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 courses 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 courses in Italian are meant for those that feel that learning Italian would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone Italian and e-mail Italian skills for communicating, as well as survival Italian if a short visit to the country is needed.
The Italian courses are also available for 2 or more people studying together (Two-to-One Italian Course or Small Group In-Company Italian Course). 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 Courses can be run with up to 12 people.
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Two vowels occurring together in Italian are spoken as two separate sounds
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L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei con una delle più antiche tradizioni enologiche. Il clima mediterraneo favorisce la coltivazione della vite e per questo motivo da Nord a Sud si può trovare una gran varietà di uve.
Ogni regione produce dei vini con caratteristiche e metodi propri. Alcune regioni italiane sono famose per la produzione dei rossi, altre per la produzione dei vini bianchi, alcune per i vini più giovani ed altre ancora per quelli più invecchiati e corposi, senza dimenticare i passiti.
Perché un vino possa acquisire il marchio DOC deve essere ottenuto da uve coltivate in determinate zone con particolari caratteristiche e deve essere prodotto con precisi metodi. Fra i vini italiani più importanti vi sono: il Barolo e il Dolcetto provenienti dal Piemonte, il Chianti e il Brunello di Montalcino provenienti dalla Toscana, il Teroldago e il Valpolicella, provenienti dal Veneto, il Sassicaia proveniente dalla Sardegna, il Nero D’Avola proveniente dalla Sicilia, il Vermentino proveniente dalla Liguria e molti altri ancora.
In una visita in Italia non si deve perdere l’occasione di visitare una delle molte enoteche che permettono di degustare e di fare apprezzare i profumi di questi fantastici vini.
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"Our native speaker qualified Italian language teachers can train you and your colleagues at your office or home at a time to suit you. Classes can be any day of the week (even weekends) in the morning."
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Charlotte is the biggest city in North Carolina, with just under 700,000 residents, and is notable for being one of the fastest growing sizeable US cities. Traditionally a railroad hub and center for cotton-spinning, Charlotte is today the second biggest international banking nerve center outside of New York city. The population has a varied racial background, with a large African American contingent, as well as sizeable groups of Spanish, Indian, Portuguese, Chinese and Vietnamese speakers, amongst many others. This makes it far easier for Charlotte residents to pick up a new language, providing not only a strong basis for finding good teachers but also a host of opportunities for daily practice.
