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Course booking will open at 10am on Monday 10 July

All our planned courses will be available to view here from Thursday 6 July. Online,
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Italian Level 1 A, Part 1  Complete beginners

These courses are for complete beginners   –   please do not join these courses if you already know any Italian.

Tuesdays 1pm -3pm    Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 12 September          £240/£144          LIM1     Stoke Lodge     

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Thursdays 6.30pm to 8.30pm    Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 14 September        £240/£144          LIM2     Stoke Lodge     

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Italian Level 1 A, Part 2     Complete Beginners continuation

For learners who have studied at complete beginners’ level for approx. 30 hours.  This course is a continuation of Level 1 A Part 1.

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Tuesdays 1pm-3pm    Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 30 January             £240/£144          LIM3     Stoke Lodge       

and

Thursdays 6.30pm to 8.30pm    Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 1 February          £240/£144          LIM4  Stoke Lodge     

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Italian Level 1 B, Part 1      Beginners Plus

For learners at post- beginner level who have studied the language for approx. 60 hours or for learners who would like to refresh previously acquired basic knowledge of the language.

Tuesdays 6.30pm – 8.30pm     Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 12 September            £240/£144     LIM5    Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 1 B, Part 2      Beginners Plus

For learners at post-beginner level who have studied the language for approx. 90 hours, and who know basic vocabulary and grammar.

Tuesdays 6.30pm – 8.30pm     Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 30 January          £240/£144     LIM7        Stoke Lodge   

and

Thursdays 1pm-3pm     Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 1 February     £240/£144        LIM8      Stoke Lodge  

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Italian Level 1 D      Lower intermediate 

For learners at lower intermediate level who have completed Level 1 A, B and C, and have studied the language to some extent in the past, whether at school, on courses elsewhere, and who have a good grasp of the basics.

Thursdays 10.30am to 12.30pm     Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 1 February       £240/£144      LIM10    Stoke Lodge

 and

Fridays 1pm to 3pm     Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 2 February         £240/£144      LIM10A   Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 2 A    Intermediate 

For learners at intermediate level who have completed courses at Level 1 and have acquired a good basic understanding of the language.

Mondays 12.30pm to 2.30pm      Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 11 September       £240/£144          LIM11    Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 2 B    Intermediate 

For learners at intermediate level who have completed courses at Level 1 and 2 A, and have a good basic understanding of the language.

Mondays 12.30pm to 2.30pm     Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 29 January        £240/£144         LIM13 Stoke Lodge

and

Tuesdays 10am to 12noon     Marika Parisi

16 sessions from 30 January        £240/£144          LIM14    Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 2 C   Upper intermediate 

For learners at upper intermediate level who have a good knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and understanding of the language.

Wednesdays 10am to 12noon     Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 13 September      £240/144                 LIM15     Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 2 D   Upper intermediate 

For learners at upper intermediate level who have a good, solid knowledge of vocabulary and grammar and understanding of the language.

Wednesdays 10am to 12noon     Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 31 January       £240/144      LIM16     Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 3 A   Advanced 

For advanced learners who have been learning Italian for several years and are almost fluent.

Thursday 12noon to 2pm     Laura Geraci

16 sessions from 14 September      £240/£144    LIM17    Stoke Lodge

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Fridays 10am to 12noon     Davide Ariasso      

16 sessions from 15 September      £240/£144        LIM19    Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 3 B   Advanced 

For advanced learners who have been learning Italian for several years and are almost fluent.

Thursday 12noon to 2pm   Laura Geraci

16 sessions from 1 February          £240/£144    LIM20     Stoke Lodge

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Thursdays 2.30pm to 4.15pm      Laura Geraci

16 sessions from 1 February        £210/£126     LIM21    Stoke Lodge

and

Fridays 10am to 12noon     Davide Ariasso      

16 sessions from 2 February        £240/£144        LIM22      Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 3 C   Advanced Conversation 

Il nostro corso offre agli studenti avanzati di lingua italiana la possibilità di conversare in italiano su vari argomenti di attualità, cultura, letteratura, interesse generale. Si leggeranno in classe brevi testi e articoli di quotidiani online che offriranno lo spunto per la discussione.

Mondays 10am to 12noon     Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 11 September       £240/£144            LIM23       Stoke Lodge   

 and

Thursdays 9.30am to 11.30am     Laura Geraci

16 sessions from 14 September                 £240/£144    LIM24     Stoke Lodge

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Italian Level 3 D   Advanced Conversation 

Il nostro corso offre agli studenti avanzati di lingua italiana la possibilità di conversare in italiano su vari argomenti di attualità, cultura, letteratura, interesse generale. Si leggeranno in classe brevi testi e articoli di quotidiani online che offriranno lo spunto per la discussione.

