Adult Italian
Winter 2018 Adult Classes
Fall classes are held at the Italian Cultural Center in Stone Park, Illinois. Beginning through advanced classes meet for two hours, once a week for 12 weeks.
Adult Registration Fee:
| Beginning I, II
and Intermediate I |
$250 if paid by January 26, 2018. $300 if paid after January 26, 2018. Book included –
Italian Made Simple Books will be available on the first day of class. Only books purchased by January 31, 2018 will be available at the first class. |
| All Levels | $220 if paid by January 26, 2018. $270 if paid after January 26, 2018. Book required but
not included. |
| Deadline to Register: | February 2, 2018 |
ADULT CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Beginning I Italian – Beginning I Italian This course offers basic Italian vocabulary and proper pronunciation. Simple conversation will be taught and you will be presented with many of Italy’s geographical and cultural aspects including listening, reading and role playing. Grammar coverage includes: singular and plural nouns, definite and indefinite articles, adjectives, subject pronouns, adjective agreement, regular and irregular verbs.
Textbook – Italian Made Simple, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition by (Required at Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: NO PRIOR STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE PRESUMED.
Italian Cultural Center Building,
1621 N. 39th Ave. | Stone Park, IL 60165
Tuesday | starting February 6, 2018 from 7 – 9 p.m. | 12 weeks
Teacher: TBD To Register Click Here
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Beginning II Italian – This course reinforces your basic knowledge of the Italian Language and grammar, Italian geography and culture. You will improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and speaking skills through the practice of new expressions, phrases, dialogues and role playing. Grammar coverage includes: possessive adjectives, prepositional contractions, regular and irregular verb conjugations, simple prepositions, interrogatives and demonstratives, disjunctive pronouns and past participles.
Textbook – Italian Made Simple, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition by (Required at Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN BEGINNING I OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
Italian Cultural Center Building,
1621 N. 39th Ave. | Stone Park, IL 60165
Monday | starting February 5, 2018 from 7 – 9 p.m. | 12 weeks
Teacher: Mario Cascone To Register Click Here
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Intermediate I Italian – This course covers additional grammar, vocabulary, new phrases and expressions. Students will continue improving their listening and speaking skills through videos cultural/geographical presentations and translations including dialogues and role playing. Grammar coverage includes: past participle, direct and indirect object pronouns, partitives and expression of quantity, adverbs, reflexive verbs and reciprocal reflexives. This course starts at chapter 16 of textbook “Italian Made Simple.”
Textbook – Italian Made Simple, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition by (Required at Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN BEGINNING II OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
Italian Cultural Center Building,
1621 N. 39th Ave. | Stone Park, IL 60165
Thursday | starting February 8, 2017 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | 12 weeks
Teacher: Giovanna Dimetros To Register Click Here
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Intermediate II Italian – This course reinforces what has been learned in the previous level. In addition, it continues introducing new grammar, vocabulary, new expressions, phrases, dialogues, cultural and geographical readings, translations, conversations, and role playing. Grammar coverage includes: simple future, double object pronouns, formal and informal imperative, time expressions, comparatives of equality and inequality, superlatives, present and past conditional.
Textbook – Italian Made Simple, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition by (Required at Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN INTERMEDIATE I OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
This Course is not being offered this semester.
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Advanced I Italian – This course continues offering new grammar, vocabulary, expressions, phrases, dialogues, cultural and geographical readings, translations and conversations. Grammar coverage includes: “Si” in the impersonal and “Si” in the passivante (passive voice) relative pronouns, indefinite adjectives and pronouns, negative expressions, infinitive constructions, non standard noun forms, the gerund and the progressive tenses, ordinal number and suffixes.
Textbook – Sentieri (Required At Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN INTERMEDIATE II OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
This Course is not being offered this semester.
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Advanced II Italian – This course covers advanced grammar, vocabulary and dialogues with advanced phrases and expressions, students will continue improving their listening and speaking skills through videos, cultural and geographical readings so that the student may read, write and converse on a higher level. Grammar coverage includes: impersonal constructions, the present subjunctive, irregular present subjunctive, verbs that require the subjunctive, the past subjunctive, the subjunctive with conjunctions, the imperfect and the past perfect subjunctive, tense correlations with subjunctive.
Textbook – Sentieri (Required At Additional Charge)
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN ADVANCED I OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR
This Course is not being offered this semester.
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Advanced 3 Conversation Italian – (Focus on culture, art, food and travel)… requirements, prior knowledge of advanced Italian. Student must have completed Sentieri (or equivalent) to at least chapter 10, and be somewhat fluent in the language. In this class aside from completing and reviewing various exercises from Sentieri’s text and workbook, we will focus more on everyday conversation, verb usage, role-play common situations, view short films, read poetry,listen to music,and learn about the history of foods and wines… including some informal cooking demos in class!
Textbook – not needed
PREREQUISITE: KNOWLEDGE OF ADVANCED ITALIAN.
Italian Cultural Center Building,
1621 N. 39th Ave. | Stone Park, IL 60165
Saturday | starting February 10, 2017 from 1 – 3 p.m. | 12 weeks
Teacher: Giovanna Dimetros To Register Click Here
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Advanced Conversation Italian – Students will build conversation skills through focus on interactive class exercises and participation in local cultural events. The class will focus on various themes, for example restaurant, transportation, shopping and many more. The teaching style is based on the various media such as, magazines, television, film, etc.
Textbook: not needed
PREREQUISITE: ITALIAN ADVANCED I, II and III OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR
Italian Cultural Center Building,
1621 N. 39th Ave. | Stone Park, IL 60165
Wednesdays | starting February 7, 2018 from 7 – 9 p.m. | 12 weeks
Teacher: Mario Cascone To Register Click Here
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Italian for Beginners and Travelers II – Italian for Travelers and Beginners learn basic pronunciation, how to ask questions, compose basic sentences, and get around Italy while traveling there. We will cover greetings, gender and number of nouns, basic verb conjugation, and some fun idiomatic expressions. This class is a basic language course, perfect for those who wish to speak enough Italian to travel through Italy. The book for this class can also be used to further your knowledge of Italian.
Textbook: Italian Made Simple: Revised and Updated 2nd Edition by
PREREQUISITE: NO PRIOR STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE PRESUMED.
This Course is not being offered this semester.
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BOOKS:
Italian Made Simple: Revised and Updated 2nd Edition is required for the Italian for Beginners and Travelers, Beginning I, Beginning II, and Intermediate I Italian.
Visit Amazon to purchase Italian Made Simple. Casa Italia does not sell the book.
* To qualify for the early registration discount, your registration form and full payment must be received by the office no later than January 26, 2018. Registrations sent by mail will be accepted if post marked by January 26, 2018 – no exceptions.
Registration deadline: February 2, 2018
TO REGISTER DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Register by Mail: Complete our online registration and mail check payment to Casa Italia, 3800 W. Division, Stone Park, IL 60165.
Register in Person: Individuals can come to Casa Italia offices to register, 3800 West Division, Stone Park, IL. Registration hours are Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Register Online: Click on the class link above to register and pay online at www.casaitaliachiago.org.
REFUND POLICY: Full course refund will be given if a course is dropped before the first class. If a course is dropped after the first class, but before the second class, 80% of the course will be refunded. No refunds will be given if the class is dropped after the second class. Books non-returnable and non-refundable.
BOOKS are at an additional fee.
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