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Improvers/intermediate intensive course
Our improvers + intensive course is ideal for students who have been learning Italian for at least a year (approx. 40 hours of tuition). It will build on your knowledge, consolidating it further. You will be using your spoken and written Italian to describe events happening now, actions in the recent past and things that you used to do when you were younger, as well as future events.
The course will cover the following:
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Review of Passato Prossimo (Simple Past/Present Perfect) tense use and formation of past participles
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Irregular past participles
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Imperfetto (Imperfect tense) use and conjugation of verbs
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Imperfect tense for descriptions and scene setting
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Story writing using the Passato Prossimo and the Imperfetto
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Direct, Indirect object pronouns and combined pronouns
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Using the partitive
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Buono, Bravo, Bello & Bene
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Future tense uses & formation
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Using the gerund in Italian
Half - day activities
Visit to Fornelli
Spend the afternoon in the hilltop town of Fornelli, considered one of the most beautiful 'borghi' in Italy.
- Guide optional: 50 euros
Visit to Venafro and to The Regional Olive Tree Park
Discover Castello Pandone and the Olive tree park, with Molisan Extra Virgin Olive oil tasting
Entrance to Castello Pandone additional 5€.
Improvers/intermediate week activities
Full - day activity
Pietrabbondante & Agnone
Full day activity - Visit to Pietrabbondante & Agnone
Spend the day in two of the most culturally significant areas of Alto Molise.
First visit the town of Pietroabbondante
Pietrabbondante was a thriving Samnite town in the 6th century BC and archaeological explorations have revealed it to have been an important town and indeed it is widely thought to have been the location of assemblies of the Samnite government. Excavations of the ancient Samnite town have unearthed an important theatre-temple complex which consists of a horse-shoe shaped theatre, a temple and two buildings. The theatre could seat 2500 spectators and has excellent acoustics.
The town of Pietrabbondante is situated at the base of towering rocks called "Morg" Caraceni, which are located at the foot of a mountain on whose slopes have been found many megalithic remains. The town is also rich in flora, bordering large expanses of conifers and hardwoods.
Agnone
Next visit the hilltop town of Agnone, home to the world-famous Marinelli Pontifical Bell Foundry. It is the oldest foundry in Italy and one of the oldest in the world specialising in the art of bells. The village of Agnone was home to several family dynasties that specialized in crafting bells, but the Marinelli Pontifical Bell Foundry is the only one that has survived eight centuries of repeatedly handing down this ancient art from father to son.
Samnite temple/theatre
Pietroabbondante door arch
Bodega Bay Bells created by the Marinello foundary for the memorial to Nicholas Green
Samnite temple/theatre
