Italian

Step inside Italy and discover its hidden worlds. In this session, we journey through the diverse regions of Italy, exploring how geography, history and local identity shape everyday life. From food traditions and cultural quirks to language varieties, accents and regional mindsets, you’ll get a rich, colourful picture of what it’s really like to live in different parts of the country, and useful info if this is your plan! Expect stories, insights, surprises and plenty of chances to compare regions, challenge stereotypes and deepen your cultural understanding.

This session is designed to increase your fluency, by introducing a series of discussion points around topics.  You will develop your vocabulary range both in terms of individual words and expressions.  You will practise structures and grammatical elements in context.  Lots of fun, and you will increase your confidence! The idea is to have you conversing and debating for all of the class. We feel the key skills to master (being of most interest to the majority of our learners) are speaking and listening, so that you can communicate when travelling.  Listening is probably the harder of these, as you may make yourself understood but understanding what comes back can be demanding, as how people phrase responses is unpredictable!

Our Quiz Nights are a light-hearted night out that are a lot of fun as well as being educational!  Think Pub Quiz, conducted in Italian, with a number of rounds dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people and, well, come along and find out!  Meet like-minded people, improve your listening skills and have a glass of wine or two (included in the price) and a few nibbles.