NEW TERM STARTS ON THE 24 September 2011 YOU ARE STILL IN TIME TO ENROLL!!! The Italian Cultural Institute is the official Italian government centre for the promotion of the Italian culture and language, offering a wide choice of Italian classes. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced, whether you want Italian for business or pleasure, we can help you perfect your language skills at a level that…
The Italian Cultural Institute hosts “The Italian Collective London”, on the ground floor, from 10am-6pm on 14/15/16 September 2012. This event is dedicated to Italian designers and artists living in Great Britain, involved in the international fashion industry. Over the three days of this exhibition, staged during London Fashion Week, the Institute will allow people to visit the exhibition. There you will see…
Reading in another language is challenging but also a great way to develop and improve your vocabulary. Starting with children’s authors can be a way to start reading in Italian. This short story “La legge del più forte” is about wolves and men and the difference of their laws.Enjoy and buona lettura, Antonio La legge del più forte di Angelo Signorelli Un vecchio…
Il passato prossimo e l’imperfetto sono i tempi più usati quando parliamo al passato in italiano. Ma quando usiamo l’imperfetto e quando usiamo il passato prossimo? Ci sono diversi casi ma la prima differenza che dobbiamo imparare è che il passato prossimo è il tempo delle azioni, dei momenti precisi e lo usiamo abbinato alle date, ai giorni o agli…
Watching a film in Italian, either at home or in class, is one of my students’ favourite activities to improve their language. And who can blame them! Films provide full immersion in Italian culture! Let’s start with the soundtrack. Italy has some truly great film score composers (or ‘maestri‘) who are now almost as famous as their director colleagues. Film…
The Regione Puglia, the Italian Cultural Institute in London and Accademia Apulia UK are honoured to present to the international community ”Home – My Place in the World”, a calendar of Made-in-Puglia events showcased at various prestigious locations in central London. Between 16-21 July 2012 Puglia’s contemporary artistic heritage, culinary tradition and magnificent natural landscapes at the Italian Cultural Institute…
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at the Italian Cultural Institute The CASADEI ORCHESTRA dates back its origins to more than 80 years ago in Emilia Romagna, a region in central Italy renowned for its warm hospitality, genuine cuisine and tourist resorts. In 1972 the Orchestra (thanks to the musician, composer and songwriter RAOUL CASADEI) became famous all over the world with…
Come fare un paragone In italiano quando facciamo un paragone abbiamo due possibilità: di/ che Piero è più alto di Marco. Preferisco più leggere che guardare la tv. La mia camera è più grande della tua. Marco è più bello che intelligente. Normalmente usiamo di quando il paragone è fra due sostantivi (persone o oggetti) > di ( con o senza articolo) Quando il paragone è…
In Italian every noun has a gender and number. The endings change in the plural with few exceptions. Exception 1. All the Italian nouns ending with an accent. For example we don’t change the endings for caffè, università, tiramisù, città… Exception 2. We also don’t change in the plural nouns that originally are not Italian, foreign words like cinema, pub,…
Friday, June 22, 2012 – Sunday, July 15, 2012 10am-8pm Italian Cultural Institute With a history dating back to 1930, Pininfarina is based on values of creativity, experience and innovation without forgetting tradition. It combines avant-garde style and technical solutions aimed at functionality. If Pininfarina is known worldwide for car design, Pininfarina Extra (specializing in product and interior design, architecture,…