Where Pinocchio realizes that his good friends, "il Gatto e la Volpe" (the Cat and the Fox), are not very good friends. But what is friendship after all?

 

Objectives:

 

In this course, you meet Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, and his friends, and you start to get involved with Italian language and culture.
You learn how to greet someone, introduce your self or your family, express opinions, describe objects, places or situations, order at the restaurant, prepare a famous Italian dessert (Tiramisù), ask for directions, make a phone call, book a hotel room, go shopping, use the simple past, sing in Italian and much more!

 

• list and program of Beginner lessons

 

Where Pinocchio and his conscience "Grillo" (Jiminy Cricket), travel through Italy, meet very famous people and ask them what friendship is.

 

Objectives:

 

In the Intermediate Course you follow Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, while he travels through Italy, meets many renowned Italians (Fellini, Rossini, Michelangelo, Leonardo...) and asks them what friendship is.
You get to know more of Italian culture and you become familiar with Italian topics such as Opera, Art, Cinema and others. You learn how to express your opinions in a better way, understand more complex sentences, make comparisons, narrate a fact, write a letter, use the future and much more!

 

*The intermediate course draws inspiration from famous Italian characters. The dialogues between Pinocchio and the characters have been written with creative license.

 

• list and program of Intermediate lessons

 

Where Pinocchio wants to grow-up, even though he doesn't know what to do in life. But what is life after all?

 

Objectives:

 

In this course, you follow Pinocchio, the famous Italian puppet, while he is searching for a job, meets many renowned Italians* (Dante, Ferrari, Galileo...) and asks them how to find a job and to become rich.
You get to know more and more of Italian culture through authentic material and you learn how to write your resume in Italian, make hypothesis, refine and maintain the language, use the subjunctive and much more!

 

*The advanced course draws inspiration from famous Italian characters. The dialogues between Pinocchio and the characters have been written with creative license.

 

• list and program of Advanced lessons