Famous for its art, music, fashion and iconic food, Italy is a top tourist destination in its own right, and that’s without even considering the Colosseum, the canals of Venice, the Pantheon just to name a few. If you are planning or intending to travel to Italy, this course covers Italy’s culture, lifestyle and basic Italian grammar, and serves as a useful introduction to the language.

SGSCC Travellers courses aim to give you the confidence to deal with everyday situations during your travel, e.g. booking accommodation, ordering meals, asking for directions or assistance and conversational skills for shopping.

The nature of this course requires a high level of participation by the students who will be invited to take part in role-playing activities. The tutor will provide a suitable workbook with information, written exercises and activities for role-playing. Grammatical notes are included.

This course is offered in Terms 2 & 4.

Course Outline:

• Italian alphabet, greetings, introductions.
• Talk about yourself and ask the same of others.
• Numbers, pronunciation, some basic grammar.
• Use of verb to be, shopping for clothes, asking prices.
• Use of verb to have, ordering at the cafe' and restaurant.
• Booking accommodation, saying date and time.
• Asking directions. Understanding timetables.
• Basic conversation. Buying tickets. Learn the name of the parts of the body.
• Describe people’s appearance. Visiting the pharmacy.

Course Outcomes:

• Greeting people and introduce yourself, family and friends.
• Talk about yourself and enquire about others.
• Ask for items describing colours , sizes and asking prices.
• Ordering at the cafe', book a table at the restaurant, understand the menu and order a meal.
• Buying tickets, book accommodation, say time and date.
• Asking and understanding directions and timetables.
• Basic conversation about weather, family and yourself.
• Describe people, name the parts of the body. Ask for advise at the Chemist’s.

Materials

Please bring a pen and paper.

About the tutor:

Antonietta – I am a passionate teacher with strong communication skills, who has considerable experience in teaching Italian to the highest levels. I am fluent in Italian and English and have a strong understanding of the Italian culture.
I have acquired a lot of experience in planning and organising my lessons to implement effective teaching and learning, adopting various teaching strategies to encourage student participation and motivation.
I have achieved a good knowledge of several software programs, such as Windows 10, Microsoft Office 365 and Outlook Express. In March 2015, I completed a distance education training for online teaching at SIDE – Perth, using a variety of communication technologies, such as Saba and Moodle.
In 2012, I completed my Post Graduate Diploma in Education, and in 2008 I completed a Bachelor of Science (Human Biology).
I hold NESA accreditation and WWCC NSW.

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.