ITALIAN LANGUAGE

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Winter Session: January 8th to February 16th

Registration opens December 2nd for In-person and Zoom classes

The Italian Cultural Society offer a progressive language series Italian I-VI, followed by Beginner Conversation I and II, Intermediate Conversation I and II, Upper Intermediate Conversation I and II, Italiano Avanzato and Italian though Literature.

Sessions include one 90-minutes class per week for six weeks.

Fee: $65 for ICS Members and $75 for non-members. No refunds after the first week of class.

Italian I

In person with Alessandra Castoldi: Mondays 4:30-6:00 p.m. beginning January 8th at Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room M-4.  Students will practice listening, speaking, writing and reading.

Text: Arrivederci 1 for English Speakers, by Cinzia Faraci, www.applauselearning.com as E-book or hard copy with CD/DVD.

Prerequisite: Desire to learn Italian grammar and pronunciation.

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Italian II

In person with Alessandra Castoldi: Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m. beginning January 11th at Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room M-4.  Students will practice listening, speaking, writing and reading.

Text: Arrivederci 1 for English Speakers, by Cinzia Faraci, www.applauselearning.com as E-book or hard copy with CD/DVD.

Prerequisite: Italian I. Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases. Can introduce self and others; ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

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Italian II

With Nancy Sguera:  Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m. via Zoom beginning January 10th. 

Students will practice listening, speaking, writing and reading.

Text: Arrivederci 1 for English Speakers, by Cinzia Faraci, www.applauselearning.com as E-book or hard copy with CD/DVD.

Prerequisite: Italian I as above.

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Italian III

In person with Alessandra Castoldi: Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m. beginning January 10th at Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room M-4.  Students will practice listening, speaking, writing and reading.

Text: Arrivederci 1 for English Speakers, by Cinzia Faraci, www.applauselearning.com as E-book or hard copy with CD/DVD.

Prerequisite: Italian II

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Italian V

with Viviana Ardesia Mondays 1-2:30 pm/ via Zoom beginning January 8th.

Text: New Italian Project: 1A with CD+DVD, publisher Edilingua, ISBN-10 8899358842, available on Amazon.

Prerequisite: Italian IV with ICS or an equivalent.

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Beginner Conversation II

with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m. via Zoom beginning January 9th.

For those with some experience with entry level conversation.

Text: Easy Italian Reader premium third edition by Riccarda Saggese, McGraw Hill ISBN# 9781260463644.

Prerequisite: Beginner Conversation with ICS or equivalent course of study

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Beginner Conversation II

with Nancy Sguera Tuesdays 3:30 – 5:00 via Zoom beginning January 9th.  Through readings about Italian history, biographical sketches of famous Italian personalities, songs and poetry, the students will develop skills that allow them to understand contemporary Italian language and traditions while building confidence and comprehension.”

Text: “Easy Italian Reader” premium third edition by Riccarda Saggese, McGraw Hill ISBN# 9781260463644.

Prerequisite: Beginner Conversation with ICS or equivalent.

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Intermediate Conversation I 

in person with Grace Mannino Thursdays 4:30-6:00 beginning January 11th at Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Rd. Naples, FL, Room O-11.  Instructor-led conversation of ”All Things Italian:” current events, history, recipes,. Students present a Word of the Day and synopsis of a current events article. All discussion in Italian,

Text: Subscription to L’Italo Americano, https://italoamericano.org/membership/

Prerequisite: Beginner Conversation II level.

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Upper Intermediate Conversation II

with Viviana Ardesia via Zoom: Day & Time TBD.

Text: “Sapore d'Italia” by Mariella Zurula, available on Amazon.

Prerequisite: Intermediate conversation experience.

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Italian through Literature:  Poetry

In person, with Grace Mannino Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m. beginning January 10th at Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples FL 34109, Room O-11.

Upper Intermediate level discussion of Italian poetry. Course is conducted in Italian.

Text: Introduction to Italian Poetry, Luciano Rebay, Available on Amazon or Applause.

Prerequisite: Intermediate Conversation II.

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Italiano Avanzato

with Viviana Ardesia Mondays 10:30 – 12:00 via Zoom beginning January 8th.

Advanced level conversation course with weekly assigned homework.

Text: “Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3” (Book/MP3/Audio CD) www.applauselearning.com Item# EDL8983 or Amazon.

Prerequisite: Intermediate conversation II with ICS  or instructor permission.

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Winter Session 2024: Jan 8^th to Feb 16^th (Winter break Feb 19-23, no classes)

Spring Session 2024: February 26 – April 12^th (Spring Break April 1-5, no classes)

Summer Session 2024: April 15^th to May 24^th

For more information contact: Kate Jansky, kjansky@aol.com

Our Instructors

Viviana Ardesia

Viviana Ardesia is a native of Pescara, a tiny city on the Adriatic Sea, where she attended high school in Classical Studies. She has a degree in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world, and a PhD in Italian History from the University of Udine. She has lived in Pisa, Milan and Turin teaching Italian Grammar and Literature at the public school level and History at university for more than 10 years. Viviana moved to Florida recently with her family and is enthusiastic about sharing the language and culture she loves.

Alessandra Castoldi

was born in a city near Milan where she completed Classical Studies at the high school level and graduated in Italian Language and Literature at the University of Milan. She taught Italian and History in public school in Italy for almost 20 years. In 2016 she moved abroad with her family and started teaching Italian as a second language at all levels. She loves to meet people from different cultures and to share the Italian language and culture.

Grace Mannino

a native-born Italian, author and educational consultant who received her doctorate at SUNY Stony Brook, brought 33 years of high school and college teaching experience in NY to the ICS program in 2003. In addition to teaching Italian, French and Spanish, Grace was President of the American Association of Teachers of Italian of Long Island, President of Long Island Language Teachers, and a member of numerous committees on the national, state and regional level. Since retiring, Grace's enthusiasm in promoting Italian language and culture has found a new home in Naples.

Nancy Sguera

was born in Italy and moved to the United Sates with her family when she was 12. As an adult, she majored in Italian to continue to learn of her language, heritage and people. After receiving a Masters Degree from CUNY (Queens College), she taught Italian and Spanish in the public school system for 18 years and retired from George W. Hewlett High School in NY in 2008. While teaching, Nancy received scholarships to L'Università per Stranieri di Siena, The Summer Institute of Spanish Language and Culture in Salamanca and the NHE Summer Institute in Rome.