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Deadline: July 2, 2008

Italian Group Classes

3 Basic levels plus Italian for Travelers

Classes meet once per week for 2.5 hours

Small class size (max. 9 students)

Experienced, native-speaking teachers

Four 10-week terms per year

Affordable tuition

Conveniently located at Dupont Circle

The Italian Language Program at ILI consists of four 10-week terms throughout the year. We are offering three Basic levels, plus Italian for Travelers. Classes meet at the Institute once a week in the evenings or on Saturday mornings. Our teachers are all native-speaking and experienced. The Italian Language Program integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing. We maintain small class sizes to enable adequate time for conversation in every class. To find your level, please refer to the level description or use our self-evaluation guide. If you have further questions, please call Francisco Todd, ILI's Foreign Language Coordinator, at 202-686-5610 ext. 105.

Level Description

Basic 1: The emphasis of this beginner class is on pronunciation, vocabulary building, basic grammar and basic conversation. This course is for those students with little or no ability in the language. Introduction to basic listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course. Dialogues, readings, and cultural notes included are depicted in what life is like in Italy today. Previous Italian not required. Basic 1A and C are identical in content.

Objective:	To introduce Italian to students who never took Italian at school or had the Italian language in their lives at all. The students in this level will experience Italian for the first time and will enjoy learning word by word in a dynamic way.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to identify words and expressions in Italian. They will be able to say or express basic ideas, sentences and desires in simple present tense. They will learn enough vocabulary to continue with Italian Basic 1.
Topics:	Regular and irregular verbs in the present tense; articles; basic questions; uses of essere and avere; prepositions; origins, and structures; phonology and alphabet; pronunciation guide; the accent mark; noun gender; greetings; days of the week; numbers from 1 to 100; colors ; telling time; the house; a school; the city; the bar; foods.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio Cd, list: $113, ILI price: $100 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $63
Lessons:	Lezione preliminare and Lezione 1-5, additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 1A: Wednesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Basic 1C: Saturdays: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Basic 2: This course is the continuation of the Basic 1 level and for students who have taken formal instruction a while ago, or have previous informal exposure to the language. Building of the basic foundation provided in the introductory level, students will learn to introduce themselves and conduct simple conversations on a range of everyday subjects. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	To continue to introduce the Italian language to students who took Italian Introductory or students who took Italian previously. The students in this level will learn to express their ideas spoken and orally in simple present tense of the most common regular and irregular verbs and in the past and imperfect tenses.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to readily identify the simple present and past tense written and orally. They will be able to say or express their ideas, sentences and desires easily at a basic beginner’s level. They will learn enough vocabulary to continue with Italian Basic 3. Students will be introduced to the basic past (passato) and the imperfect (imperfetto) verb tenses and will learn how to conjugate the most common action verbs.
Topics:	Present perfect and past participle; reflexive verbs; formal and informal forms of the imperative; direct pronouns; demonstrative pronouns; personal pronouns; negative expressions; imperfect tense; indirect pronouns; plural; simple and articulated prepositions; structure of the interrogative sentence.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio CD, list: $113, ILI price: $100 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $63
Lessons:	Lezione 6-11 and additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 2A: Thursdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Basic 2C: Saturdays: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Basic 3: At this level students will continue to build upon the foundation of the language that they acquired in Basic 2. Students will continue to improve on their listening and speaking skills through structured dialogues and other practical activities. This level continues to build up necessary grammar skills that will enable students to understand, read, write and translate sentences and paragraphs. This course is well-suited for students that have completed at least one semester of college-level Italian or the equivalent in a language institute. Students will learn to easily use present, past and future tenses, along with more complex vocabulary and grammar. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will continue to be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	Students will continue with the Italian basic program with more difficult and much deeper structure for building sentences. To make students use Italian structures taught in the previous level by continuing to build and use more difficult and much deeper sentence structures. The students in this level will express their ideas by using a solid vocabulary foundation of many adjectives and adverbs.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to have a basic conversation based on daily routine activities. They will be able to say or express their ideas with a full command of adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. They will be able to understand and be understood in three major tenses, present, past, and future with some combinations of imperfect, conditional and subjunctive. The average student will have acquired an active vocabulary of approximately 1,200 words together with many more words in speech and writing. The student is ready for intermediate level courses.
Topics:	Future and conditional tenses; subjunctive and imperfect combinations; relative pronouns; Italian cuisine; political system; music and arts; adverbs; adjectives; prepositions; impersonal constructions; jobs; home; transportation; Italian nightlife; comparative and superlative clauses and uses.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio CD, list: $113, ILI price: $100 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $63
Lessons:	Lezione 12-18 and additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 3: Tuesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Additional levels are currently being developed and will be offered by the next group term.

Italian for Travelers: This course is designed with the social traveler in mind. Using a phrase book/travelers guide the student will practice basic phrases for everyday use while traveling, through in-classroom role-plays, enabling them to communicate instantly on a host of topics: restaurants, shopping, hotel check-ins, health and medical situations, essential services, boat, plane and train travel, much more. Vacation travelers will find everything they need for a smooth, successful trip with the combination of the use of the phrase book/travelers guide and real-life classroom instruction. Tuition: $150.

Textbook: Phrase Book, cost included in the tuition.

Length of program: Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 pm; 5 weeks.

Program Details

2008 Schedule:

Winter Term	Jan. 14 - Mar. 22, 2008	Deadline: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Spring Term	Apr. 7 - June 14, 2008	Deadline: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Summer Term	Jul. 7 - Sept. 13, 2008	Deadline: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fall Term	Sept. 29 - Dec. 6, 2008	Deadline: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Tuition: $320 for one level, $150 for Traveler class. Please click here to apply on-line.

Duration: Classes meet once weekly in the evening or on Saturday mornings for 10 weeks (5 weeks for Traveler class). Each session is 2.5 hours.

Refunds: No refunds are issued once classes have started.

Textbooks: May be purchased at the time of registration or at the Institute before or on the first day of class.

Inclement Weather: Classes are cancelled in accordance with federal government closings (not school closings!) due to inclement weather. Please check public announcements on radio, TV and the Web; or call ILI at (202) 362-2505.

Cancellation/Substitution: The International Language Institute reserves the right to cancel any class if deemed necessary. Prior to commencement of class, students will be given a full refund. In the event of cancellation after the commencement of class, the pro-rata portion of the unexpended tuition will be refunded within $5. The prorated amount of refundable monies will be determined by the ratio of classes completed to the total number of classes in the scheduled program. The International Language Institute reserves the right to assign substitute instructors whenever necessary.

Location: See address below.

Questions? Please call Francisco Todd, Foreign Language Coordinator of ILI, at 202-686-5610 extension 105.