Expand+Enrolment Dates In Marino College:
Tuesday 5th, Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th September 2017.

Enrolment Times:
Evenings – 5.00p.m. - 8.00p.m.

Important Information For Postal Enrollees:
• Postal enrollees will only be contacted in the event...

Hide-Enrolment Dates In Marino College:
Tuesday 5th, Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th September 2017.

Enrolment Times:
Evenings – 5.00p.m. - 8.00p.m.

Important Information For Postal Enrollees:
• Postal enrollees will only be contacted in the event a class is not proceeding due to insufficient enrolments or if the class is already full.

• Your receipt is your admission ticket to the course you have chosen. It may be collected in the College on the first evening of the term, before the start of class.

Commencement Dates:
Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th, September 2017.

Expand+BUS ROUTES TO MARINO COLLEGE:
Fairview / Donnycarney 14, 15, Artane / Coolock 27/27A/27B, Kilbarrack / Donaghmede 29A, Fairview /
Killester / Raheny / Sutton / Howth 31/31B, Raheny / Baldoyle / Portmarnock / Malahide 32/32A/32B, Artane / Harmonstow...

Hide-BUS ROUTES TO MARINO COLLEGE:
Fairview / Donnycarney 14, 15, Artane / Coolock 27/27A/27B, Kilbarrack / Donaghmede 29A, Fairview /
Killester / Raheny / Sutton / Howth 31/31B, Raheny / Baldoyle / Portmarnock / Malahide 32/32A/32B, Artane / Harmonstown / Tonlegee Road / Blunden Drive 42/42A/42B, Fairview / Malahide Road / Kinsealy Court / Swords 43, Fairview / Clondarf 130, Marino / Drimnagh 123.

RAIL: Dart to Clontarf Road 300 meters from the College.

Important Information For All Classes:
• Formation of classes will depend upon sufficient enrolment for the class. We will only contact you if your class is not formed.

• Fees, once paid are strictly NON-REFUNDABLE, unless a class is not formed in which case
they will be returned by post as soon as possible.

• Unless otherwise stated, course fees cover tuition and use of the building only.

• Student must be over 16 years of age.

Expand+Description:
The course will be aimed at English speakers who want/need to approach the italian language for the first time. It will also be useful to those who have made one or more “false starts”, and need to rebuild their learning foundations bef...

Hide-Description:
The course will be aimed at English speakers who want/need to approach the italian language for the first time. It will also be useful to those who have made one or more “false starts”, and need to rebuild their learning foundations before moving further.

List of key topics to be covered:
Conversational:
- Progressive introduction of a basic Italian language in the teaching process
- Various familiar situations: meeting people, restaurant, shop, travel, asking for the time, talking about the weather, etc...
- Talking about hobbies and likings
- Describe yourself and your family, your job, etc...

Related grammar coverage:
- General problems of pronunciation for English speakers. Alphabet (quickly).
- Articles (definite, indefinite), Genders
- Auxiliary verbs (essere, avere)
- Regular verbs: coniugazioni (-are, -ere, -ire), Indicativo Presente
- Questo, quello (this, that); questions: chi, cosa, come, quando, perchè (who, what, how, when, why)
- Numbers: Cardinali e Ordinali
- Most used Irregular verbs (always Present Tense)
- Eventual introduction to other tenses, subject to time availability

Proposed learning outcomes:
Students will benefit from a fresh and solid approach to the Italian language. They will challenge the next level with confidence and eagerness. My aim is to stretch the good effects of this course to its further development, so that their future teachers will find no gaps in their knowledge, enabling them to move quickly and safely on with the programme.

Outline of teaching methodologies:
It is my opinion that one of the most frequent reasons for the “drop-out effect” of students learning Italian is the lack of solidity of their first studies. As their learning proceeds they find themselves stuck in an ever-increasing confusion, with few chances of recovery.

Thus my course will focus on a clear grammatical basis, with a lesson-by-lesson work of consolidation carried out through tests and exercises.

Finally, being aware of the density of such work, I will involve the class with topical lessons on interesting subjects (Italian history, geography, cultural aspects), all in a very slow and clearly spoken Italian. As soon as the students are ready, this will be followed by easily structured conversations. Great attention will be paid to pronunciation, traditionally one of the toughest challenges for English speakers.
Song listening is an option, according to the timetable and structure availability.

Materials:
Will be provided during class.