Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Thursdays 5:30pm-6:55pm

Class Description: 

Italian 2 is the second Italian class and will pick up where Italian 1 left off.   We will spend the first weeks of class reviewing the material covered in level 1 and then start our new material.

Main Grammatical Concepts:

Past tenses: passato prossimo, imperfetto and trapassato

Articulated prepositions (preposition + article contractions)

Indirect Object Pronouns

Agreement with direct object pronouns and the passato prossimo

The verb piacere

Reflexive and reciprocal verbs

Adverbs

Vocabulary themes will include:

Pastimes/hobbies

Food/Restaurant

Clothing

Larger numbers

Mass media

Prerequisites: Italian 1 or equivalent. Students should be familiar with: basic pronunciation, gender and plural formation, agreement including articles and adjectives, present tense verbs both regular and irregular, basic sentence and question formation.  You should be able to hold a basic conversation in the present tense.

Books/Materials:  

Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0072561319

Learn Italian with Short Stories for Adult Beginners. ISBN: 9798370453410

The Ultimate Italian Review and Practice, by David Stillman ISBN: 1260453510

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Thursdays 7:00pm-8:25pm

Class Description: Italian I is an introductory course designed for students who have never before studied Italian or for those who may have previously studied some Italian but not used it for many years. We will start from the very beginning assuming no previous knowledge of the language.  Through active participation in class and at-home review and assignments this class provides students with the foundations of the Italian language.

Grammatical Concepts:

Alphabet and pronunciation

Use of genders and singular/plural

Definite and indefinite articles (the/a) 

Basic sentence and question formation 

Adjectives: agreement and placement

Present tense verbs:regular and irregular

The expressions c’è and ci sono (there is/there are) 

Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her etc) 

Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) 

Direct object pronouns 

Vocabulary themes will include:

Greetings and salutations 

Numbers

Basic conversational phrases

Food and beverages

Day, date, seasons

Places

Asking for and giving directions

Descriptive adjectives/colors

Family

Weather

Time

Pastimes/hobbies

Prerequisites: None

Books/Materials: Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0072561319

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 9:00am-10:25am

Class Description: Italian I is an introductory course designed for students who have never before studied Italian or for those who may have previously studied some Italian but not used it for many years. We will start from the very beginning assuming no previous knowledge of the language.  Through active participation in class and at-home review and assignments this class provides students with the foundations of the Italian language.

Grammatical Concepts:

Alphabet and pronunciation

Use of genders and singular/plural

Definite and indefinite articles (the/a) 

Basic sentence and question formation 

Adjectives: agreement and placement

Present tense verbs:regular and irregular

The expressions c’è and ci sono (there is/there are) 

Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her etc) 

Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) 

Direct object pronouns 

Vocabulary themes will include:

Greetings and salutations 

Numbers

Basic conversational phrases

Food and beverages

Day, date, seasons

Places

Asking for and giving directions

Descriptive adjectives/colors

Family

Weather

Time

Pastimes/hobbies

Prerequisites: None

Books/Materials: Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0072561319

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 9:00am-10:25pm

Class Description: 

Italian 4 will emphasize speaking practice as well as the most advanced elements of Italian grammar.

Past Conditional Tense

The Subjunctive Mood 

"Volerci" and "Metterci"

Main Vocabulary Themes 

The Environment and Travel in Italy

Contemporary Italy in the World

Italian Culture - then and now

These subjects are tentative and may change to be useful for students who may be repeating the class.  

Prerequisite: Completion of Italian 3 at La Causerie or equivalent. The typical Italian 4 student has completed Italian 3, is able to participate in simple dialogue, and can generate questions in Italian language recognizable by a native speaker.

Books/Materials: 

Prego, An Invitation to Italian, Edition 6. ISBN: 0072561319(available on Amazon)

The Ultimate Italian Review and Practice, by David Stillman ISBN: 1260453510

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Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $285

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $300

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315

Fridays 10:30am-11:25am

Class Description: 

This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills. This class also includes two end-of-semester celebrations where students will sit together and get an opportunity to practice their language skills in a social, food-filled setting.

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $285

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $300

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315

Fridays 10:30am-11:25am

Class Description: 

This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills. This class also includes two end-of-semester celebrations where students will sit together and get an opportunity to practice their language skills in a social, food-filled setting.

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 11:30am-12:55pm

Class Description:  Italian 2 is the second Italian class and will pick up where Italian 1 left off.   We will spend the first weeks of class reviewing the material covered in level 1 and then start our new material.

Main Grammatical Concepts:

Past tenses: passato prossimo, imperfetto and trapassato

Articulated prepositions (preposition + article contractions)

Indirect Object Pronouns

Agreement with direct object pronouns and the passato prossimo

The verb piacere

Reflexive and reciprocal verbs

Adverbs

Vocabulary themes will include:

Pastimes/hobbies

Food/Restaurant

Clothing

Larger numbers

Mass media

Prerequisites: Italian 1 or equivalent. Students should be familiar with: basic pronunciation, gender and plural formation, agreement including articles and adjectives, present tense verbs both regular and irregular, basic sentence and question formation.  You should be able to hold a basic conversation in the present tense.

Books/Materials:  

Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0072561319

Learn Italian with Short Stories for Adult Beginners. ISBN: 9798370453410

The Ultimate Italian Review and Practice, by David Stillman ISBN: 1260453510

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 11:30am-12:55pm

Class Description: Italian 3 will help the student to develop more sophisticated expression in the language while building a more confident use of the basics learned in the previous two courses.  

Main Grammatical Points:

Future and conditional verb tenses. 

Commands (the imperative mood). 

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Indefinite adjectives

"Ne" and "ci"

Indefinite pronouns

The impersonal "si" 

Vocabulary themes:

Body parts

Vacation

Shopping

The House and Accommodation

Prerequisite: Italian 1 and 2 at La Causerie or equivalent. The typical Italian 3 student has completed Italian 1 and 2, has a working vocabulary of hundreds of words, can form simple sentences in the present, past and imperfect tenses, and can answer questions in a controlled setting, using memorized expressions.

Books/Materials:  

Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0072561319

Learn Italian with Short Stories for Adult Beginners. ISBN: 9798370453410

The Ultimate Italian Review and Practice, by David Stillman ISBN: 1260453510