Italian Language Classes

DLTC Language School Ireland

Call now to book! Italian evening classes - courses starting in January 2012 - see below for details

Genuinely small class sizes (average 8 students per class) ** qualified native teachers ** hour-for-hour best value Italian courses in Dublin ** Beside Dun Laoghaire DART station (20 minutes from Dublin city centre)

• Fully-qualified, experienced, and friendly native-speaking teachers - all of whom are from Italy, have official teaching qualifications, and several years teaching experience each.
• Speaking focused - our Italian classes are aimed at getting students speaking the language. While grammar is covered, the main focus is on everyday communication.
• Genuinely small class sizes - with an average class-size of 7-10 students per Italian class and a maximum of 12 we offer genuinely small class-sizes and so the maximum amount of teacher-student attention.
• Great value - hour for hour and euro for euro we offer the best value evening Italian course in comparisons with all other language schools in Dublin
• Easy access by public transport - only 200 metres from Dun Laoghaire DART station, we can be reached by train from Dublin city centre in less than 25 minutes. 46A bus stops directly in front of us and 7, 45A, 59, 75, 111 bus routes are all within 300 metres of the school.
• Car Parking - plentiful and free (from 7pm) on-street parking directly in front of our premises

• These are either 10 or 20 week evening courses (20 or 40 hours) that take place one night per week 7.15-9.15pm.
• If you are unsure of your level, please contact us and we can arrange for a free level assessment a teacher. These assessments are oral and may be done over the phone if preferred.
• With a limit of 11 students per class, bookings should be made well in advance
• If you don't see the night or course you want here, give us a call on 01-2301290 or contact us here and we may still have an upcoming course to suit you.

As places are limited to a maximum of 11 per class, booking well in advance is advisable. All courses must be paid for at time of booking in order to confirm places. We ask students to book well in advance in order to avoid courses being delayed. All fees are non-refundable once course begins. Courses are subject to demand and availability. There are no classes on public/national holidays nor the night before St Patricks Day. Classes scheduled for a bank holiday will be held the following week. Booking cancellation subject to cancellation fee - see booking form for details. Full terms and conditions on booking form.

Below are listed the aims and major speaking topics of each level of our evening Italian courses:

Speech topics:

• Greetings
• Asking and saying your name and surname
• Adjectives, plural, prepositions
• Asking and telling about your profession, what you do and where you work
• Numbers
• Asking and saying your nationality, address, e-mail address and telephone number
• Talking about your family
• Describing people physically and personality
• Asking for things in a shop and prices
• Asking for directions
• Ordering food and drinks in a bar and restaurant
• Describing your house
• Cultural notes about Italy
• Grammar: verbs to be, to have and present tense of the most useful verbs, articles, plural, adjectives, reflex ive verbs, there is/there are.

Speech topics:

• Talking about your daily routine using the present tense
• Saying how often you do things using frequent adverbs
• Asking and giving information about your health
• Offering, accepting and refusing things
• Booking hotels, restaurants
• Inviting somebody out
• Asking and giving information about places
• Asking specific information about shops, restaurants, bars
• Grammar: present tense of irregular verbs, past tense of the most useful verbs
• Cultural notes about Italy

Aim: At the end of the course you will be able to talk about what you have done, what you can do, events in the past, plans for the future, leisure activities and medical situations.
Speech topics:

• Shopping for clothes and shoes – size, color, ask for discount, material
• Saying what you have done
• Saying what you can do – hobbies, sports, language
• Events in the past
• Talking about films and TV
• Buying tickets for theatre/cinema
• Explaining health problems – going to the doctor/ pharmacy
• Parts of the body
• Saying what you will do …. Future tense
• Talk about your plans in the future

Aim: This is a conversational course aimed at improving overall speaking ability - grammar points are also reviewed.