Why us?
Because we make learning interesting again, our young and modern approach will captivate your attention.
Because we can offer a competitive price, a good value for your money and excellent results at the end of your course.
Because our lessons are professionally made by experienced linguist with several years of experience in the sector.
Because we develop all 4 skills, listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Because we use all the latest material, and we base our lessons on all aspect of the language. You will be introduced to authentic material such as Tv adverts, newspaper articles, Italian songs, poetry.
Because we make it playful and creative, yes we like to play with the language!
Our teaching system.
Learn serious skills. Our classes are based on the communicative approach and the student is at the center of the learning process. Our aim is to make the learning process fun, creative, active and fruitful.
Our method is fun and makes learning a new language easy and fast. We offer a variety of tools to our students to enable them to learn faster. We are located in central London just few minutes from the Farringdon station, and Oxford Circus station.
Group Italian lessons:
Why do we do it better?
Very simply because we love our business! Instead of putting a student in a large group we only organise small groups where everyone gets a chance to speak the language. It is a full immersion system.
Our tutors and your school.
We employ only native speakers. All our tutors are graduated from a leading university and have a teaching certificate or have been teaching for at least 1 year. All visiting tutors are CRB or police cleared.
We are not a language agency but a language school. We continuously train our teacher following the DITALS directives. DITALS is a teaching certificate and training course created by Università per Stranieri di Siena.
Our Italian learning material (books and multimedia)
We have spent time investigating the best material for our students. We actually import the books from a particular publisher in Italy. In this way we make sure that we are using teaching material that has been created by language professionals. All our students get access to our learn Italian podcast to support their learning.
All our courses are supported by multimedia such as audio and video material.
ALTE European standards for language testing
The Italian class uses courseware designed following the European framework for learning and teaching languages.
Here below is an example how we teach and then evaluate your level. At the end of each course you should be able to be tested according this values.
LEVELS |
Listening/Speaking |
Reading |
Writing |
C2 Level 5 |
CAN talk about complex or sensitive issues without awkwardness. |
CAN (when looking for accommodation) understand a tenancy agreement in detail, for example technical details and the main legal implications. |
CAN write letters on any subject with good expression and accuracy. |
C1 Level 4 |
CAN keep up conversations of a casual nature for an extended period of time and discuss abstract/cultural topics with a good degree of fluency and range of expression. |
CAN understand complex opinions/arguments as expressed in serious newspapers. |
CAN write letters on most subjects. Such difficulties as the reader may experience are likely to be at the level of vocabulary. |
B2 Level 3 |
CAN keep up a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics, such as personal and professional experiences, events currently in the news. |
CAN understand detailed information, for example a wide range of culinary terms on a restaurant menu, and terms and abbreviations in accommodation advertisements. |
CAN write to a hotel to ask about the availability of services, for example facilities for the disabled or the provision of a special diet. |
B1 Level 2 |
CAN express opinions on abstract/cultural matters in a limited way and pick up nuances of meaning/opinion. |
CAN understand factual articles in newspapers, routine letters from hotels and letters expressing personal opinions. |
CAN write letters on a limited range of predictable topics related to personal experience and express opinions in predictable language. |
A2 Level 1 |
CAN express likes and dislikes in familiar contexts using simple language such as 'I (don't) like...'. |
CAN understand straightforward information, for example labels on food, standard menus, road signs and messages on automatic cash machines. |
CAN complete most forms related to personal information. |
A1 ALTE breakthrough level |
CAN ask simple questions of a factual nature and understand answers expressed in simple language. |
CAN understand simple notices and information, for example in airports, on store guides and on menus. CAN understand simple instructions on medicines and simple directions to places. |
CAN leave a very simple message for a host family or write short simple 'thank you' notes. |
Try Free
You can try for free our courses (semi private lessons) just arrange a level check and we will do a small free lesson for you.
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