Winter 2026 “Conversation Tours”
Conversation Tours:
6-week courses of 1-hour sessions that explore Italian events or locations through the magic of the internet. Each session is carefully curated to include warm-up, comprehension, 1-on-1 and full group activities that give the participant the virtual experience of having visited the event or location featured. You will interact with maps, photos, menus, videos, itineraries and other authentic materials to live your language adventure. Conversation tours are made up of 3-10 participants and take place over zoom with additional websites and presentations being made available to participants by your instructor.
Sagre e feste italiane (Italian Festivals and Fairs):
Sundays 11:00-12:00 CST January 11– February 15, 2025 $179
A 1-hour weekly online guided Italian language-learning course centered around the vibrant and varied fairs and festivals by which Italians mark the changing seasons and celebrate local agricultural and artisanal goods. Whether it be a Guinness World Record holding sausage in Emilia-Romagna, a city-wide food fight in Piemonte or celebrating all things citrus in Sardegna, festivals and fairs offer unique insight into regional and local cultures and cuisines. Each week we will explore a different Festa or Sagra in a different region of Italy. Your instructor has carefully crafted joyful communicative and task-oriented activities and questions to challenge and delight participants using maps, photos, menus, videos, itineraries and other authentic materials. If you are looking to boost your confidence and proficiency in speaking Italian, for a way to maintain a regular Italian-learning practice that combines low-stakes accountability with joyful community building, or you just love learning about local traditions and food ways, this is a great opportunity for you!
Un viaggio da sogno in Italia (A Dream Trip to Italy):
Tuesdays 11:00- 12:00 CST January 13 – February 17, 2025 $179
What makes a dream vacation? More importantly, what makes your dream vacation?
In this 1-hour weekly online guided Italian language-learning course we will explore popular tourist destinations, as well as those that remain off the beaten path. We shall visit Spas, famous hotels and extreme AirBnBs.
We will also learn more about our own and each other’s vacation preferences: are you a sightseeing completest or does vacation mean a beach chair, a good book and a drink with a tiny umbrella? Maybe you’re out for thrills and adventure, climbing mountains and sky diving? We will see what all the Bel Paese has to offer by means of the task-oriented and communication forward activities that your instructor has constructed to challenge and delight participants using maps, photos, menus, videos, itineraries and other authentic materials. If you are looking to boost your confidence and proficiency in speaking Italian, for a way to maintain a regular Italian-learning practice that combines low-stakes accountability with joyful community building, or you are planning your next Italian dream vacation, you belong here!
Email ljmartell86@gmail.com to sign up or for more info
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