| Focus
Language offers Italian
classes for beginning and
intermediate students. We work with businesses,
corporations and
individuals. We concentrate on
developing good speaking
and comprehension
skills. We use a
conversational approach which
allows you to use the language
immediately. Italian is
a wonderful language and it
lends itself perfectly to a
fun interactive
approach. Italian
becomes fairly easy to read
after a short while and you
can begin to develop your
knowledge fast. You can quickly begin to
communicate in Italian
comfortably and enjoy all the
benefits of knowing another
language. |
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use recordings, podcasts and
in-class work in our Italian classes to help you
gradually learn
Italian enjoyably. |
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ABOUT
ITALIAN |
| Italian
is a cousin by marriage of
English (connected through
French) and both have a lot in
common. This makes it
much easier to learn than more
distant languages. There
is so much in common between
the vocabulary and the grammar
of both languages that you can
progress
fast. |
| Vocabulary |
Italian
vocabulary has tens of
thousands of words in common
with English. You can
easily recognize and learn
them: televisione,
macchina, spendere, nazione.
Once you get used to the way
they are modified, it becomes
a breeze. For example,
there are 1,200 words in
"ion" in English
which become "ione"
words in Italian: elevazione,
nazione, preparazione,
preoccupazione
etc. It is obvious
what these mean in
English.
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Italian
classes Chicago
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| Grammar |
| Italian
grammar has more grammar forms
than English, and it requires
some concentration to
learn. But once again
its close relationship
to English allows you to
intuitively know how to build
sentences very easily.
There is always a way to
practice grammar
conversationally which makes
it much simpler and
natural. |
| Pronunciation |
| There
is nothing really too
challenging in Italian
pronunciation. Once you
understand the rhythm and
music of the language it
becomes quite fun and easy to
learn Italian. The
spellings may look odd to
English speakers but they are
systematic and regular. |
| Our
Italian classes are structured
to bring you to a practical
knowledge of the
language. We pay close
attentions to individual
students and how they
learn. |