Idlewild’s language courses are fun and practical, and were recently included in the "Best of New York 2012" issue of New York Magazine.

The classes are taught in our beautiful new space in Brooklyn, not a stuffy classroom, by dynamic and experienced native speakers. Class size is limited, so everyone gets a chance to speak in every session.

This Italian class is taught by Maria Barberi, a native of Italy with several years’ teaching experience.

Is this class for you?

This course is for people who have either completed our Italian for Beginners course or have a rudimentary knowledge of Italian (including formation and use of the simple present tense and other basic grammar). Our Advanced Beginner class focuses on more advanced grammar and building conversation skills, and includes presentation and practice of the following situations and grammar topics:

- asking for and giving directions
- the imperative tense
- adverbs of place
- prepositions and means of transportation
- traveling by train (buying tickets, making a reservation, understanding arrival and departure details, etc)
- at the hotel (making reservations, checking in, special requests, etc)
- forming and using the present perfect tense
- irregular past participles
- using reflexive verbs and reflexive object pronouns to talk about daily activities
- talking about likes and dislikes
- forming and using the future tense
- at the doctor, dentist, or pharmacy
- shopping

Each of the eight lessons includes teacher presentation and student participation, including pair or group work. Each student will also be expected to give a two-minute presentation in Italian, on a topic of their choosing, toward the end of the course.

About our classes

• This course is 8 weeks long and will meet for 90 minutes per weekly session.
• Class size is limited to 14 people.
• The beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate courses follow a text (not included in the course price but available to students for the discounted price of $18.00 including tax).
• There are no make-up classes. On the first day of class, each student will receive a syllabus that lists the weekly assignments so you can keep up with your studies if you have to miss a class.

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If you wish to cancel your registration, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least seven days before the start date of your class to receive a refund.

If you wish to postpone your registration to a later session, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least three days before the start date of your class to receive a credit toward a future session (good for one year).