This workshop will provide participants with the skills to feel comfortable while communicating during a trip to Italy or in an Italian environment. Teaching each you how to introduce yourself, make hotel reservations, make a phone call, write an email, order in a restaurant, and shop for food.
One field trip will familiarize participants with Italian food products in an Italian shop. Audiovisual materials about Italian culture, music, and daily life will also be a part of the workshop. Vi aspettiamo!
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, March 21 – April 18, 2024.
- Thursday, March 21
- Tuesday March 26 & Thursday March 28
- Tuesday April 2 & Thursday April 4
- Tuesday April 9 & Thursday April 11
- Tuesday April 16
- Thursday April 18: Field Trip
Registration fee does not include coverage for field trip expenses. Participants are responsible for their own purchases and meals during the trip.
Times: 9:30am-11:30am
Location: In-Person, Carleton University Campus – Tory Building
Registered participants will receive an email from the LLeaP team, sharing the room number and parking instructions prior to the first day of this series.
Topics:
- Week 1: Mi presento! Conosciamoci
- Week 2: Buon Appetito!
- Week 3: Io e gli altri – In giro per l’Italia
- Week 4: In Albergo
Materials: The textbook New Italian Espresso by Alma Edizioni is included in the cost of the series.
About the Lecturer: A native of Naples, Italy, Carla Bonora has a Masters in History and Philosophy from the University of Naples. She is an experienced teacher, having worked both in Naples and here as an Italian teacher. She has taught Italian for Travellers successfully at the Carleton University Lifelong Learning Program. She has also taught Language and Culture at “Retraite en Action” in Ottawa. She is a journalist, and a correspondent for “ Il Cittadino Canadese” an Italian newspaper of Montreal. In the past she worked at the European Commission in Brussels, as well as for “Il Mattino”, the main newspaper of Naples. She also worked as an Ottawa correspondent for the Toronto based Italian-Canadian newspaper “Il Corriere Canadese”. Finally, Carla is a member of the Board of Ottawa’s “Dante Alighieri Society”, is a passionate traveller and loves to cook Italian food.
Policies: Please review the Lifelong Learning Policies