Italian Facts
Out of all Romance languages, Italian is considered to be the one most closely resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary
Italian is widely taught in schools around the world, but rarely as the first non-native language
Italian is spoken in Africa, primarily in Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland and Eritrea
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La pasta e gli italiani
Per gli italiani la pasta è un’ eredità nazionale alla quale occorre, in un modo o nell’altro, essere all’altezza. In occasione del Word Pasta Day 2003 è stata fatta una ricerca che ha permesso di indagare in profondità il rapporto degli italiani con la pasta e dunque ricette e abbinamenti preferiti, segreti e tecniche nel cucinarla e abitudini nel comprarla.
È stato scoperto che gli italiani preferiscono una tradizionale pastasciutta al sugo rispetto ad una più elaborata agli scampi e preferiscono la pasta corta a quella lunga. Inoltre lo spaghetto piace molto di più agli uomini che alle donne ed è scelto molto di più dalle persone oltre i 65 anni piuttosto che da quelle sotto i 34, per l quali, invece, le penne passano addirittura al primo posto. Misteri di una psicologia davvero complessa.
I formati delle grandi occasioni sono soprattutto lasagne, pasta all’uovo (tagliatelle & fettuccine) mentre la pasta della domenica consiste in spaghetti e penne che battono perfino le paste ripiene come tortellini, ravioli e cannelloni che sono obiettivamente più difficoltosi da preparare in casa.
Un’ultima curiosità riguarda il numero di ricette che conosce ogni italiano, queste sono dodici e 6 sono quelle che esperimenta ogni anno. Le fonti d’ispirazione abituali sono amici e parenti , giornali e riviste , libri di cucina e televisione . Esiste infine una minoranza di creativi che si affida a una sola musa, la fantasia:si tratta soprattutto di uomini,oltre i 55 anni di età, che abitano nel Centro Italia, spinti forse dal fatto che cucinano meno spesso e lo fanno come passatempo.
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Italian Courses in Worthing
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 Italian courses are intended for people who really need to learn Italian to help make that difference in their work. For beginners, it will be useful to learn greetings and basic business etiquette, at higher levels reading and then writing become more important. Typical students include those involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where an additional language is required, and those working with international colleagues, academia and government. Even on our most basic course for Beginners, students should expect to end the course with basic Telephone Italian and e-mail Italian skills for communications as well as Survival Italian required for short visits to a country.
Book now / EnquiryItalian 1 to 1 General
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.
Book now / EnquiryItalian Group Lessons
If there are 2 or more of you with the same level of Italian, the same targets within the language, and be able to study at the same time and location, then you'll be happy to know that these Italian courses can also be made available for Two-to-One Italian Courses or Small Group In-Company Italian Courses. Listen & Learn do not generally recommend classes of more than 6-8 people, although Taster courses in Italian can run with up to 12 people. Bookings must be made for all participants at the same time.
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Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town on the south coast of England, with a population of almost 100,000. Often considered a retirement home, Worthing in fact has an active underground culture, with the area well-known for smugglers all the way back to the 18th century. The town is more than just a sleepy fishing village. It has a rich archaeological history: many Roman coins, tiles and other pottery have been discovered in several parts of the town. Worthing Pier has stood firm since 1862, which is hardly surprising given the town's crime rate, which is far lower than the national average.
Italian Testimonials
"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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