The question “how old are you?” is the example I often use to try to stop my students translating everything they want to say very literally from English to Italian. The literal translation of “how old are you?” in Italian would be “quanto vecchio sei tu?” Here, we have two problems: first the position of the subject, verb and adjective,…
Italian language services at the Italian Cultural Institute is happy to present 3 Sunday workshops Italiano con il cinema: Improve your Italian through cinema. A journey in Italy through the eye of young Italian directors. By taking part in this course, the students will expand and deepen their knowledge of Italian language and culture. Teachers introduce the story and the essential vocabulary…
Learning how to speak Italian can be an amazingly satisfying and fun experience, provided you approach this wonderful language with the appropriate self-motivation and in the most favourable environment (such as an Italian language course at our Italian language school in Rome ? ). Studying Italian in Italy with a full immersion in the Italian culture is always the best way to learn Italian language, especially if you consider…
It can be hard to find a place in Italy where you can really live in an authentic town, get involved with local people, and speak and listen! The little town of Agnone, steeped in an ancient culture, has many traditions binding a friendly community. It’s what goes on outside the classroom that makes the experience so special. Here’s just…
Cinema Made in Italy is offering the chance for you and a friend to go to an exclusive screening of the Italian film, Una Famiglia at Cine Lumiere on Sunday 11th March. When CINEMA MADE IN ITALY returns to London’s Ciné Lumière, Italian cinema lovers will once again be able to sample some of the best recent Italian productions which are on offer, in yet another…
These are the “orecchiette” (little ears) handmade pasta made by grannies in Puglia. Do you want to learn how to make them? Join our Cooking-Italian lesson! Orecchiette alle cime di rapa is a traditional pasta from Puglia people eat with “cime di rapa” (a kind of turnip tops). On Sunday 4th of March at 11am we will start and we will…
Un programma meraviglioso alla scoperta delle meraviglie d’Italia. Alberto Angela ci porta a scoprire i tesori Unesco custoditi in Italia ma non solo. Ci mostra i posti nascosti che sono altrettanto meravigliosi e che non fanno parte dei soliti giri turistici. Un programma da non perdere per gli studenti che vogliono praticare l’italiano e scoprire le bellezze della penisola italiana.…
Ciao! Learn Italian with social experiences Meet teachers and students in a real Italian cafè Learn to make Italian pasta Visit Italy with the Italian teacher Book presentations by Italian authors Italian film nights Italian tailor-made courses for you in Italy and in London Calendar of events for 2018 4 March: Cooking-Italian lesson with a short introduction on…
Un’attività di lettura e comprensione per i nostri studenti preparata dai colleghi della scuola ilsasso.com di Montepulciano. Buona lettura! Sostituisci le parole evidenziate con i sinonimi Comprare, pozione, grandissima, abitano, turisti, piccoli, opportunità, ferie, assistenti, camminare Livello a2/b1 Per fortuna, Montepulciano non è solo una città per l’estate, una di quelle località turistiche dove, alla fine di Ottobre, si chiude…
Una canzone italiana per ripetere il congiuntivo con una piccola attività interattiva. Prima di ascoltare la canzone, dividete il congiuntivo nei 4 tempi della tavola. Congiuntivo: dividete i verbi nella tavola io sia / io fossi /io sia stato /fossi stato /io abbia/ io avessi/ abbia avuto / avessi avuto CONGIUNTIVO Presente Passato imperfetto trapassato Ascolta…