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
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Thursdays 6.30pm to 8.30pm Marika Parisi
16 sessions from 1 February £240/£144 LIM4 Stoke Lodge
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
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Thursdays 1pm-3pm Marika Parisi
16 sessions from 1 February £240/£144 LIM8 Stoke Lodge
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
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Fridays 1pm to 3pm Davide Ariasso
16 sessions from 2 February £240/£144 LIM10A Stoke Lodge
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
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
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Tuesdays 10am to 12noon Marika Parisi
16 sessions from 30 January £240/£144 LIM14 Stoke Lodge
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
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
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
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
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Fridays 10am to 12noon Davide Ariasso
16 sessions from 2 February £240/£144 LIM22 Stoke Lodge
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
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Thursdays 9.30am to 11.30am Laura Geraci
16 sessions from 14 September £240/£144 LIM24 Stoke Lodge
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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