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Where do I fit in?
Let me know which class you'd like to try first! Know that I offer classes in 5-week sessions,
but you are welcome to jump in anytime. If a class seems troppo facile or troppo difficile puoi sempre cambiare gruppo. Ecco
la lista delle lezioni e piu' o meno che cosa hanno studiato:
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Italiano I
(Beginners) This is what we cover:
Week
1: Pronunciation. Useful questions and answers. Numbers. I would like (=Vorrei).
Week 2: Review of 1st week. New vocabulary. Singular and plurals.
Week 3: Learning the article: a + vocabulary word + adjective. Describing pictures,
people and things.
Week 4: Telling
time, days of the week, months of the year. What's the weather like? Recognizing adverbs and learning how to conjugate verbs.
Week 5: Food items and role-play ordering
from a menu.
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Italiano
I-b (Libro I) A good review of all the above, plus practice with verb conjugations and the adverbs
[abbastanza, meglio, presto, spesso, ecc...].
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Italiano
I-c (Libro I) We will do the idioms using "to have" [i.e., avere fame, sete, ecc...], many useful expressions, and
an introduction to the irregular verbs [andare, venire, fare, dare, dire...], delve into some role-play, ask and answer questions
while working on some of the most useful verbs.
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Italiano
II know all of the above, and now are being introduced to: piacere; potere, dovere, and volere. Getting more comfortable with the language, more vocabolario, espressioni, dialogo and practice with verbs.
They have been introduced to the past with the helping verb "avere" but have yet to study the helping verb "essere" with the
past tense.
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Italian II-b all
of the above, plus learning more challenging vocabulary and additional grammar. Sentence structure being practiced
again and again to generate confidence in their ability to understand and converse. They have done the 7 ways to
say "the", items of clothing, and the "passato prossimo" with "avere" and are slowly getting comfortable with "essere"
as a helping verb in the past tense.
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Italian II-c all
of the above, plus have had more practice with "essere" verbs; are familiar with the difference between the two Italian
verbs used to translate <to know> and the difference between <tempo> and <volta>.
They have been introduced to the "da or duration form" (abito a Denver da 23 anni), the gerundio (sto mangiando). They need
more practice with the articulated prepositions (nella, dei, sul, ecc.), the possessives (il mio, i miei, la tua, ecc.) and
need to start using the imperfect (mangiavo, parlavo, ecc.).
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Italiano
III all of the above plus they are much more comfortable using the past tense (passato prossimo) of verbs using
both avere and essere as the helping verb: ho mangiato, ho comprato, sono andata, sei stata, ecc... Have done role-play
with clothes and shopping. They have been using the possessive and the articulated preposizioni [al, della, agli,
sullo,...], the present and past gerundio [sto mangiando, stavo dormendo,...] and are slowly starting to acquire a taste
for the imperfetto [mangiavo, lavoravo, ecc...]. They have been introduced to reflexive verbs and have had practice with
the ordinal numbers and the command form.
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Italian
IV all of the above, plus reciprocal verbs, body parts, and all
the direct & indirect object pronouns. Have started to comfortably use the futuro, the conditional, the imperativo,
and the subjunctive. They love speaking in italiano without any prompting on my part!
And here are just a FEW comments from after-class evaluations:
• Cinzia was fun, wonderful, spirited. Made me want to learn.
• Great technique – easy to follow. Very effective.
• Liked interaction--Very encouraging. Made it interesting. Every class went by
too fast!
• More than just language skills, lots
of culture. High class participation.
• Teacher
is patient and thorough. Liked its spirit--lots of fun!
• Combined good teaching skills, a very supportive attitude, a safe atmosphere, encouragement no matter our
skill levels and it seemed everyone learned a lot and enjoyed it.
• She made learning fun--great knowledge & wonderful attitude.
• Energetic, enthusiastic – really keeps the class moving and making everyone
talk.
• Learned a great deal of Italian, more
than I expected.
• I am excited to go to Italy soon. I feel
very well prepared.
• She is intelligent, personable, entertaining
and well organized.
• Cinzia is a wonderful teacher! I learned
a lot more than I thought I would in 5 classes.
• Recognized that adult learning is difficult ~ made the class fun.
• Excellent – Very imaginative & engaging.
• Cinzia had a very good method of teaching the language in an appropriate progression for beginners.
• She is enthusiastic and well prepared. She made the experience fun as well as
educational.
• Helpful and very attentive. Very personable
and welcomed questions and encouraged learning.
• Gave us very practical information. Made the class fun.
• Cinzia
is a born teacher. She made the learning of Italiano fun. It was like a party.
• Cynthia's real
life experiences added immensely to the course.
Would you recommend the class to a friend? YES!
