Advanced 2 (Online) – Thursday evenings

Advanced 2 will help you to perfect your skills in Italian (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), and by the end of this course, you will be able to express opinions and hypotheses, and sustain an argument using a variety of registers. You will also expand your vocabulary to include topics beyond everyday conversation. Italian culture is an integral part of this course: through interviews and readings you will learn about many aspects of Italian art, history, politics, and contemporary society

Once completing Advanced 1, 2, and 3 you’ll be able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex and linguistically accurate structures and a greater range of vocabulary.

This course is for students who have completed the Intermediate 3 course, Advanced 1, or those who have high intermediate experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses.

What you will learn

  • You will improve your command of topic-related vocabulary
  • You will be able to communicate with a high degree of accuracy, state opinions, and express feelings, make comparisons, convince and dissuade people
  • You will learn critical grammatical structures, such as the subjunctive in various tenses, passive form, second conditional, particular comparatives, future in the past, etc

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso 3 is required. The course consists of chapters 5,6 and 7.

Schedule

Thursday evenings, April 17 to June 26, 2025
6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom.

Tickets

Early Bird Rate 250$ (+5%GST) – available until April 6

270$ (+ GST) after April 7

 

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.

Learn Italian for Travel (online) – Saturday mornings

Learn Italian for Travel! For Beginners & Travellers  is designed for people who want to get the most out of their trip to Italy and students who want to start communicating with their family or friends. There are typical and most common scenarios that a beginner student or traveler will encounter on their trip to Italy. This course is designed to arm the student with knowledge that will be most relevant for their trip. It is an introductory course that teaches the four basic skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) in the context of major themes in Italian culture. It is designed for those with little or no previous knowledge of the Italian language.

If you already have a basic understanding of the language, consider Italian for Beginners II.

What you will learn

  • The instructor will also impart key, culture-specific tips regarding everyday life in Italy (e.g. hours of operation, restaurant etiquette, tip expectations, etc.) and how to communicate in a variety of social situations, such as meeting and greeting others, requesting information, ordering in a restaurant and asking for directions, talking about daily activities, describing what you do for work, writing and reading simple texts, talking about the things you like dislike, ordering a meal, and telling time
  • Basic grammar structures such as articles and nouns, adjectives, and present tenses of regular and irregular verbs including meeting and greeting others, requesting information, ordering in a restaurant and asking for directions.
  • Italian culture, including daily life, film, cuisine, and vacationing
  • Travel-related vocabulary: includes specific words and phrases for travel, such as transportation, accommodation, and sightseeing.
  • Italian cuisine: Italy is famous for its cuisine, so knowing Italian food and drinks is essential. This includes menu items, ordering food, and understanding regional specialties.
  • Numbers and money: being able to count and understand money is crucial when traveling. The instructor will teach students how to ask for prices, make purchases, and understand currency exchange rates.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso – The course consists of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4

Schedule

SATURDAY morning, April 26 to June 28, 2025
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm PST
10 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom

Courses

250$ (+ GST) Early Bird Rate available until April 6

270 (+ GST) after April 7

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.

Advanced 1 (Online) – Wednesday evenings

Advanced 1 will help you become more fluent in the language, deepen your understanding of the nuances of Italian, and approach authentic material (i.e. TV news, newspapers, films). The focus will be on speaking correctly and learning new grammar topics, distinguishing between the past, present, and future tenses. Italian culture is an integral part of this course: through interviews and readings you will learn about many aspects of Italian art, history, politics, and contemporary society

Once completing Advanced 1, 2, and 3 you’ll be able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex and linguistically accurate structures and a greater range of vocabulary.

This course is for students who have completed the Intermediate 3 course or for those who have high intermediate experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses.

What you will learn

  • Students will continue to add to your vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family, and business
  • Students will learn how to the correct registers of the language in various situations
  • You’ll improve your command of topic-related vocabulary and ability to vary your style according to the situation.
  • You will learn critical grammatical structures, such as the subjunctive in various tenses, perfect conditional, past perfect, and pronominal verbs.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso 3 is required. The course consists of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Schedule

Monday evenings, FROM April 16 TO June 25, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week on ZOOM.

Tickets

250$ (+ 5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

270$ (+ 5% GST) FROM December 25th

 

Course Cancellations

Please note that the school administration may cancel courses anytime due to low enrollment. Upon cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund.
For any further info about our cancellation policy please visit the Cancellation & Refund Policy.

Intermediate 2 (Online) – Monday evenings

Our Intermediate 2 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 5, 6, 7

Schedule

Monday evenings, April 14 to March 23, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week ONLINE on Zoom.

Courses Fee

250$ (+ 5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until April 6

270$ (+ 5% GST) from April 7

Course Cancellations

Please note that the school administration may cancel courses anytime due to low enrollment. Upon cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund.
For any further info about our cancellation policy please visitthe  Cancellation & Refund policy.

Conversation 2 (In-Person) – Tuesday evenings

Conversation 2 is for intermediate learners of Italian and is intended to improve your Italian speaking skills in everyday situations through conversational practice. 

Teachers will bring new topics to discuss every week and will prompt the conversation in different ways such as questions, requests for opinions, and brief exercises. Spoken accuracy and fluency are the focus of this course, but the teacher will signal and correct the main grammar mistakes too and will be at the student’s disposal in case there is a need to clarify some concepts in order to improve learners’ accuracy and confidence while speaking.

 

What you will learn 

  • Students will strengthen and refine oral fluency through guided conversations and presentations in Italian. 
  • Students will enrich their vocabulary and verbal expressiveness in a way that will benefit both general conversation and discussion of specific topics 
  • students will enhance familiarity with various current issues relating to Italy through different sources (short readings, websites, videos, music, etc.)

