Italian
Italian
Online classes start week beginning Monday January 27th 2025
Wednesday 08.00 – 08.45 Italian Stage 1
Wednesday 18.30-19.15 Italian Stage 2
Wednesday 07.15-08.00 Italian Stage 3/intermediate
Thursday 17:00-17:45 Italian Higher Intermediate
Thursday 12:45-13:30 Italian Advanced
Cost and Enrolment
The cost for classes is £165 per ten-week term for returning students and £195 for new students.
Fees are non-refundable, but students are very welcome to swap between levels and language if appropriate.
Places are on a first come first served basis. If you would like to enrol please contact us.
We recommend you email Susan to get an idea as to exactly what the best level is for you.
Italian Stage 1
This starts completely from scratch.
We will be looking at subjects like your family, work, where you live, leisure activities, learning to make basic conversation, listening to recordings and covering basic grammar. We will look at the present tense, and the genders masculine and feminine. We will learn basic conversation, saying who you are, where you live etc.
Italian Stage 2/intermediate
This group have been with me for a year or so . We will learn to talk in situations like going into a shop, buying clothes, visiting friends etc. We will look in more detail at different tenses, and genders, masculine and feminine. We may also look at magazine articles. This is suitable for people who may have done some of the language before, not neccesarily with me.
Italian Intermediate
This class is a roughly GCSE level and students in this cllass have often been with me for a year or two Students who speak other Latin languages or have studied them to A-level or degree level could join too. We will be chatting about subjects like shopping, spare time interests, and holidays in some depth. As far as the grammar is concerned we'll revise the present tense, and masculine and feminine, singular and plural, and then look at the past and possibly future tenses in detail. We will also look at articles from the Italian newsy
Italian Advanced
This is suitable for people who have A-level or possibly degree level Italian, and/or have spent some time in Italy. The class will be mainly in Italian. We will look at articles from the Italian news, and listen to broadcasts and then discuss them. For example we might look at the Italian medical or education system if it is in the news and see how it compares with what is happening here.
"I started the basic Italian course with Susan a year ago and I have found it a fun and very useful course. It is a great way to meet with like-minded people and to gain reassurance that you really are speaking the language! Susan is very knowledgeable and always happy to change the pace of the course to suit the student’s needs and answer any technical questions that you may have. Learning with Susan has given me the confidence to go and find a language exchange partner to further my learning. I would not hesitate to recommend these language courses to anyone at any level" Esther, Accountant, London
Testimonials
"I’ve really enjoyed studying Italian with Susan. She’s a great teacher. And more important, I really feel that I’m learning lots!" Alex Monroe, Jewellery designer of the year