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Note:
Our Italian courses are very flexible and designed to give
you exactly what you need. If you don't feel that any of the
following sections describes what you want to do, please contact
us and we will put together a programme to suit you, combining
whichever elements you would like.
To get a head start on learning
Italian, download our bestselling e-book Italian
for Beginners.
- General Italian
- Business Italian
- Group Italian courses
General Italian
We provide expert training in
Italian language at all levels, from beginner to advanced,
on a one-to-one basis or in groups.
For one-to-one courses, we tailor
the training to suit the requirements and interests of each
client. This means it moves at your speed, uses examples and
materials of interest and relevance to you, and can focus
more on speaking/listening or on writing/reading, depending
what you want.
We will teach you the grammar
you need to make the language work for you and the functional
Italian of everyday life - for example: shopping, travelling,
socialising, dealing with problems, telephoning. We can also
include any aspects of business language that would be useful
to you.
While we believe that grammar
is important, the emphasis is always on communication and
confidence-building.
Lessons may take place at our
school or at your workplace if it is difficult for you to
come to us. We recommend that you come to us if it is at all
possible because you will be away from all the distractions
of work.
The timetable is flexible and
your course may be intensive, extensive or a mixture - whatever
suits you.
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Business Italian
We provide expert training in
business Italian, on a one-to-one basis or in groups.
The course is tailor-made to
meet your specific requirements. You tell us what your job
involves and which areas you would like to explore and practise,
and we design the course accordingly. Where relevant, we will
also discuss and advise you on the cultural aspects of situations.
For example, you may want to
work towards being able to do the following in Italian without
fear of linguistic or cultural misunderstandings:
- make clear and successful presentations
- speak and understand on the telephone
- attend - or chair - meetings
- negotiate with colleagues, suppliers or clients
- interview a candidate or be interviewed yourself
- write business letters, e-mails and reports
- socialise with colleagues or clients.
We create materials and roleplays especially
for you (and anything you tell us about your company is treated
in the strictest confidence).
Before you start learning business
language, we assume you will already have at least an intermediate
general knowledge of Italian but we can include in a business-language
course any elements of grammar that you particularly need
or that are causing you problems.
Lessons may take place at our
school or at your workplace if it is difficult for you to
come to us. We recommend that you come to us if it is at all
possible because you will be away from all the distractions
of work.
The timetable is flexible and
your course may be intensive, extensive or a mixture - whatever
suits you.
To find out
more about Italian language and Italy, click here.
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Group Italian
Courses
If you need to learn Italian
quickly and/or thoroughly, we would strongly recommend you
consider one-to-one training. It may seem an expensive way
of doing it but, because it is far more focused and efficient
than group learning, you will make much quicker progress and
thus need fewer lessons.
However, there are many cases
in which a group course is the best option.
If you have a number of employees
needing/wanting to learn Italian, we can teach them in a group
or groups, either at your workplace or at our school.
Before the course begins, we
carry out a needs analysis, to ascertain the aims and objectives
of the course. We also assess the current level and aptitude
of all the participants, so that we can arrange the groups
to best advantage.
During the course, we give each
person as much individual attention as possible and do a lot
of pairwork so that everyone plays an active part in the lesson.
We can customise materials for you and tailor the course to
your business as much as required.
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more about Italian language and Italy, click here.
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