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    <title>Italian Cultural Society of Naples upcoming events</title>
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    <description>Italian Cultural Society of Naples upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Italian Cultural Society of Naples</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700002</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699823</link>
      <guid>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699823</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (26 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699811</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700006</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (27 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700277</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ceniamo! (28 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to ICS Cenate con Noi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/2025%20Event%20Ads/Trattoria%20Abruzzo.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="378" height="128"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#605E5E" face="playfair display, serif" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;All our pastas are made by hand daily and all our sauces are patiently slow cooked for hours each morning. Every dish is made by the order and often adjusted for our customers preference.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Expect to speak Italian throughout the meal.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We provide an atmosphere to practice Italian language with an instructor present to make subtle corrections.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Each participant will pay his own expenses directly to the restaurant. Some restaurants charge a fee for credit cards. Please check with the restaurant in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In order to optimize attendance and seating please notify us if you need to change your attendance status.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.trattoriaabruzzo.com/menu-1?location=Vanderbilt%2BBeach%2BRoad&amp;amp;menu=menu" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;MENU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6716226</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700625</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (29 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (30 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (30 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}&lt;/style&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699890</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (2 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700002</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (2 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A2(2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (2 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (3 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700277</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700625</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (6 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (6 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}&lt;/style&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (9 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (9 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A2(2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (9 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700277</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699832</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700690</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699818</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700625</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (12 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (13 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (13 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}&lt;/style&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; }@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { ""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; "Times New Roman"; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A2(2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (16 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (17 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700277</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6699832</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700690</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ceniamo! (18 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to ICS Cenate con Noi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Trulli%20Motto.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Trulli%20banner.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Expect to speak Italian throughout the meal.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We provide an atmosphere to practice Italian language with an instructor present to make subtle corrections.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Each participant will pay his own expenses directly to the restaurant. Some restaurants charge a fee for credit cards. Please check with the restaurant in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In order to optimize attendance and seating &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;please notify us&lt;/a&gt; if you need to change your attendance status.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://trullipizzapasta.com/assets/docs/Trulli_Pizza_&amp;amp;_Pasta_menu__v_003_10302024.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;MENU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6716232</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700625</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (19 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (20 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (20 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (30 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (30 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (30 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700006</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (2 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6689481</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6700625</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (3 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (4 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (4 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C2 M Avanzato Ardesia (7 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C2 Avanzato&amp;nbsp; ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 10:30-12:00 Noon&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;plus&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration email for a newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instructor Permission required.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:language.ics.naples@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;language.ics.naples@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Beginner  M Ardesia (7 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 Beginner ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students will work on high frequency vocabulary to understand short announcements and communicate simple, routine tasks. Learn to handle short social interactions with help to keep the conversation going.&amp;nbsp; Read and write short simple texts; understand personal letters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Via del Corso A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) M Zoom Castoldi (7 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) &amp;nbsp;Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi Mondays 4:30- 6:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 Int T Ardesia (8 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C1 (Intermediate) &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Tuesdays 12:00-1:30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ordering information and discount code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian C1(1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) T  Castoldi (8 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1 (Beginner) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Adv)T Sguera (8 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="187" height="145"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Advanced) Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Intermediate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students a week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) T Walden (8 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This class introduces new vocabulary and verb tenses to enable students to relate a story about past events (with the two most common past tenses used in Italian). &amp;nbsp; Students will also learn how to give instructions (with the imperative verb form).&amp;nbsp; The lessons will be built around an easy short mystery written specifically for this Italian level.&amp;nbsp; The story takes place in Florence, so we will be learning about the city of Florence as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Furto al Museo degli Uffiz&lt;/em&gt;i by Roberto Borzellino&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, both readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.4).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 Book Club T Castoldi (8 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian Book Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman"&gt;An advanced-level conversation class for students at B2 level and above. Students will read and discuss an authentic Italian novel or literary work together in a relaxed and interactive environment. The class will focus on conversation, interpretation, and cultural discussion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IO NON HO PAURA&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;di Niccolò Ammaniti&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A2 (Beg) W Sguera (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A2 (Beginner) ZOOM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Nancy Sguera,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The New Italian Project, 1b,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;AND&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;grammar text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Ultimate Italian Review &amp;amp; Practice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2nd Edition,&lt;/em&gt; by McGraw-Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins. No class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Beg) W Dalla Muta (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Wednesdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;None&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no in-person class the week of November 25th, school is closed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2 (Beg) W Castoldi (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will learn how to express personal opinions, feelings, doubts, and preferences more naturally and confidently in Italian and continue their grammar study with an introduction to the subjunctive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Il Nuovo Progetto Italiano, 2b,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edlingua.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B1 (1.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room M-4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>C1 (Beg) W Mannino (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;C1 (Beginner) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30&lt;/span&gt;-6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This C level class aims for higher proficiency and fluency. It introduces more complex and sophisticated vocabulary, and concentrates on vocabulary building through awareness of noun, adjective, verb, adverb connection. It continues to build on grammar and conversation skills, as well as reading and writing through homework assignments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuovissimo Progetto Italiano 3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Advanced C1(1.1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Able to initiate conversation, independently express opinions and discuss complex topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Adv) W Walden (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Advanced) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Cristina Walden,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesdays&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"&gt;Learn new vocabulary for basic conversation about daily events, the weather and travel. Relate events in the recent past using the most commonly used Italian past tense.