Italian Facts
Italian is a Romance language spoken by around 63 million people worldwide, primarily in Italy and Switzerland
Italian is widely taught in schools around the world, but rarely as the first non-native language
Italian has always had a different, distinctive dialect for each Italian city, though a well-known Italian turn of phrase describes it as "the Tuscan tongue in a Roman mouth"
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I vini italiani
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L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei con una delle più antiche tradizioni enologiche. Il clima mediterraneo favorisce la coltivazione della vite e per questo motivo da Nord a Sud si può trovare una gran varietà di uve.
Ogni regione produce dei vini con caratteristiche e metodi propri. Alcune regioni italiane sono famose per la produzione dei rossi, altre per la produzione dei vini bianchi, alcune per i vini più giovani ed altre ancora per quelli più invecchiati e corposi, senza dimenticare i passiti.
Perché un vino possa acquisire il marchio DOC deve essere ottenuto da uve coltivate in determinate zone con particolari caratteristiche e deve essere prodotto con precisi metodi. Fra i vini italiani più importanti vi sono: il Barolo e il Dolcetto provenienti dal Piemonte, il Chianti e il Brunello di Montalcino provenienti dalla Toscana, il Teroldago e il Valpolicella, provenienti dal Veneto, il Sassicaia proveniente dalla Sardegna, il Nero D’Avola proveniente dalla Sicilia, il Vermentino proveniente dalla Liguria e molti altri ancora.
In una visita in Italia non si deve perdere l’occasione di visitare una delle molte enoteche che permettono di degustare e di fare apprezzare i profumi di questi fantastici vini.
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Italian Courses in Hull
Your colleagues and yourself can be trained by our native-speaking fully-qualified Italian tutors at a time and location to suit you. Classes can take place any day, even weekends, and can happen in the morning, afternoon or evening. If the case may be that your home or office is not convenient, there is always the option to take your classes at the office of your teacher. Study books for the course are provided.
Book now / EnquiryItalian 1 to 1 Business
These courses in Italian are meant for those that feel that learning Italian would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone Italian and e-mail Italian skills for communicating, as well as survival Italian if a short visit to the country is needed.
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This set of Italian tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning Italian. Even though all novice students will cover survival Italian: enough Italian to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in Italian culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in Italian.
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Courses in Italian are also accessible for 2 or more studying in tandem (Two-to-One Italian Course or Small Group In-Company Italian Course). All those involved must have around the same experience of the language, similar needs of areas of proficiency, and must be able to work at the same time and place. Bookings must be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advise classes of more than 6-8 people, although In-Company Taster Italian sessions can be run with as many as 12 people.
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Hull
A large town in North Yorkshire, Harrogate forms a conurbation with Knaresborough, the population of the combined urban area being around 85,000. Historically Harrogate was primarily a hub for agriculture and the woollen industry. Nowadays the town is used as a commercial, conference and exhibition centre, owing mainly to the vast array of hotels built during the period before the First World War when Harrogate was a popular getaway for the English élite. Harrogate also acts as a dormitory town for commuters working in Leeds and Bradford, and is also the site of regionally renowned traditional eateries, Betty's Tea Rooms.
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"This is just a quick note to say thank you for arranging our Italian classes. We really enjoyed them and we liked Maria very much. We are interested in having some more lessons, perhaps once a week now. We'd like them to focus on conversation so that we can practise what we've learned so far."
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