Enhanced Italian Verb Drills 1

Enhanced Italian Verb Drills 1 -

NOTE: - This class will actually go from 6:55 to 7:55 (I just wasn’t able to schedule it as such)

Verb Drills I is a 12 week (1 hour per class) workshop suitable for beginners and is the first workshop we ever had as a group and is still my favorite because you get such great returns in the way of being able to say more when you are learning Italian. It focuses solely on learning verbs and how to conjugate them but just learning this took me to another level in my quest to learn Italian. Not only did I learn the words for “to read, to accept, to be able to, to look for, to laugh…” etc but I also learned how to use them in different tenses so now I could say “I will try….” or “I was going….” or “I ate …” so that I could address the past and the future. The best part was that it wasn’t that hard to grasp. However, having said that, it is important to note, that if you do not know many Italian verbs in their infinitive form, i.e. “to dance, to cook, to sing,…” etc then you will have quite a bit of studying to do for the first three of the first six weeks. After that it gets much easier as we continue to mostly work with the same verbs to learn the various conjugation patterns. And now this class has been enhanced to include a host of online support modules as well such as videos, podcasts, online exercises, etc.

This is a course that can benefit anybody learning Italian from the absolute beginner to the student who already knows some Italian but not all of the tenses that we will be covering.

Verb Drills I covers about the first third of the book “Italian Verb Drills” by Nanni-Tate. If you decide to take this course you will need to have this book. You may find this book locally at Barnes and Noble for about $10.00 or simply purchase it at:
Il Tavolo Italiano Bookstore found at

http://iltavoloitaliano.com/PhysicalLanguageResources/

You will want to make sure that you get the "Third Edition"

I would personally recommend this class to anybody who has taken Beginner's 1 but does not already fully understand the Italian verb system for all of the tenses listed below.

The class will cost $45.00 total for all 12 classes and it is due at the first class you attend. This will be an enhanced class so there will be online support for this each lesson. This class has a maximum limit of 20 students.

The schedule is as follows:
Week 1 – Regular ARE Verbs in the present tense
Week 2 – Irregular ARE Verbs in the present tense
Week 3 – Regular ERE Verbs in the present tense
Week 4 – Irregular ERE Verbs in the present tense
Week 5 – Regular IRE Verbs in the present tense
Week 6 – Irregular IRE Verbs in the present tense
Week 7 – The imperative tense
Week 8 – The Future tense
Week 9 – The imperfect tense
Week 10 – Passato Remoto tense and Essere/Avere in various tenses
Week 11 – The Passato Prossimo
Week 12 – Irregular Past Participles

Other than the book “Italian Verb Drills” by Nanni-Tate you do not need to buy any other book for this class as all of the material is online in a printable PDF format. There will be suggested additional reading material but no other books are required. In the event that you do not want to print all of the material yourself for the class a pre-printed binder is available that includes over 150 pages of documentation for the class (instruction and exercises). This also comes with 1 Full set of flash card (12 packs) of the vocabulary that needs to be learned for each week. In addition both of the CD's for this class will be inserted in the pockets of this binder for you. Once again, it is not required that you buy this pre-printed binder and you will be able to print all of this out for yourself, but should you prefer this pre-printed notebook is available to you for $50.00 - You will be asked if you would like this notebook when you rsvp.

Hope to see you in class!

Carlo