Italian Facts
Italian is written using the Roman alphabet, but the letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the standard Italian alphabet, appearing only in loan words
Out of all Romance languages, Italian is considered to be the one most closely resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary
Diphthongs (two vowels following each other) in Italian are pronounced as two separate letters
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La moda italiana
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Dopo la pasta, il vino ed i monumenti storici, l’abbigliamento è uno degli aspetti più importanti e curati della cultura italiana.
Da sempre le passerelle di New York sfoggiano capi di grandi stilisti italiani quali Armani, Valentino, Prada, Gucci e Fendi. Questi geni della moda hanno saputo trasformare tessuti grezzi in splendidi eleganti abiti da sera, bellissimi capi sportivi e provocanti completini di biancheria intima.
Il made in Italy resta vincente tra tutte le industrie tessili mondiali. I compratori sono numerosi: 7,3 per cento di crescita per l'estero e il 6,6 per l'Italia. Questi dati dimostrano come la moda italiana abbia saputo catturare i gusti di un pubblico multietnico che continua a farsi vestire da capi etichettati “made in Itally”.
Luisa via Roma, boutique mecca degli spendaccioni globali, ha animato la città di Firenze dal tramonto all'alba con oltre 2 mila persone.
La regola aurea che salvaguarda e consolida lo stile italiano cons iste nella sua creatività, qualità dei tessuti e nell’eleganza che ha vestito i più celebri personaggi del mondo cinematografico. Fra questi si può citare Richard Gere che indossava una splendida giacca da abito di Armani in “American gigolò”.
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Italian Courses in Oldham
You and your group can be trained by our native speaker qualified Italian teachers, and can meet at your place of work or home at a time convenient to you. Tutorials can take place any day of the week, including weekends, and can be scheduled for the morning, afternoon or evening. If your home or office is not suitable for you, you can attend the course at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant course materials.
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Italian courses of this type are aimed towards those that need to learn Italian to aid them with their employment. For those just starting out, it is integral to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and reading and writing can be adopted once the simple precepts are out of the way. Success has come from students who are involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, those seeking jobs in multinational companies, and those working with foreign colleagues, academia and bureaucracy. Just our most basic beginners course will have the student finishing the course with basic telephone/e-mail skills in Italian, as well as survival Italian should a short stay in the country be needed.
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These courses in Italian are wider-ranging in their nature, and are driven towards students who have a variety of differing needs. All beginner students will expect to study enough survival Italian to get them through a short visit to the country, those staying on with the course can progress differently, depending on their individual requests and requirements. Whether you are buying property in a foreign country, married to a foreign national, planning a round-the-world trip, interested in Italian history and culture, or if you simply want to attain a particular level of Italian, this is the choice for you.
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2 or more people can benefit studying Italian together as these Italian courses are also offered to groups (Two-to-One Italian Course or Small Group In-Company Italian Course). Every student must have the same degree of knowledge of the language, the same business or language needs and the ability to study at the same time and place as everybody else. The booking has to be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advocate group sessions of more than 6-8 people, though Taster Italian Courses can be experienced by up to 12 people.
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Oldham
A large town in the northwest of England, Oldham is the largest settlement in Greater Manchester, with a population just over 100,000. What started out as a smattering of small and insignificant settlements loosely scattered around the moorland eventually became a sizeable town. Originally a centre for textile manufacture, the town owes much of its history to the Industrial Revolution, producing cotton, coal and developments in engineering. Nowadays Oldham is known for its pulsating nightlife, active theatrical culture, and its retail facilities.
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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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