In Italian every noun has a gender and number. A noun is used for describing a person, an animal, a place or an object. The endings change in the plural with few exceptions. Italian nouns and adjectives can be masculine and feminine, singular and plural. They change the ending vowel according to their gender (feminine or masculine) and number (singular or plural).…
Scopriamo i tesori della Basilica di San Pietro e della Città del Vaticano. Un interessantissimo documentario che ci fa scoprire i tesori di Roma come la Cupola di San Pietro, la sublime Pietà di Michelangelo, gli affreschi della Cappella Sistina e una visita notturna agli immensi giardini. Alberto Angela ci porta sulle tracce dell’anziano Michelangelo e del giovane Raffaello, scoprendo…
….going back to the old days when granny made pasta for the whole family On Sunday 2nd of July we will start at 11.00am and we will speak Italian .. so also a short introduction on cooking terminology will be given by the Italian teacher who will help with the vocabulary and assist during the preparation. These cooking lessons are…
Satyricon by Federico Fellini in Italian with English subtitles Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller 1969 | 2h 8 min | Drama The film is loosely based on Petronius’s work Satyricon, written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. The film is divided into…
La Chiacchiera Spritz: in conversation with the author Following the last successful conversation with Elisa, we would like to invite you for a new Italian aperitivo event with the Italian writer living in London, Gaetano Barreca, author of the novel “Dopo il funerale” . Let’s practise Italian with this live interview: meet Gaetano, novelist and teacher of Italian, presenting this new historical book set in Puglia in…
Italiano camminando is a week-long course designed by Il Sasso, school of Italian in Montepulciano for those who prefer a walk in the open air to a classroom lesson. Walking together in the Tuscan countryside (Valdichiana and the Val d’Orcia) while speaking in Italian will allow you to practice the language and understand the culture better, using the language and…
“Italian Inspirations” is a series of eight encounters in which a prominent British or UK-based author talks about an Italian writer – either classic or contemporary – whose work they especially admire. Curated and moderated by Boyd Tonkin, each event will take the shape of an informal conversation about the ways in which writers read, and respond to, their great…
Michela has been teaching Italian for more than 12 years, in an Italian language school and as homestay teacher. She has taught all ages and all levels. For the students, she is the ideal host teacher. Michela makes you discover the wonderful world of Mesagne in Puglia and above all, makes you feel part of her lovely famiglia. Michela, your…
On the 22 April 2017 from 10 to 12 at the Italian Cultural Institute we have enrolment and assessment tests. Possibility of meeting with some of the teachers to be introduced to the syllabus and the method of teaching and assessing your level. Possibility to enrol in our classes with £10 discount Knowing more about the Institute and its Cultural events Light…
Although Italy is officially a work-based secular state, Italian language and culture are scattered with open references to the Judaic and Christian traditions. The Bible itself, having been the one and only source of education for centuries, seems to be a never ending source of idioms and forms of speech. Even without embracing any particular confession, we thought it would…