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Benvenuti! Our language program is characterized by communication in a fun and relaxed environment and students' active participation.
We will help you learn Italian through classes that build both spoken and written fluency. Buon divertimento!
BRAND NEW WORKSHOPS!!
GRAMMAR PILLS - FIRST ROUND! 1 Workshop $20 – Buy all 4 for $60
 Got grammar aches and pains? Would you like to go deep into a grammar subject? Need to learn more and expand on something in particular? Need a quick fix? Come get you “grammar pills” at the ICC, we’ll treat all your grammar aches!
This summer we will learn all about Italian verbs and tenses. Join us on:
1) Tuesday, August 4th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Il presente indicativo: verbi regolari ed irregolari piu’ frequenti.
Present indicative: regular verbs and most common irregular verbs
2) Tuesday, August 18th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Il passato prossimo: quando usiamo essere? Quando usiamo avere?
Present perfect: when should we use the auxiliary to be or to have?
3) Tuesday, September 1st, 5:30-7:30 PM
Il futuro e il condizionale presente.
All you need to know about Future and Conditional tenses.
4) Tuesday, September 15th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Il congiuntivo presente. Present conjunctive demystified.
1 Workshop $20 – Buy all 4 for $60
Click to download the  enrollment form
GRAMMAR PILLS - SECOND ROUND! 1 Workshop $20 – Buy all 4 for $60
1. Tuesday, September 29th, 5:30-7:30 PM
the imperfect indicative tense. One of the most difficult past to learn for English speakers only.
2. Tuesday, October 13th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Prepositions with articles di, a, da, in, con...become .....”del, dello, della, delle, dei, degli.... al, allo, alla, alle, ai, agli.”... why and how is it so?
3. Tuesday, October 27th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Possessive adjectives and pronouns: il mio, la mia, i miei, le mie....il loro, la loro, i loro le loro, ....when and how to use them?
4. Tuesday, November 10th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Direct and indirect pronouns (direct and indirect object): lo, la, le, li...mi ti, gli, le, ci,vi, loro ....when and how to use them?
Click to download the enrollment form
Please bring your Ciao book at every class
SONGS OR POEMS?
A playful approach to Franco Battiato’s songs and Italian grammar
Thursday October 8th and 22nd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm - (2 meetings) - $25
 Franco Battiato (born March 23, 1941) is one of the most famous Italian singer-songwriters. He is also a composer, a filmmaker and a painter.
He is considered one of the most original personalities in Italian music from the 1970s to now.
Battiato’s songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and rich.
His peculiar songwriting gives us a great chance to explore the Italian language in all its musicality, and his perfect pronunciation of words makes this task easier.
Join us for a musical workshop and review Italian grammar while learning about Italian contemporary music, songwriting and poetry all at the same time.
REGULAR ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES
Italian for Travelers
This popular and lively course of Italian starts you in the right direction with phrases about hotels, restaurants, shops, cafes, and museums. These basic conversational skills will greatly enhance your Italian experience. No prior knowledge of Italian required.
Italiano 1 - for absolute beginners
Goal: This course gives students the basic tools needed to successfully understand and communicate in Italian. At the completion of this course, students should be able to greet others, introduce themselves, ask for information and directions, talk about themselves and others, and describe people, things, and places. Grammar: Pronunciation, subject pronouns, c’è (there is) and ci sono (there are), indicative present tense of essere (to be), avere (to have) and regular verbs in -are, articles, gender and plural of nouns, numbers 0-49, formal and informal communication, prepositions, interrogative. (Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapters 1- 4)
Italiano 2 - for students with basic knowledge of Italian
Goal: This course builds on Italiano 1 and provides students a stronger and wider skill set necessary to understand, speak, read and write in Italian. At the end of the course, students should be able to order and talk in detail about food, drinks, common activities, leisure time, plan a trip, describe daily life and talk about family and traditions. Grammar: Indicative present tense of regular and irregular verbs in –ere and –ire; possessive adjectives and pronouns, partitivo (some, any); sapere and conoscere (to know); days of the week, numbers 50-100. (Textbook: Ciao! Sixth edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, chapters 3–6)
Italiano 3 - for students with a fairly good command of Italian
Goal: to build on Italiano 2 and give students the structures necessary to make polite requests, express tastes and preferences, describe people and experience from past, make comparisons, express wishes. At the end of this class students should be able to communicate in a shopping environment, talk about their childhood, describe and compare people and things, make social arrangements. Grammar: reinforcement and practice of all tenses of the indicative mood, including imperfect and past perfect, direct and indirect object pronouns, conditional, comparative and superlatives, present progressive. (Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapters 1- 4)
Italiano 4 – for students with a good command of the language
Goal: This course helps build on Italiano 3 and give students a stronger foundation to developtheir skills base in order to achieve a higher level of complexity in their speaking and reading. At the end of the class students should be able to talk in detail about Italian cuisine, ingredients, and kitchen tools, communicate about vacation, real estate, and converse about economy and employment.
Grammar: Direct, indirect, and disjunctive pronouns, the future tense, the verb piacere, the invariable pronouns ne and ci, double object pronouns, and the conditional mood. (Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapters 9-12)
Italiano 5 – for students with a strong command of the language
Goal: As a transition from Italiano 4, this course gives students the advanced language skills necessary to communicate at a high level of complexity. At the end of the course students should be able to describe in detail landscapes and cities, converse about sports, communicate on health and environment, express opinions on art and theater. Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives, relative and indefinite pronouns, the gerund mood and the progressive form, the subjunctive mood, and the hypothetical construction. (Textbook: Ciao! Sixth edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, chapters 15-18)
Italiano 6 – for students with a strong command of the language
Goal: to build on Italiano 5 and give students stronger and wider language skills to be able to interact at a very high level of complexity. At the end of the class students should be able to debate, judge and talk about any subject. Grammar: conjunctive, conditional tense, relative pronouns, and gerund (Textbook: Ciao! Book and CD, 6th edition, Carla Larese Riga and Chiara Maria dal Martello, Thomson Heinle, Chapters 1- 4)
Beginner Intermediate and Advanced Conversation
Italian culture - art, cuisine, cinema, lifestyles, music, fashion, etc– is the starting point for a number of conversations and discussions that will help students to both enrich their knowledge of Italy and build a larger vocabulary. Includes practical usage and review of the grammar previously studied.
Beginner Conversation requires Italian 2+ (or equivalent)
Intermediate Conversation requires Italian 3+ (or equivalent)
Advanced Conversation requires Italian 5+ (or equivalent)
WORKSHOPS
GRAMMAR WORKSHOPS
These workshops focus on those aspects of the Italian language that American students find difficult to learn. In general, lessons last two and one half hours and concentrate on a single narrow subject (pronouns, prepositions, use of the subjunctiv, pronounciation, idioms, etc
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS
These workshops are ususally a one or two day lectures on Italian cultural subjects of interest. They can be conducted in Italian and/or in English depending on the subject and on the knowledge of Italian language required.
NEW TEXTBOOKS!
You Asked. We listened. ALL classes have now introduced the new book!
Ciao! Book and CD
Authors: Carla Larese Riga, Chiara Maria Dal Martello
Publisher: Heinle
Edition: 6th
ISBN-13: 9781413016369
Order at: Barnes & Nobles, Bookstar, Borders or buy online
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Fall classes start on September 28.