Intermediate 3 (Online) – Thursday evenings
Our Intermediate 3 course will focus on expanding fundamental notions and presentation of elaborate structures, present, past and imperative tenses, and different modes. You will enhance your ability to comprehend, interact and express yourself in common personal and social contexts. Enriched opportunities to explore Italian culture and develop intercultural skills. Aligned with CEFR level A2 objectives.
Completion of the Intermediate 1 course is recommended.
What you will learn
- Students will continue to expand their vocabulary and develop the complexity of their sentences in everyday situations, like learning how to express surprise, ask for the duration and cost of a trip, talk about their holidays, learn to interact on social media in Italian describe food and taste
- Focus on speaking correctly and distinguishing between regular and irregular past, present and imperative tenses, pronouns, and verbs pronominal
- Deepen understanding of the nuances of Italian, including correct registers of language to use in various situations.
Syllabus
Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso 2 – The course consists of Chapters 8, 9, 10
Schedule
Thursday evening, October 5 to December 14, 2023
6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom
Tickets
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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Eleonora BaldiniHello everyone, I’m Eleonora. I come from Rome, and I was born in 1998. I have a bachelor’s degree in Tourism Management at University “La Sapienza” of Rome, however I have a strong passion for languages. I won an Erasmus Scholarship 2 years ago to study in Madrid for six months. Now I’m living in Vancouver, I’m studying at Canadian Tourism College, in the meantime I teach Italian at the Italian Chamber of Commerce. Teaching is my biggest passion, and I really hope it becomes my main job.
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Francesco ZappalàI grew up in Italy where I reached the rank of captain of the Air Force and as a lawyer obtained a doctorate in Commercial and Business Law at the Universitá degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma. I recently moved to Vancouver with my family. I am a lover of Italian cuisine, especially Sicilian, and a fan of “calcio”, but also of other sports. I spent my childhood and adolescence in my wonderful Sicily, specifically in Catania. Teaching is part of my DNA. Currently I am a University Professor and Associate Researcher of Law. I was an Italian instructor several universities and Italian associations, for instance at the Dante Alighieri Society, chapter Cali Colombia where I lived for several years. I’m a certified examinator for language exams. Teaching Italian is above all a way to promote Italian culture and “l’Italianitá.”
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Rossana CoplerRossana Copler is an Italian native speaker with experience in teaching. Her lessons are tailored to students’ needs and she focus on all aspects of the language such as speaking it, listening and reading comprehension. Most importantly she likes making her lessons fun using real life contexts, cultural aspects, visual aids and games.
She loves to travel and immerse herself in the cultures of the many places where she lived. For this reason, she left her beloved Italy to experience the cultural and spiritual elements of life in Malaysia, the United States and Canada. She published her first novel in Italian and English called Acqua in 2016, The Absolute Note in 2018, Songs of a secret in 2021 and Aqua, a Bilingual novel Italian/English for intermediate and advanced learners in 2022. Her writing explores both the dreams and the heartbreaks that co-exist in life. She creates a world where the healing power of love soothes the wounds of misunderstanding and offer hope for the heart to learn to love freely without prejudice. Born in Bergamo, Italy on the first of October in 1973, Rossana now resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with her husband and two sons.