Mondays 10am to 12noon    Davide Ariasso

16 sessions from 29 January     £240/£144              LIM25    Stoke Lodge

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Thursdays 9.30am to 11.30am     Laura Geraci

16 sessions from 1 February         £240/£144    LIM26         Stoke Lodge

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Italian Art, Culture and History courses

NEW  Esploriamo l’arte italiana, Part 1

In questo breve corso visiteremo l’Italia attraverso opere d’arte e le sue città. Andremo a

Ravenna con i mosaici bizantini, in Sicilia con i mosaici di Piazza Armerina e a Roma.

Andremo ad Assisi e Padova con Giotto. Esploreremo il Rinascimento da Botticelli a

Raffaello. Gli studenti devono avere un buon livello di italiano.

Fridays 1pm-3pm     Marika Parisi

5 sessions from 10 November      £75/£45     LIM27      Stoke Lodge 

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NEW  Esploriamo l’arte italiana, Part 2

In questo breve corso visiteremo l’Italia attraverso opere d’arte e le sue città. Caravaggio vita e opera, Artemisia Gentileschi e le donne in pittura, il barocco a Roma, la scultura da Michelangelo a Bernini e Canova, l’architettura in Italia con il Palladio, i teatri d’Opera e palazzo Civiltà a Roma, il Futurismo. Modigliani e Guttuso. Gli studenti devono avere un buon livello di italiano.

Fridays 1pm-3pm         Marika Parisi

5 sessions from 12 January        £75/£45     LIM28    Stoke Lodge 

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NEW  Cultura e società italiana

Aspetti importanti della cultura e società italiana. Parleremo della differenza di usi e costumi tra Nord e Sud, la lingua italiana come nasce e i loro dialetti. Come nasce la mafia? Il Fascimo e il terrorismo? Lo stile italiano in tutti i suoi aspetti dalla gestualità, sguardi, vociare, eleganza, modi di dire, credenze e la cultura del cibo, cucinare e mangiare. Gli studenti devono avere un buon livello di italiano.

Fridays 1pm-3pm     Marika Parisi

5 sessions from 23 February         £75/£45     LIM29      Stoke Lodge 

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NEW  La storia d’Italia

Un breve corso dedicato alla storia d’Italia. Inizieremo dall’antica Roma con gli Etruschi. Passeremo poi dal Medioevo al Rinascimento. Il Risorgimento e il Regno d’Italia. Finiremo con la Prima e Seconda Guerra Mondiale in Italia. Gli studenti devono avere un buon livello di italiano.

Fridays 1pm-3pm    Marika Parisi

5 sessions from 19 April      £75/£45     LIM30      Stoke Lodge

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Italian on Saturdays

Italian Day:  Opera: Puccini e Verdi  –  tenuto in Italiano

L’Opera italiana con Verdi e Puccini, la loro vita e le “arie” più famose con Pavarotti, Caruso e Renata Tebaldi. Parleremo dei grandi teatri italiani e i direttori d’orchestra. Gli studenti devono avere un buon livello di italiano.

Saturday 11am to 4pm    Marika Parisi

1 session on 3 February           £40/24        LIM31     Stoke Lodge

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NEW Italian Day: Beautiful places to visit in Italy, Part 1

Have you decided to take a trip to Italy, but you don’t know where to go yet? Would you like to know about new villages or small towns? In these sessions we will discover amazing and hidden places in regions of Italy less frequented by tourists, e.g. Piemonte, Emilia, Umbria, Trentino, Lombardia, Marche, Veneto, Liguria, Puglia, Calabria, Molise and Abruzzo.

Saturday 11am to 4pm       Marika Parisi   

1 session on 2 March              £40/24    LIM32     Stoke Lodge

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NEW Italian Day: Beautiful places to visit in Italy, Part 2

Have you decided to take a trip to Italy, but you don’t know where to go yet? Would you like to know about new villages or small towns? In these sessions we will discover amazing and hidden places in Tuscany, Lazio, Campania and Sicily.

Saturday 11am to 4pm      Marika Parisi  

1 session on 23 March             £40/24             LIM33     Stoke Lodge

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Italian Cookery

Italian cookery:  Arancini

Arancini are Italian rice balls that are stuffed with a savoury filling, coated with breadcrumbs and deep fried. The most common arancini fillings are: al ragù or al sugo, filled with ragù, mozzarella or caciocavallo cheese, and al burro, filled with ham and mozzarella or bechamel sauce. A number of regional variants exist, differing in their fillings and shape. Arancini al ragù from eastern Sicily have a conical shape, inspired by the volcano Etna.

Please bring containers to take your dishes home.

Saturday 10am to 3pm    Marika Parisi

1 session on 2 December     £75/£50    CTS8       Stoke Lodge

1 session on 20 April            £75/£50    CTS9       Stoke Lodge

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Italian cookery:  Pizza and Tiramisù

From the best pizza dough to secret techniques for making pizza, you will learn how to knead and roll out the perfect and traditional pizza. We will also make Tiramisù, one of the most famous Italian desserts. Please bring containers to take your dishes home.

Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm    Marika Parisi

1 session on 15 June    £65/£40   CTS10       Stoke Lodge 

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