Fall session starting the week of Sept. 20, 2010 - enroll now!
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2010

Italian Group Classes

3 Basic and 3 Intermediate levels plus Italian for Travelers

Classes meet once per week for 2.5 hours

Small class size (max. 9 students)

Experienced, native-speaking teachers

Four 10-week terms per year

Affordable tuition

Conveniently located at Dupont Circle

$340 for 1 level, $20 early-sign up discount through Sept. 1, 2010

The Italian Language Program at ILI consists of four 10-week terms throughout the year. We are offering three Basic levels, three Intermediate levels and Italian for Travelers. Classes meet at the Institute once a week in the evenings or on Saturday mornings. Our teachers are all native-speaking and experienced. The Italian Language Program integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing. We maintain small class sizes to enable adequate time for conversation in every class. To find your level, please refer to the level description or use our self-evaluation guide. If you have further questions, please call Francisco Todd, ILI's Foreign Language Coordinator, at 202-686-5610 ext. 105.

Level Description

Basic 1: The emphasis of this beginner class is on pronunciation, vocabulary building, basic grammar and basic conversation. This course is for those students with little or no ability in the language. Introduction to basic listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course. Dialogues, readings, and cultural notes included are depicted in what life is like in Italy today. Previous Italian not required. Basic 1A and C are identical in content.

Objective:	To introduce Italian to students who never took Italian at school or had the Italian language in their lives at all. The students in this level will experience Italian for the first time and will enjoy learning word by word in a dynamic way.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to identify words and expressions in Italian. They will be able to say or express basic ideas, sentences and desires in simple present tense. They will learn enough vocabulary to continue with Italian Basic 1.
Topics:	Regular and irregular verbs in the present tense; articles; basic questions; uses of essere and avere; prepositions; origins, and structures; phonology and alphabet; pronunciation guide; the accent mark; noun gender; greetings; days of the week; numbers from 1 to 100; colors ; telling time; the house; a school; the city; the bar; foods.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio Cd, $140 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $75
Lessons:	Lezione preliminare and Lezione 1-5, additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 1A: Wednesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Basic 1C: Saturdays: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Basic 2: This course is the continuation of the Basic 1 level and for students who have taken formal instruction a while ago, or have previous informal exposure to the language. Building of the basic foundation provided in the introductory level, students will learn to introduce themselves and conduct simple conversations on a range of everyday subjects. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	To continue to introduce the Italian language to students who took Italian Introductory or students who took Italian previously. The students in this level will learn to express their ideas spoken and orally in simple present tense of the most common regular and irregular verbs and in the past and imperfect tenses.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to readily identify the simple present and past tense written and orally. They will be able to say or express their ideas, sentences and desires easily at a basic beginner’s level. They will learn enough vocabulary to continue with Italian Basic 3. Students will be introduced to the basic past (passato) and the imperfect (imperfetto) verb tenses and will learn how to conjugate the most common action verbs.
Topics:	Present perfect and past participle; reflexive verbs; formal and informal forms of the imperative; direct pronouns; demonstrative pronouns; personal pronouns; negative expressions; imperfect tense; indirect pronouns; plural; simple and articulated prepositions; structure of the interrogative sentence.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio CD, $140 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $75
Lessons:	Lezione 6-11 and additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 2A: Thursdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Basic 2C: Saturdays: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Basic 3: At this level students will continue to build upon the foundation of the language that they acquired in Basic 2. Students will continue to improve on their listening and speaking skills through structured dialogues and other practical activities. This level continues to build up necessary grammar skills that will enable students to understand, read, write and translate sentences and paragraphs. This course is well-suited for students that have completed at least one semester of college-level Italian or the equivalent in a language institute. Students will learn to easily use present, past and future tenses, along with more complex vocabulary and grammar. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will continue to be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	Students will continue with the Italian basic program with more difficult and much deeper structure for building sentences. To make students use Italian structures taught in the previous level by continuing to build and use more difficult and much deeper sentence structures. The students in this level will express their ideas by using a solid vocabulary foundation of many adjectives and adverbs.
Learning Outcome:	The students will be able to have a basic conversation based on daily routine activities. They will be able to say or express their ideas with a full command of adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. They will be able to understand and be understood in three major tenses, present, past, and future with some combinations of imperfect, conditional and subjunctive. The average student will have acquired an active vocabulary of approximately 1,200 words together with many more words in speech and writing. The student is ready for intermediate level courses.
Topics:	Future and conditional tenses; subjunctive and imperfect combinations; relative pronouns; Italian cuisine; political system; music and arts; adverbs; adjectives; prepositions; impersonal constructions; jobs; home; transportation; Italian nightlife; comparative and superlative clauses and uses.
Textbook:	"Oggi in Italia" Student Textbook hardcover 8^th edition plus audio CD, $140 Oggi in Italia, 8th Edition Workbook/Lab Manual, $75
Lessons:	Lezione 12-18 and additional workbook exercises and supplemental cultural activities.

