Italian Summer Courses for all levels: whether you are new to the language, totally fluent, or everything in between, we can help. Every Wednesday from 17 July join our new conversation club. Italian conversation classes have been specifically developed to help improve your Italian speaking skills and to build up your confidence during daily interactions. 3 levels: elementary, intermediate, advanced.…
After a sell-out success in 2018 the Italian Theatre Festival returns to the Coronet Theatre to celebrate some of Italy’s most distinguished writers and performers. Booking and info here Fabrizio Gifuni pays tribute to the Prince of Denmark in Remember Me: Homage to Hamlet, while Marco Paolini expands on his study of the character of Ulysses in Odysseus Filò. Three…
Do you want to learn how to make ravioli? Join our Italian cooking lesson! Impariamo insieme una ricetta originale e fresca per l’estate: ravioli con ricotta e confit di pomodoro conditi con ricotta affumicata. On Sunday 9th + Sunday 16th of June at 11am we will start and we will speak Italian .. We start with a short lesson on…
Italian & Drama: improve your communication skills with drama techniques Have you been studying Italian for a while but your mind gets blank when you speak? Are you feeling awkward when listening to your voice and your pronunciation? Do you want to feel confident in different contexts of the everyday life? Drama develops communicative skills in authentic and dynamic situations.…
La Chiacchiera Spritz: in conversation with the author Following the last successful conversations with Elisa and Gaetano, we would like to invite you for a new Italian aperitivo event with the Italian writer living in London, Paolo Nelli, author of the novel “Trattato di economia affettiva” . Let’s practise Italian with this live interview: meet Paolo, novelist and teacher of Italian,…
Enrolment is now open for Italian Language Coursesorganized by Italian Language Services at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. New term starting on 29 April Courses Programme here Whether you are new to the language, totally fluent, or everything in between, we can help. We offer General Italian courses on all levels, weekday mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekend. In addition, there are morning…
Cinema Made in Italy is offering the chance for you and a friend to go to an exclusive screening of Cinema Made in Italy 2019 Festival The ninth edition of CINEMA MADE IN ITALY will launch at the Ciné Lumière in South Kensington on Tuesday 26th February, showcasing nine new Italian productions plus the 1970 expressionist masterpiece THE CONFORMIST (Il Conformista), in memory of the late Bernardo…
Italian & CINEMA 10,17,24 March h.13,30-16,30 This short-course is designed for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of Italian. The course is aimed at students who wish to expand their knowledge of Italian cinema while improving their speaking, reading and listening skills and by participating in discussions based on selected scenes. The course will help student expand and deepen their knowledge of…
In uno degli ultimi articoli sul blog ho parlato dei film italiani tratti dai libri, ho descritto l’esperienza di leggere, conoscere storie e personaggi e poi vedere tutto rappresentato in un film. Un’esperienza divertente perché puoi cercare le differenze fra la visione del regista e quella dello scrittore. Lo consiglio molto ai miei studenti come uno dei metodi più efficaci…
Scegliere un film che possa piacere a tutti è difficile. Bisogna decidere il genere del film, il regista, gli attori, il tema, la difficoltà dei dialoghi e poi da non dimenticare la lingua del film. In Italia, come tutti sanno, non esiste una sola lingua, un solo accento, un solo italiano ma tanti. Tanti quante sono le regioni e forse di più. Abbiamo un accento, un dialetto per ogni regione, per ogni città e per ogni paesino. Guardare Montalbano è diverso dal guardare “La vita è bella” o “Gomorra”. L’accento del commissario Montalbano è totalmente diverso dal forte accento toscano del magnifico Roberto Benigni. Gli esempi sono infiniti ma non devono spaventare, un film porta con sè oltre alla lingua anche la cultura, le tradizioni e molte storie piccole o grandi ma comunque meravigliose.
