Valentino: Master of Couture 29 November 2012 – 3 March 2013 Somerset House This major new exhibition celebrating the life and work of Valentino will showcase over 130 exquisite haute couture designs worn by icons such as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren and Gwyneth Paltrow in an exciting installation created specially for Somerset House. Divided into three sections;…
Fill the gaps with the present tense of the reflexive verbs in the list. pettinarsi, addormentarsi, iscriversi, farsi, lavarsi es. 1) Marco ………si lava………i denti due volte al giorno. 2) Lucia e Elena ….………………i capelli con la spazzola. 3) Nostro padre …………..…la barba. 4) I bambini ……………………..alle 22:00 tutte le sere. 5) Carmen …………………all’università quest’anno. Now put the verbs in…
Pratica i verbi italiani con questi esercizi. Nel primo esercizio osserva i verbi e trova l’errore. Continua con due esercizi interattivi con i verbi regolari e irregolari italiani. Spot the error and change when necessary Sei insegnante? – No, faccio la segretaria. Gli studenti sono di Toronto ma abitate a Londra. Come ti chiami?- Mi chiama Andrea. Che cosa prendi?…
When I ask my students if they know any Italian songs or singers, they always mention Italian singers that were famous 20/30 years ago. If they have to describe Italian songs they use adjectives like sentimental, romantic and at the very worst, cheesy! But Italian music isn’t just about love, broken hearts and tears. When you learn a language it’s…
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde Tate Britain: Exhibition 12 September 2012 – 13 January 2013 Combining rebellion, beauty, scientific precision and imaginative grandeur, thePre-Raphaelites constitute Britain’s first modern art movement. This exhibition brings together over 150 works in different media, including painting, sculpture, photography and the applied arts, revealing the Pre-Raphaelites to be advanced in their approach to every genre. Led by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman…
Tomorrow the retrospective of the work of the Italian director Paolo Virzì kicks off. More than 10 movies from Virzì in 5 days, he has mastered the art of using tragi-comic characters and outlandish situations to make serious comments on modern-day Italy and its social issues. The Italian Cinema London team looks forward to welcoming you to this latest event at Riverside…
Maurizio Cattelan 25 September 2012- 2 december 2012 Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is known as the art world’s agent provocateur, using what seem to be stunts to address universal themes around the nature of dogma, power and death. This collection reflects and defines the dominant forms and ideas in European, US and Latin American art since the 1990s and is part of the…
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Italian is spoken throughout the Italian península and the islands of Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily. Besides, it’s spoken in the countries surrounding Italy: Switzerland, Slovenia, France, Austria and Albania. When taking Italian courses London students tell us the reasons why they enjoy learning this language. It’s Beautiful Italian is not only a Romance language because it belongs to the…
Learning a new language should be fun, which is why I like to use games and puzzles when teaching. Even revision and home study can be fun. I have searched the internet to find websites which offer interactive games to help you learn. Learn the names of household objects using a picture dictionary, test your knowledge of Italian geography with a quiz…
First question of my students at their first lesson is: how to say in Italian this or that…. In italiano how to say è: Come si dice… Per esempio: 1. Come si dice in italiano how are you? (how to say in Italian how are you) In italiano how are you si dice come stai. Altre espressioni utili in italiano…