Basic 3: Tuesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Intermediate 1: This low Intermediate level course starts with a conversational grammar review which presupposes a basic knowledge of Italian. Emphasis will be placed on using this grammar in conversation. This class is ideal for those who studied Italian a long time ago and need a refresher. This class is also meant for those students who have studied basic grammar but don't feel as though they can adequately use it in conversation. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course. Students will review vocabulary, such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs and names.

Objective:	To introduce students to a variety of strategies for learning Italian at home or office and practice at the institute. They will use common expressions and will learn much more, altogether idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs.
Learning Outcome:	Students will be able to have a normal conversation based on daily events and express their ideas in written and orally ways. This level will refresh the previous knowledge about simple present and past tenses and strengthen all grammatical structures learned. It will also master preterit and imperfect tenses and use them properly when explaining past events in conversation.
Topics:	New verb conjugations of the preterit perfect, imperfect, irregular verbs in the present participle, the progressive forms, the use of adjectives, repeated events in the past, object pronouns, reflexive constructions, numbers, the impersonal infinitive, diminutives, nationalities, special verbs, dialogs on telephone conversations, hotels, banks, family, and several readings about everyday topics.
Textbook:	“Da Capo” 7^th edition, paperback, $129
Lessons:	Capitolos 1-4 and varied supplementary material.

Intermediate 1: Mondays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Intermediate 2: This course is for the student who is at a mid-intermediate level. Students at this level need to have a solid basic foundation of the language and are looking to expand their knowledge of the more complex forms of Italian. This level will teach students the difference between the future, subjunctive and conditional tenses and will complete study of the simple tenses. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	To master future, conditional and subjunctive tenses and differentiate one from another (will and going to). To become much more comfortable understanding and using the proper verb tenses as they relate to moods in Italian. To provide you with interesting insight into Italian culture from all regions of the country, and bring it all to life.
Learning Outcome:	Students will be able to comfortably explain past events in both past tenses during routine conversations and plan activities in both future tenses. Students will acquire a wider use of idiomatic expressions using phrasal verbs and will become comfortable navigating Italian internet sites.
Topics:	Various uses of the subjunctive, future, conditional, personal infinitive, present and past participles, and infinitives as verbal objects, imperatives, giving and understanding directions, horoscopes, time and time expressions, restaurants and menus, post office, airport, several readings about everyday topics.
Textbook:	“Da Capo” 7^th edition, paperback, $129
Lessons:	Capitolos 5-9 and varied supplementary material.

Intermediate 2: Tuesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Intermediate 3: This is the final conversational review grammar based course. This course is for students who are at a high intermediate level and don’t feel ready for the more advanced levels. Students at this level are able to handle everyday conversations with ease but are eager to expand their cultural and idiomatic knowledge of Italian, as well as wrap-up their learning of advanced grammar. Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be addressed throughout the course.

Objective:	This level will end covering all the grammatical structures needed to send the student into real-life situations speaking Italian and to get them ready for the more advanced courses. To have full command of the language most important verb tenses.
Learning Outcome:	Students will be able have a conversation with native speakers about different subjects using the right conjugation and right words when talking or expressing specific points of view. They will become familiar and comfortable using the more compound verb tenses. We will expand their knowledge of idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs together with the use of the passive voice.
Topics:	Introduction to compound verb tenses such as, the past subjunctive, indicative vs. subjunctive, dependent clause vs. personal infinitive, popular proverbs, comparatives, pastimes, the subjunctive in adjective and adverb clauses, impersonal expressions, -ear & -iare verbs, points of view, automobiles, modern life, pastimes, and several readings about everyday life topics.
Textbook:	“Da Capo” 7^th edition, paperback, $129
Lessons:	Capitolos 10-14 and varied supplementary material.