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Texts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magia a Venezia&lt;/em&gt; by Serena Capilli and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Italian Problem Solver&lt;/em&gt; by Alessandra Visconti, readily available on Amazon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian A1 (1.3). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: there is no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2026 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ceniamo! (9 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to ICS Cenate con Noi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/2025%20Event%20Ads/la%20pescheria.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="387" height="75"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Expect to speak Italian throughout the meal.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We provide an atmosphere to practice Italian language with an instructor present to make subtle corrections.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Each participant will pay his own expenses directly to the restaurant. Some restaurants charge a fee for credit cards. Please check with the restaurant in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In order to optimize attendance and seating please notify us if you need to change your attendance status.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lapescherianaples.com/menu-1" title="MENU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;MENU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.lapescherianaples.com" target="_blank"&gt;WEBSITE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 Conversation Mannino (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Intermediate B1 in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our intermediate Italian conversation class and strengthen your fluency in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Through lively discussions about Italian culture, travel, food, and everyday life, you’ll gain confidence speaking naturally and spontaneously. All conversations will be conducted in Italian&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6" size="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Buon Gusto Newsletter,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fall Edition. Check the bottom of your registration confirmation email for your discount coupon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner A2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;Comfortable with short exchanges on everyday topics. Can respond to invitations, shop, describe weather, and express simple feelings. May need help to keep the conversation going&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6689481</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 (Int) R Dalla Muta (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian A1 (Intermediate) in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Antonella Dalla Muta, Thursdays 4:30-6 PM.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;I&lt;font&gt;ntroduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, &lt;strong&gt;Room O-7&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;span times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week. School is closed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B1 (Beg) R  Castoldi (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B1(Beginner) in person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Alessandra Castoldi,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Students will continue developing their communication skills through everyday conversations and practical situations. The class will expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammar structures, including the future tense and the conditional, helping students express plans, possibilities, opinions, and hypothetical situations with greater confidence and accuracy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The New Italian Project 2a,&lt;/em&gt; Marin, Edilingua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Community School of Naples, Room M-4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Italian for Travel R Mannino (10 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://italianculturalsociety.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Logos/2010%20ICS%20Logo%20Diorio%20Founded.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="186" height="145"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;talian for Travel &amp;nbsp;in person&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;with Grace Mannino,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursdays 6:15-7:45 p.m.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;P&lt;font&gt;lanning a trip to Italy or simply dreaming of one? Join our fun and practical&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italian for Travel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;class using the popular textbook&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Italiano in Valigia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;("Italian in Your Suitcase"). This course focuses on the vocabulary, expressions, and cultural tips you'll need to navigate Italy with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;From ordering in a trattoria and shopping in l&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;"&gt;ocal markets to asking for directions and checking into hotels, you'll learn real-life Italian through engaging conversations and interactive activities. Pack your linguistic suitcase and get ready to experience Italy one phrase at a time!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;L'italiano in Valigia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;available from &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.edilingua.it/it/1022-litaliano-in-valigia" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;None. This is the first of a four-session class for those interested in conversational Italian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Community School of Naples 13275 Livingston Road, Naples, Room O-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no classes Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A1 Intermediate F Zoom Ardesia (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Beginner Italian A1 (Intermediate) Zoom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays at 12 noon to 1:30 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Introduces fundamental aspects of the Italian language and culture, including basic vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, with a communicative approach emphasizing practical usage in everyday situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;&lt;/style&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Text:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"&gt;The New Italian Project for English Speakers, 1a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span&gt;by Marin et al, available from &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/ITALIAN-PROJECT-COURSE-ENGLISH-SPEAKERS-STUDENT/dp/8899358842" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mepeducation.net/The-New-Italian-Project-1aStudent%E2%80%99s-book-Workbook-audio-video--pp-184-_p_4845.html" target="_blank"&gt;MEPEducation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;There are two versions: for English Speakers with CDs, or Euroedition (no English) with QR codes for the audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Beginner Italian&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom information will be emailed to students the week prior to class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Note: There will be no class Thanksgiving week.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>B2/C1 F Ardesia (11 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Italian B2/C1 &amp;nbsp;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;with Viviana Ardesia, Fridays 1:30-3:00 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Working to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Reaching a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learning to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Text:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Buon Gusto Newsletter.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;Check your registration confirmation email for a Newsletter discount.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Prerequisite:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Italian B2 (2.4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#151515" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Zoom link will be sent to registered students the week before class begins.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#E54216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:" times="" new="" caret-color:="" color:=""&gt;Note: no class Thanksgiving week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#151515"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;style&gt;@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}&lt;/style&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2027 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ceniamo! (13 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to ICS Cenate con Noi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Sophia%20Pasta.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="148" height="140"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/2024%20Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Sophia%20Pasta.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="179" height="170"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Expect to speak Italian throughout the meal.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We provide an atmosphere to practice Italian language with an instructor present to make subtle corrections.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Each participant will pay his own expenses directly to the restaurant. Some restaurants charge a fee for credit cards. Please check with the restaurant in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In order to optimize attendance and seating please notify us if you need to change your attendance status.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://sophiasitaliano.com" target="_blank"&gt;WEBSITE&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://sophiasitaliano.com/index.php/our-menu/" target="_blank"&gt;MENU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/2024%20Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/IMG_4995.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="189" height="117"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://italianculturalsociety.com/event-6716218</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2027 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ceniamo! (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to ICS Cenate con Noi!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Bar%20Tulia%20Mercato.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="171" height="173"&gt;&lt;img src="https://italianculturalsociety.com/resources/Pictures/2024%20Italian%20Language/Ceniamo/Sophia%20Pasta.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="179" height="170"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Expect to speak Italian throughout the meal.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We provide an atmosphere to practice Italian language with an instructor present to make subtle corrections.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Each participant will pay his own expenses directly to the restaurant. Some restaurants charge a fee for credit cards. Please check with the restaurant in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;In order to optimize attendance and seating please notify us if you need to change your attendance status.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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