Italian Language Courses
Italian Charities of America upholds it long standing tradition of offering Italian language courses. Since our non-profit building was completed in 1951, we have held Italian language courses. During the recent world pandemic, we have transitioned with online Italian language courses and have reached new horizons with students joining from around the United States.
Please check back for start date in the Fall 2023 Semester!
Winter/Spring 2023 Italian Language Courses
Italian Level 1 Online Language Course – This course is for students who have never studied Italian before or who would like to continue working on and practicing the fundamentals of the Italian language. In this course we will learn about, work on, and practice Italian grammar, reading, writing, and spoken communication. Grammar will include nouns and adjectives and noun-adjective agreement, the present tense, the past tense, the imperfect tense, simple prepositions, possessive adjectives. The Italian Language Level 1 course begins on Wednesday, March 8th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm EST and ends on May 31st (skipping over April 12th). The course will be offered virtually on Zoom and will consist of 12 lessons. The registration fee is $200.00 which must be paid in full by the first day of the course. A textbook is required, and a confirmation email will be sent out to registrants along with the information to purchase the book.
Italian Level 2 Online Language Course – This course is for students who have completed our Italian Level 1 course or wish to continue their study of Italian, to move beyond the present, past and imperfect tense. In this course, we will learn, work on, and practice Italian grammar, reading, writing and spoken communication of our writing. Grammar will include: the present progressive, future/conditional, reflexive verbs, si impersonal verb construction (an absolute necessity of Italian communication!), subjunctive, complex prepositions, direct object pronouns, and indirect object pronouns. This course will begin on Thursday, March 2nd from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm EST and ends on May 25th (skipping over April 13th). The course will be offered virtually on Zoom and will consist of 12 lessons. The registration fee is $200.00 which must be paid in full by the first day of the course. A textbook is required, and a confirmation email will be sent out to registrants along with information to purchase the book.
Italian Conversation Online Course – This course is for students who have previously taken our Italian Level 1 and Level 2 courses or equivalent knowledge. This 12-week course is for students who wish to continue their study of Italian by practicing with conversation. In this course, we will work on and practice Italian grammar through reading (out loud), writing and practicing dialogue. This course will begin on Saturday, March 4th from 9:30 am to 11:00 am EST and ends on Saturday, May 27th (skipping over April 22nd). The course will be offered virtually on Zoom and will consist of 12 lessons. The registration fee is $200.00 which must be paid in full by the first day of the course.
Course Cancellation Policy: A refund of 50 percent will be given after the first lesson, no refunds honored after.