Italian 103 – Biweekly
Description
Unlock the power to share your experiences and plan amazing Italian adventures! Italian 103 Biweekly is where your Italian truly comes alive! This dynamic course that meets twice a week teaches you to narrate past experiences, plan future travels, and navigate the practical aspects of exploring Italy. Whether you’re dreaming of your first trip to Italy or wanting to share stories of past adventures, this course gives you the essential tools for travel communication and represents a major milestone in your Italian language learning journey; it’s where you transition from present-tense conversations to rich, complex storytelling. The travel focus makes every lesson immediately practical, while the past tense mastery opens up endless possibilities for meaningful communication. Students consistently report that Italian 103 is where they first feel like they’re having “real” conversations in Italian. The combination of practical travel skills with narrative ability creates a powerful foundation for all future Italian learning.
What You’ll Learn:
- Grammar Mastery: Introduction the Passato Prossimo, the gateway to fluent Italian conversation, past participle regular and irregular forms and essential agreement rules, choose the right auxiliary verb confidently, express time and requirements naturally.
- Essential Travel Vocabulary: Comprehensive transportation terminology, weather expressions and seasonal descriptions, time indicators, adverbs of time for precise communication, and travel-specific phrases and expressions.
- Real-World Travel Situations: Discuss weather conditions and seasonal travel, express duration and time requirements for activities and handle practical travel logistics and planning.
- Storytelling & Past Experiences: Share detailed stories about past adventures and experiences, and describe past events with precision and flair.
Course Benefits:
- Ideal for Busy Lifestyles: Shorter classes with slightly faster pace for those who prefer focused, 1-hour sessions.
- Interactive and Engaging: Practice speaking with classmates and your instructor.
- Learn Anywhere, Anytime: All online classes are recorded, so if you have to miss a class, you will be given access to the material 24/7 and class materials are included.
Schedule of Dates
Location: ONLINE
Day & Time: Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (PST)
Class Dates: Aug. 25, 27 – Sept. 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29Â (no class Sept 1)
Your teacher is Sylvia
Location: ONLINE
Day & Time: Tuesdays 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm (PST)
Class Dates: Dec. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 – Jan. 6, 8, 13, 15 – Dec. 23, 25, 30 – Jan. 1
Your teacher is Barbara
What if Class Has Started?
For our adult classes we can accept new students once a course has started on a case-by-case basis up to mid-way through the course. If you join a course late, the course fee will be pro-rated so that you don’t pay for the lessons you missed before joining the class.
Textbook Info
For this course the textbook we will using is NEW Italian Espresso 1 and New Italian Espresso 1 Workbook. You can purchase the books along with your course at the time of registration or you can purchase them from our bookstore at a later date.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Please review our class terms and conditions page here.
