COMMUNICATIVE CONTENT

• Telling an event
• Talking about habits related to school memories
• Description of a teacher, a classmate, a course, a school
• Expressing agreement/disagreement
• Expressing regret
• Showing amazement and disbelief
• Admitting something
• Criticizing an opinion or a statement

• Talking about food
• Talking about taste
• Expressing a preference
• Description of a dish
• Describing a procedure in detail

• Reporting information
• Expressing percentages/statistics and commenting on them
• Framing a fact in a past century
• Reporting an event or a historical fact
• Expressing and discussing your point of view in informal contexts

GRAMMAR

• Use of the auxiliary verbs ESSERE or AVERE in the Passato Prossimo
• Verbs with double auxiliary in the Passato Prossimo
• Cavarsela and Entrarci
• Review of past tenses : passato prossimo, imperfetto, passato remoto
• Relative pronouns Chi, Ciò che

• Indefinite words
• Future perfect (Futuro anteriore)
• Subjunctive with indefinites
• Dislocation to the left (?) Dislocazione a sinistra
• Passive voice

• Verbs + prepositions
• Time indicators Allora, Un giorno
• Indirect speech introduced by di
• Use of conditional to express uncertain information
• Non perchè + subjunctive
  • Indirect interrogative sentences

COMMUNICATIVE CONTENT

• Talking about work
• Making a request and respond formally
• Talking clearly and politely in a formal situation
• Communicating a desire or an intention
• Exchanging complex information and advice about work

• Expression of emotions in formal and informal situations
• Talking about oneself
• Description of people
• Complaining
• Interviewing someone

• Film genres
• Expressing taste and preferences
• Telling the plot of a movie
• Review a movie
  • Expressing criticism

GRAMMAR

• Use of subjunctive with relative sentences
• Use of subjunctive with relative superlative
• Difference between Finalmente and Alla fine
• Gerund with causal and hypothetical function
• Tense correlation: conditional with subjunctive
• Professions (feminine and masculine)

• Adjectives formed from nouns
• Use of the postponed possessive adjectives
• Uscirsene
• Use of possessive Proprio
• The formation of the opposite of nouns and adjectives
• Different ways to express SE in the hypothetical sentence
• Hypotheticals (irrealtà)
• Come se – Senza che + subjunctive

• Position of adjectives
• Subjuncive with the negative main clause
• Subjuntive with Purché
• Fare + infinitive

COMMUNICATIVE CONTENT

• Visiting a museum
• Starting and ending a presentation
• Telling by specifying details
• Focusing on a specific part of the speech
• Description of an image
• Expressing agreement/disagreement

• Sustainable Italy
• Expressing an opinion and an evaluation
• Taking about environmental problems
• Making proposals
• Expressing wishes

• Curiosities about Italy
• Expressing doubts
• Explaining something
• Congratulate
  • Asking and giving advice

GRAMMAR

• Prepositions In and A
• Subjunctive tenses correlation
• Infinitive used as a noun
• Relative pronouns
• Relative pronoun Il cui
• Relative pronoun Il che

• Position of pronouns with gerund, past participle, infinitive and imperative
• More about the position of the adjective
• Future (Different uses)
• Position of the adverbs

• Definite articles with geographic nouns
• Gerund present and past
• Some expressions with pronominal verbs : A dirla tutta, Sbrigarsela da soli, Arrampicarsi sugli specchi
• Homonyms
• Words with two plurals

COMMUNICATIVE CONTENT

• Conducting an interview
• Contradicting a common opinion
• Discussing a topic

• General Review

GRAMMAR

• Subjuntive with comparative sentences
• Subjunctive with : In modo che, Far sì che
• Plural of compound words
• Use of Mica
• Some idiomatic expressions : Prendersela, Darci giù…
• Comparative of equality Tanto quanto

Discover Italian language and culture through 12 iconic films, from Ladri di biciclette to La grande bellezza.

Each week, students will independently watch one film and then meet for an engaging discussion focused on language, cultural themes, and cinematic expression. Guided by Barbara, you’ll analyze dialogue, context, and key scenes while deepening your understanding of Italian society, humor, and history — learning Italian through the stories that have shaped it.

Students will learn and practice Italian through cinema, enhancing vocabulary, comprehension, and cultural fluency in a dynamic and enjoyable setting.

The course is structured in two modules:

Module 1: L’Italia del dopoguerra al boom economico (1948–1963)
Ladri di biciclette, La grande guerra, La dolce vita, Divorzio all’italiana, Il sorpasso, Il gattopardo

Module 2: Dall’impegno civile alla modernità (1972–2013)
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore, Una giornata particolare, Mediterraneo, I cento passi, Manuale d’amore, La grande bellezza

Each module can be taken separately, or students can enroll in the full 12-week course.

Each class begins with a discussion of the film watched independently the previous week and concludes with an introduction to the next one — creating a cohesive, immersive learning experience from start to finish.

Online classes to understand Italian news, designed for students who want to sharpen their fluency, debate real-world issues, and expand their cultural awareness through more complex materials.

Meet every other week with Francesca.

No book required.

Join us for a one-hour weekly journey through Italian history, exploring a different period and theme each week. This course offers a dynamic and engaging overview of Italy’s rich and complex past — from pre-Roman civilizations to contemporary Italy.

Through carefully prepared presentations, each lesson includes readings, images that tell stories, timelines, maps, and interactive quizzes to deepen understanding and encourage discussion.

This course is ideal for students who want to deepen their understanding of Italian culture through history, gaining context that enriches language learning and cultural awareness.

LEVEL: Intermedio and up.