Language Immersion Classes for Adults
La Scuola offers Italian immersion classes for people of all ages and ability!
Are you preparing for a trip to Italy, needing to learn basic conversational Italian? Do you speak fluently but need a regular opportunity to immerse yourself in the language with people of similar skill?
Our classes for adults are small, focused and taught entirely in Italian. The average class size is six students. The curriculum is very flexible and tailored to meet the needs of our students. At a cost of only $13 per hour, the Scuola’s adult Italian classes are affordable and highly effective for those who are serious in learning this beautiful language.
While our class schedules follow the traditional school calendar, with a fall term and a winter/spring term, you are invited to enroll at any time. We will pro-rate your tuition and registration fees.
Class Descriptions and Schedules
Beginning Italian
Whether you are planning a trip to Italy, learning the language for work, or simply embracing the beautiful Italian language and culture, Beginning Italian for Adults will provide the framework that is necessary to communicate effectively in real life situations.
The best way to learn a language is by speaking it. In Beginning Italian, every student will speak the language starting the first day, from very simple phrases to more complex expressions. Our teaching approach at Scuola Italiana is communicative, which means we stress the importance of learning the Italian language in real life contexts and interactions. In this approach grammar explanations are limited, since grammar is “discovered” through the spoken language.
During class students will recreate everyday situations such as meeting and greeting people, ordering food and beverages in a coffee shop or restaurant, asking for and providing information and directions on the street and socializing and talking about themselves, their jobs, their hobbies, their families, etc. Throughout this course, students will also gain knowledge of many important aspects of Italian culture.
Intermediate Italian
Are you ready to take your Italian to the next level?
Students entering Intermediate Italian should be proficient in basic conversational Italian and have a solid comprehension of conditional and future tenses as well as present tense and past tense conjugations such as Passato, Prossimo and Imperfetto.
At this level, students continue to develop their conversational skills and begin working on more advanced grammar rules. Students focus on refining their Italian language skills not only by studying the nuances of the language, but also by understanding the cultural context. Students collaborate as a class and in small groups to write short compositions on a variety of topics to share and discuss among themselves. The classroom atmosphere is one of openness, where students work together and make mistakes together, all with the common goal of gaining fluency in Italian.
Advanced Conversation Italian
Native-like fluency in Italian is only gained through regular and consistent use of the language. Students in Advanced Conversational Italian will receive many opportunities to speak and interpret the language through lively discussions on a variety of topics such as restaurants and food, current events, art and culture, music and more.
This course will also cover more advanced Italian grammar, which facilitates reading, writing and speaking the language at a higher level. Grammar lessons will include: conjunctive forms, implicit forms, indirect speech, words alteration, and idiomatic forms.
This class is designed to be flexible and is adapted to meet the needs of students who have a good command of the Italian language.
Class structures and schedules may be subject to change based on enrollment. A minimum of four registered students is required for each class.
If you or your child needs a class that is not listed, please be sure to let us know. We appreciate the opportunity to meet your needs!
