pm
Start date: 19th January
Number of sessions: 10
Tuition fees: £ 90
Method of payment: Fees for short courses (10 weeks or less) to be paid in full at enrolment and for long courses (12 weeks or more) fees of 50% can be paid at enrolment plus 50% as a cheque. Course places cannot be reserved without receipt of both payments.
Half term:
Please note that there are no classes during half term Monday 15th - Friday 19th February 2010 unless otherwise stated.
Italian Absolute Beginners level 1