Chiacchiere & Caffé – Beginner (Online) – Monday evenings
Join our Virtual gathering to practice your Italian conversation skills with your instructor, and a group of fellow learners. This is not a course, this is a coffee meeting, a small friendly group in a relaxed environment where to talk about different topics and what you are interested in. The main emphasis will be on conversation and group discussions with the extensive use of authentic materials. The sessions will be customized to the needs and interests of the learners with immediate feedback, documentation, and suggestions for continued practice.
This course is designed for Beginner speakers who want to improve their fluency.
What you will learn
- You will expand your vocabulary.
- It will improve your ability to communicate effectively in Italian.
- You will improve your fluency and your language skills by talking about the latest news from Italy: events, music, film, exhibition, and art.
Syllabus
Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.
No textbook is required.
Schedule
Monday evenings FROM January 13 TO March 17, 2025
5:00 pm-6:00 pm PST
10 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week ONLINE on Zoom.
Tickets
140$ (+ 5%GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th
160$ (+ 5%GST) available from December 25th
Course Cancellations
Please note that the school administration may cancel courses at any time due to low enrolment. Upon cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund.
For any further info about our cancellation policy please visit Cancellation & Refund Policy.
Speakers
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Giuseppe Pioletti
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Sonia Dal Torto
I was born in the small region of Molise and then moved to the north of Italy (Emilia-Romagna) at the age of 19. There I obtained my Master’s degree in International Cooperation and Protection of Human Rights. I discovered the passion for teaching while working as Assistant Grant Writer in an NGO in Greece. There I started to teach Italian to young refugees and to hold seminars about human rights in high schools and other non-formal educational settings. Once back in Italy, I continued to teach Italian to migrants and I started to study at Università per Stranieri di Siena.
Furthermore, as a Grant Writer, I had the chance to promote inclusion and diversity in the education system, thanks to proposals I made in the areas of Youth and Children, Disabled people, Education and Social Services. I proposed strategies for parents, teachers and community workers to confront educational poverty in disadvantaged backgrounds, introducing intercultural teaching practices with the help of cultural-linguistic mediators.
To me teaching holds so many invaluable meanings: it is turning into success the potential that every student has; it is understanding our communities to build better ones; it is a life-learning process thanks to the engagement with students from different backgrounds; it is falling in love every time with the Italian culture.