Completion of the Intermediate 3 Course is recommended.

 

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!

Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.

No textbook is required 

Tuesday afternoon, FROM April 15 TO June 17, 2025
5 pm – 6 pm PST
10 weeks – Classes meet once a week in our downtown school

 

Course Fee

140$ (+ GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

160$ (+ GST) from December 25th

 

Course Cancellations

Please note that the school administration may cancel courses 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

 

Lingua Viva: Advanced Italian Conversation on Monday Evening

Lingua Viva: Advanced Italian in Context will elevate your Italian by expanding your vocabulary—whether through technical terms, colloquial expressions, or various styles of the language—and refining your grammar, especially complex sentence structures. You will engage with contemporary literary texts, explore Italian culture, and dive into current events through excerpts from TV shows, films, and more. Lingua Viva offers an immersive experience that deepens your understanding of Italy’s rich heritage and its present-day realities.

This course is for students who have completed Advanced 2 or 3 course, or for those who have advanced experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses, are able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex structures.

What you will learn

  • You will enhance your ability to understand and follow a variety of spoken Italian, from everyday conversations to complex arguments, and engage with native speakers with greater fluency and spontaneity.
  • You will also learn to express yourself clearly and in detail on diverse cultural topics, including Italian literature, current events, and contemporary issues that shape Italy today.
  • Additionally, you will immerse yourself in figurative, metaphorical, and idiomatic expressions of the Italian language, mastering words with double meanings, refining your use of the subjunctive in conversation, and gaining confidence with complex prepositions and grammatical structures in conversation.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.
No textbook is required.

Schedule

Monday evenings, FROM April 14 TO June 8, 2025
5 pm – 6 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet in our downtown premises

Course Fee

160$ (+5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until April 6

180$ (+5% GST) FROM April 7

 

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.

Beginner 2 (In-Person) – Wednesday evenings

Beginner 2 is an introductory course that teaches the four basic skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) that uses and expands on what was learned in Italian for Beginners I. A basic understanding of Italian pronunciation and grammar is expected.

What you will learn

  • How to communicate in a variety of social situations, such as traveling around Italy, asking and giving information
  • Basic grammar structures such as past tenses of regular and irregular verbs. Increase grammar skills to build more conversation
  • Italian culture, including daily life, film, cuisine, and vacationing.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso – The course consists of Chapters 5, 6, 7

Schedule

Wednesday evenings, FROM April 16 TO June 25, 2025
6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet once a week in our downtown office.

Courses

289$ (+ GST) Early Bird Rate available until April 6

310$ (+ GST) from April 7

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.

Lingua Viva: Advanced Italian in Context – Saturday evenings

Lingua Viva: Advanced Italian in Context will elevate your Italian by expanding your vocabulary—whether through technical terms, colloquial expressions, or various styles of the language—and refining your grammar, especially complex sentence structures. You will engage with contemporary literary texts, explore Italian culture, and dive into current events through excerpts from TV shows, films, and more. Lingua Viva offers an immersive experience that deepens your understanding of Italy’s rich heritage and its present-day realities.

This course is for students who have completed Advanced 2 or 3 course, or for those who have advanced experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses, are able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex structures.

What you will learn

  • You will enhance your ability to understand and follow a variety of spoken Italian, from everyday conversations to complex arguments, and engage with native speakers with greater fluency and spontaneity.
  • You will also learn to express yourself clearly and in detail on diverse cultural topics, including Italian literature, current events, and contemporary issues that shape Italy today.
  • Additionally, you will immerse yourself in figurative, metaphorical, and idiomatic expressions of the Italian language, mastering words with double meanings, refining your use of the subjunctive in conversation, and gaining confidence with complex prepositions and grammatical structures.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.
No textbook is required.

Schedule

Saturday evenings, FROM January 18 TO March 8, 2025
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm PST
8 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week on ZOOM.

Course Fee

180$ (+5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

200$ (+5% GST) 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.

Advanced 1 (Online) – Monday evenings

Advanced 1 will help you become more fluent in the language, deepen your understanding of the nuances of Italian, and approach authentic material (i.e. TV news, newspapers, films). The focus will be on speaking correctly and learning new grammar topics, distinguishing between the past, present, and future tenses. Italian culture is an integral part of this course: through interviews and readings you will learn about many aspects of Italian art, history, politics, and contemporary society

Once completing Advanced 1, 2, and 3 you’ll be able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and discuss current issues using more complex and linguistically accurate structures and a greater range of vocabulary.

This course is for students who have completed the Intermediate 3 course or for those who have high intermediate experience with the Italian language and are comfortable having conversations in different verb tenses.

What you will learn

  • Students will continue to add to your vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family, and business
  • Students will learn how to the correct registers of the language in various situations
  • You’ll improve your command of topic-related vocabulary and ability to vary your style according to the situation.
  • You will learn critical grammatical structures, such as the subjunctive in various tenses, perfect conditional, past perfect, and pronominal verbs.

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso 3 is required. The course consists of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4

Schedule

Monday evenings, FROM January 13 TO March 24, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week on ZOOM.

Tickets

250$ (+ 5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

270$ (+ 5% GST) FROM December 25th

 

Course Cancellations

Please note that the school administration may cancel courses 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.

Intermediate 2 (Online) – Monday evenings

Our Intermediate 2 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 5, 6, 7

Schedule

Monday evenings, January 13 to March 24, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week ONLINE on Zoom.

Courses Fee

250$ (+ 5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

270$ (+ 5% GST) 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.