Our native-speaking qualified Italian teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.
Italian lessons of this type are broader and are aimed towards students with a variety of requirements. While all beginner level students will cover survival Italian - needed for short visits to countries where English isn't widely spoken, or if you wish to 'go local'; those studying Italian usually go in different directions at this point, depending on what they need. Those who have benefitted from these Italian classes have been those investing in or buying property overseas, those married to overseas nationals, people setting off on a round-the-world trip, enthusiasts in Italian culture, and those enthusiastic to pass a specific exam in Italian.
These Italian lessons are driven towards people who have a requirement to learn Italian to bolster their work output. For novices, you will find it useful to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and once you have become more proficient then reading and writing will come to the fore. Typical students include those concerned with import/export, those seeking work in multinational companies, international negotiations, and anyone working with international colleagues or administration. Even on our most rudimentary beginners lesson, students can expect to finish the lesson with decent telephone and e-mail Italian, as well as a good enough grip on the language for a short trip to the country.
The Italian lessons are also available for 2 or more people studying together (Two-to-One Italian Lesson or Small Group In-Company Italian Lesson). All participants must have the same level, the same business or general language needs and be able to study at the same time in the same location. The booking must be made for all participants at the same time. Listen & Learn do not recommend group classes of more than 6-8 people although In-Company Taster Italian Lessons can be run with up to 12 people.
Italian is a popular language around the world in schools, but is rarely taught as a second language
Latin America is full of Italian speaking communities, especially in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay
Italian uses the same alphabet as English, without the letters J, K, W, X and Y - though these letters still appear in loan words
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Da quando è entrata in vigore la legge del Ministro dei trasporti Lunardi, gli italiani sono preoccupati per le loro patenti. Questa legge prevede che ad ogni patente di guida vengano assegnati un massimo di 20 punti.
Per ogni infrazione del codice stradale, al trasgressore vengono tolti un numero di punti proporzionale alla sua gravità e quando questi finiscono la patente di guida viene ritirata e per riottenerla è necessario fare un nuovo esame di guida. Al terzo ritiro di patente questa viene definitamene sospesa. Sono stati inoltre organizzati dei corsi presso le scuole guide, al fine di recuperare i punti persi ed infine se non si commettono ulteriori infrazioni stradali, per un periodo di due anni, si riacquistano due punti.
Dall’entrata in vigore di questa legge, ogni guidatore ed ogni passeggero sulle strade italiane allaccia le cinture di sicurezza, il conducente che trasgredisce viene punito con la perdita di cinque punti dalla sua patente di guida.
Difficilmente si può trovare qualche spericolato che superi i limiti di velocità o qualche giovane che guidi in stato di ebbrezza. Entrambe queste infrazioni portano alla perdita di cinque punti dalla patente di guida ed alla sospensione di essa per un periodo di tempo deciso da un giudice.
Altre gravi infrazioni come ad esempio guidare contromano, posteggiare in zona vietata o in parcheggi riservati ai disabili sono severamente punite.
Dall’inizio del 2004, grazie a questa legge, sono diminuiti notevolmente il numero degli incidenti stradali ed il numero delle morti legate ad essi. Se un tempo il popolo italiano era conosciuto all’estero per la sua povera educazione stradale, oggi sta perdendo sempre di più questa sua peculiarità che lo distingueva da altri paesi europei con un comportamento stradale molto più fiscale come ad esempio la Svizzera. Ciò che gli italiani non perderanno mai alla guida è il loro caldo temperamento mediterraneo!
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