Grammar With A Twist (Online) – Thursday evenings
Grammar is tricky and can be an inconsistent thing. Being the backbone of speech and writing, it should, we think, be eminently logical, and make perfect sense, as the human skeleton. But, of course, the skeleton is arbitrary, too. So grammar is.
And what about words that look similar between the two languages but mean a different thing! These words are the wolves in sheep’s clothing of language learning. The false friends!
If you’re struggling with prepositions, false friends, or verbs…this course is for you! You will also have the chance to ask the questions you were always afraid to ask!
Completion of the intermediate 1 (at least) Course is recommended
What you will learn
- Italian culture, including daily life, film, cuisine, and vacationing.
- You will master your pronunciation Students will understand better some aspects of the Italian grammar such as prepositions, verbs, phrasal verbs, false friends
Syllabus
Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.
No textbook is required.
Schedule
Thursday, July 18 to June 24, 2022
5:00 pm – 6 pm PST
4 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom.
Tickets
90$ (+5%GST)
Course Cancellations
Please note that courses may be canceled by the school administration at any time due to low enrollment. 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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Anna LanzaniAnna is an international business consultant with extensive economic training. She graduated in 2001 cum laude in International Economics in Pavia and in Management International in Strasbourg (EM), she obtained a master’s degree in Strategic Marketing in London (2007) and an MBA in Buenos Aires ( 2016). Beside working 20 years as marketing executive and consultant in leading companies and in the promotion of Made in Italy in Europe, Asia and South America, Anna always cultivated her passion for italian culture, language and cuisine and is a certified language trainer (CEDILS -Ca’ Foscari) with more than 850 hours of university -level teaching experience. Her teaching mixes different approaches, integrating CLIL and TPR.
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Sara FeraSara was born and raised in the south of Italy, in the Campania region and studied in Naples at Federico II University. She holds a Master Degree in Social and Territorial Policies.
Sara started to teach Italian at the University of Tennessee as volunteer for adults and young students. After three years, with her husband, they decided to move to the beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia where she teaches Italian in different schools.
I am very happy to continue to teach and help students who are interested and love the Italian language and culture.
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Sonia Dal TortoI 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.
