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.

Master your Writing Skills – Monday evenings

Boost your writing skills with this course designed to help you become a more effective and confident writer. Whether you want to improve your writing for school, work, or personal projects, this course covers the basics of organizing your thoughts, polishing your grammar, expanding your vocabulary, and tailoring your writing to different audiences. Through simple exercises, practical tips, and constructive feedback, you’ll learn how to express your ideas more clearly and naturally.

Intermediate 1 level is required!

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
No Textbook is required

Schedule

Monday evenings FROM February 17 TO March 10, 2025
5 pm – 6 pm PST
4 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week on ZOOM

Courses Fee

120$ (+5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 14th

140$ (+5% GST) FROM December 15th

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.

Phonetics for Beginners – Thursday evenings

Enhance your Italian pronunciation and speak with confidence in Phonetics for Beginners.

This course is designed for those new to Italian or anyone looking to refine their accent and pronunciation skills. You will learn the basics of Italian phonetics, including how to correctly produce vowel and consonant sounds, master the rhythm and intonation of the language, and tackle common pronunciation challenges. Through interactive lessons and practical exercises, you’ll build a strong foundation in speaking Italian clearly and accurately.

No prior experience is needed—just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to learn! Join us and start speaking Italian with the confidence of a native!

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
No Textbook is required

Schedule

Thursday evenings, FROM February 20 TO March 13, 2025
5 pm – 6 pm PST
4 weeks – Classes meet ONCE a week on ZOOM

Courses Fee

120$ (+5% GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 14th

140$ (+ 5% GST) FROM December 15th

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.

Conversation 1 (In-Person) – Wednesday evenings

Conversation 1 is the best way to improve oral fluency through conversational practice.

Teachers will bring new topics to discuss every week and will prompt the conversation in different ways such as a selection of guided conversations in Italian, questions, and brief exercises relating to contemporary Italy, taken from different sources (short readings, websites, videos, music, etc.) that will help you to gain more self-confidence.

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 to improve learners’ accuracy while speaking.

Completion of the Beginner 3 Course is recommended.

 

What you will learn

  • Students will expand their vocabulary in a way that will benefit both general conversation and discussion of specific topics
  • Students will familiarize themselves with a variety of current issues relating to Italy
  • Students will develop their communicative skills in Italian through discussion of several topics, ranging from social and political issues to media, pop culture, films, music, fashion, food, and sports

 

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!

Students will be provided with handouts and class materials.

No textbook is required

Wednesday evening, January 15 to March 19, 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

 

Intermediate 2 (In-Person) – 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 evening, January 13 to March 24, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet once in our downtown premises

Courses

289$ (+ GST) Early Bird Rate available until December 24th

310$ (+ GST) from December 25th

Course Cancellations

Please note that courses may be canceled by the school administration 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 1 (In-Person) – Wednesday evenings

Beginner 1 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.
This course is being delivered virtually with live instruction and interaction.
If you already have a basic understanding of the language, consider Italian for Beginners II.

What you will learn

  • How to communicate in a variety of social situations, such as introducing yourself, talking about daily activities, describing what you do for work, writing and reading simple texts, such as an e-mail, 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
  • Italian culture, including daily life, film, cuisine, and vacationing

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
Textbook: Nuovo Espresso – The course consists of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4. The textbook is mandatory, the 55$ is on top of the course fee.

Schedule

Wednesday evening, FROM January 15 TO March 26, 2025
6 pm – 8 pm PST
11 weeks – Classes meet once a week in our downtown school 

Courses Fee

289 (+ GST) Realy bird rate until December 24

310 (+ GST) from December 25

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.

Phonetics for Beginners – Thursday lunch time

Enhance your Italian pronunciation and speak with confidence in Phonetics for Beginners.

This course is designed for those new to Italian or anyone looking to refine their accent and pronunciation skills. You will learn the basics of Italian phonetics, including how to correctly produce vowel and consonant sounds, master the rhythm and intonation of the language, and tackle common pronunciation challenges. Through interactive lessons and practical exercises, you’ll build a strong foundation in speaking Italian clearly and accurately.

No prior experience is needed—just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to learn! Join us and start speaking Italian with the confidence of a native!

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
No Textbook is required

Schedule

Thursday lunchtime FROM October 10 TO October 31, 2024
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm PST
4 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom

Courses Fee

Early Bird Rate 120$ (+5%GST) – available until September 20

140$ (+ GST) available FROM September 21

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.

Master your Writing Skills – Monday evenings

Boost your writing skills with this course designed to help you become a more effective and confident writer. Whether you want to improve your writing for school, work, or personal projects, this course covers the basics of organizing your thoughts, polishing your grammar, expanding your vocabulary, and tailoring your writing to different audiences. Through simple exercises, practical tips, and constructive feedback, you’ll learn how to express your ideas more clearly and naturally.

Intermediate 1 level is required!

Syllabus

Benvenute e Benvenuti!
No Textbook is required

Schedule

Thursday lunchtime FROM October 21 TO November 25, 2024
5 pm – 6 pm PST
4 weeks – Classes meet once a week on Zoom

Courses Fee

Early Bird Rate 120$ (+5%GST) – available until September 20

140$ (+ GST) available FROM September 21

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.