Italian Cinema Workshop from Sunday 25th of October by Italian language services @ Italian Cultural Institute in London After the success of our last cinema workshops, this term is intended to present the Italian cinema through the eye of the young directors and actors. This short-course is designed for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of Italian. The aim of this course…
Uno dei libri che consiglio solitamente ai miei studenti è “Io non ho paura” di Niccolò Ammaniti. La storia di un gruppo di ragazzini che durante un’estate bollente nel sud Italia sono coinvolti, a causa degli adulti, in una storia di rapimenti e sequestri. Consiglio la lettura di questo libro perchè la lingua usata, il registro, i dialoghi e la…
Here in Mesagne, Puglia we had a hot and good summer enjoying our friends, students from over the world and the Italian good food and a lot of local Apulian festivals and folklore. When in summer you decide to visit Puglia (Apulia), have a chance to tour the interesting sites by trying and tasting the different Italian caffè & gelati in…
Here we come to the end of the weekend in Salento! Last stop: Maglie and Santa Maria di Leuca. Maglie is one of the oldest centers in Salento and is located right in the heart of this area. There are two versions about the birth of this center, according to some historical sources the city rose from the ashes of…
If you visit Sorrento, don’t forget to stop at an inlaid wood store! Sorrento inlaid wood work it is a decorative composition obtained by cutting, inserting and putting together different coloured pieces of wood to create a design or picture. These pieces are then set into a surface to create a design that is usually level with the surface. The…
This summer the list of events at the Italian Cultural Institute in London is rich with several concerts and also free film screenings. Every Tuesday night and not only, come and watch great Italian classic films and latest releases. Tuesday, June 23, 2015 The Paths of Glory. A voyage with Mario Monicelli to the sites of the Great War The Paths of…
I arrived in Lecce after a long train journey from Milano and was happy to be met by Maria Rossini, my Italian teacher and host for the next two weeks, who created “Scuola Mondo Italia Homestay”. Maria had arrived on foot and was waiting at the station for me with Maya, her cute, little pug dog. Italian lessons given enthusiastically,…
Learning a new language is always a good challenge to fix a different pronunciation and phonetics. Very often some sounds are really difficult to repeat in order to produce the right native sounds.Sometimes it takes so much time to practice and you never feel confident and enough brave to start a conversation because of those awful sounds. Dealing with…
In my last workshop at King’s College, University of London I presented some helpful online free resources to help improving different linguistic skills (reading, listening, use of grammar, etc.) at different levels. Here is part of my presentation, enjoy!Antonio What we need more of as teachers is time, but time is limited, especially with adult learners and professionals.As classroom time is…
To see stunning summer views in different directions across the Bay of Naples, Italy you should visit the point of land protruding from the Sorrento peninsula known as Punta del Capo. Many wealthy Romans built holiday villas on the panoramic points along the Sorrento coast and so it is not surprising that there are the extensive remains of a 1st…
