Italian Beginners 1 to 1

This course is designed to give students an intoroduction to the language. The intial class takes the from of an assessment lessson. This alllows the teacher to have a much better understanding of the students strengths and weaknesses. After the initial lesson a tailor-made course is then created to the specific requirements of the student. The majority of our Beginners 1 to 1 Italian courses are designed with the objective of building the confidence of students so that the feel confident speaking in Italian when having to carry out basic tasks or hold basic conversations with native speakers. During the course students should expect to cover the following areas.
 

talk about themselves, interests & background

Book/check in to hotels

Find your way around abroad and ask directions

Change money

Buy gifts/food /clothes in shops

Order drinks & food in restaurants

Buy train/bus/plane tickets

Basic telephone skills

 
Students will also be give a very sound foundation in French Grammar covering just some of the following areas
 

Introduction to the Present, Past & Future tenses

The definite and indefinite article

Adjectival agreements

Pronouns

Word order

 
Listening activities will also be carried out using Cds and prounciation will also be focused on.
 
The majority of the teaching is conducted in the target language and the teacher is a native speaker