Italian Beginners
Course Overview
Start your Italian language journey with confidence by enrolling in our Beginners course!
The focus will be on language in everyday situations, useful vocabulary and grammar and some cultural immersion.
The course is enriched with audio-visual resources to consolidate the concepts presented and to discover cultural aspects of Italy. Students start speaking Italian from day one, practicing what they learn through role plays and conversation in class.
If you’re interested in traveling to Italy, sharpening your cognitive skills, improving your memory, increasing your understanding of the Italian culture, or just having fun, begin your journey here!
In a relaxed and fun environment, mistakes are used as a tool to learn. Friendships are built and community is celebrated in a vibrant and joyful space.
Beginners - Monday 6:30-8:30pm
A class for those who have completed at least 1 term (16 hours) of Italian.
Course Breakdown
Week 1: revision of material previously covered.
Week 2: free time and leisure activities, verbs in -ire.
Week 3: adverbs of frequency, the verb piacere.
Week 4: indirect object pronouns, time and days of the week.
Week 5: booking a hotel room, the verb potere.
Week 6: explaining a room issue to the hotel reception, the verb venire.
Week 7: describing a holiday accommodation (house or apartment).
Week 8: months of the year, ordinal numbers, how to ask and write dates.
Course outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Talk about free time and leisure activities.
- Express likes and dislikes.
- Ask and tell the time.
- Say the days of the week.
- Ask for information on accommodation.
- Book a hotel room.
- Complain about a hotel room.
Beginners - Wednesday 1:00-3:00pm & 6:30-8:30pm
Course Breakdown
Week 1: revision of material previously covered.
Week 2: choosing a vacation in Italy, introduction to the past tense.
Week 3: passato prossimo: formation, auxiliary verbs and past participles.
Week 4: describing a holiday in the past, use of time expressions.
Week 5: more stories and practice with the past tense.
Week 6: how to describe the weather, weather forecasts.
Week 7: absolute superlative: intensifying adjectives and suffixes.
Week 8: the double negative in Italian, use of the indefinite word qualche.
Course outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand travel brochures.
- Describe your holidays.
- Understand descriptions of past events.
- Talk about past actions.
- Ask and talk about the weather.
- Understand a weather forecast.
Term Dates
Term 4 runs from Monday 21 October to Wednesday 11 December (depending on the class you attend)
Materiasl List
- A pen and paper to make notes
- Recommended: Nuovo Espresso 1 textbook/workbook, Alma Edizioni (abbeys.com.au or amazon.com).
Testimonials
"Studying Italian with Roy is such an inspiring and interesting learning experience. She has excellent knowledge of the language. She is passionate and enthusiastic in her teaching and is excellent at effectively explaining the use of the language. I always look forward to attending her class.”
"I have done a few different Italian classes at various venues - finding Roy is like winning the lottery. She is prepared for every lesson, however if a question comes up, she is able to explain and immediately give examples, such is her flexibility."
She is the warmest, most delightful person, being kind to people who need more of an understanding of the topic. She is admired and highly respected by our class. I cannot recommend her enough.”
"I have been doing Italian Intermediate at NSCC for two years. It’s a lot of fun, the teacher is excellent, the students in the class are friendly. It’s the best way to learn a new language: fun, friendly, unintimidating."
Roy keeps it so fun and interesting and the class goes so quickly! Roy is worth her weight in gold.
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About the tutor
Roy Gerente
A passion for Italy and its culture took Roy on a life journey of exploration which started in Greece and led to her Italian citizenship.
She studied Italian language and literature and obtained a master’s degree in teaching Italian to foreigners from the University of Venice.
She taught Italian to adults and children for several years in group and individual settings. She has attended specialisation courses in Italy and worked in a corporate environment in Rome and Athens.
In her class, students are encouraged to participate in a fun and relaxing environment where mistakes are welcomed as friends.
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