Intermediate 3: Wednesdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Italian for Travelers: This course is designed with the social traveler in mind. Using a phrase book/travelers guide the student will practice basic phrases for everyday use while traveling, through in-classroom role-plays, enabling them to communicate instantly on a host of topics: restaurants, shopping, hotel check-ins, health and medical situations, essential services, boat, plane and train travel, much more. Vacation travelers will find everything they need for a smooth, successful trip with the combination of the use of the phrase book/travelers guide and real-life classroom instruction. Tuition: $160.

Textbook: Phrase Book, cost included in the tuition.

Length of program: Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 pm; 5 weeks.

Program Details

2010 Schedule:

Summer Term		June 28 - Sept. 4, 2010		Deadline: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Fall Term		Sept. 20 - Dec. 4, 2010		Deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

2011 Schedule:

Winter Term	Jan. 10 - Mar. 19, 2011	Deadline: Wednesday, January 5, 2011	Discount ends: Dec. 5, 2010
Spring Term	Apr. 11 - June 18, 2011	Deadline: Wednesday, April 6, 2011	Discount ends: Mar. 1, 2011
Summer Term	July 11 - Sept. 17, 2011	Deadline: Wednesday, July 6, 2011	Discount ends: Jun. 1, 2011
Fall Term	Sept. 26 - Dec. 3, 2011	Deadline: Wednesday, September 21, 2011	Discount ends: Sep. 5, 2011

Tuition: $340 for one level. Early sign-up discount: $20 for one level. $160 for Traveler class. Please click here to apply on-line.

Duration: Classes meet once weekly in the evening or on Saturday mornings for 10 weeks (5 weeks for Traveler class). Each session is 2.5 hours.

Refunds: No refunds are issued once classes have started.

Textbooks: May be purchased at the time of registration or at the Institute before or on the first day of class. Prices are subject to change at any time.

Attendance & Tardiness Policy: It is important for students to attend every class meeting. It is also important that they arrive on time for class. We cover a lot of material in each class. The instructor cannot repeat material for students who are absent or come late. Students will be marked absent when they do not come to class. Students who arrive 15 minutes after the advertised starting time will be marked late. For every 3 times that the student is marked as late, it will count as a missed hour. If we notice that a student’s attendance is in danger of falling below 70%, we will issue an attendance report to the student.

Performance Measurements: Our program requires each student to participate in weekly quizzes, which will be graded, based on a “Pass” or “Fail” system. There will be a final quiz that will measure the sum of the instructional objectives for the course. Grades are verbally communicated to students at the end of each class/course, and are marked on the attendance/performance sheet. Students must have completed and passed at least 70% of the quizzes to move to the next level.

ACCET Certification: ILI’s foreign language group programs are now accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training), and we also offer 2.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) per every successfully completed course, 5.0 for the accelerated courses. Upon request, our Certificates of Completion can include the CEU’s earned per semester.

Certificates of Completion: We issue certificates at the end of the semester and they can be ordered at the front desk. In order to be eligible to receive a certificate or pass to the next level, you are required to attend a minimum of 70% of the classes and have a “Passing” grade. We will need a couple of days in order to verify your attendance and passing grade before issuing the certificate.

Inclement Weather: Classes are cancelled in accordance with federal government closings (not school closings!) due to inclement weather. Please check public announcements on radio, TV and the Web; or call ILI at (202) 362-2505.

Cancellation/Substitution: The International Language Institute reserves the right to cancel any class if deemed necessary. Prior to commencement of class, students will be given a full refund. In the event of cancellation after the commencement of class, the pro-rata portion of the unexpended tuition will be refunded within $5. The prorated amount of refundable monies will be determined by the ratio of classes completed to the total number of classes in the scheduled program. The International Language Institute reserves the right to assign substitute instructors whenever necessary.

Location: See address below.

Questions? Please call Francisco Todd, Foreign Language Coordinator of ILI, at 202-686-5610 extension 105.