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Learn Italian online:
You may think of learning Italian online as a second best choice but think again! Our Italian online lessons are structured as if you were in class: they are thorough, they truly provide plenty of practice, and the teacher who presents the course, Giacomo, is humorous and has the ability - born of many years of teaching experience - to predict what your next question will be, so you are definitely in good hands! So start learning right now and discover how much fun it is to learn and speak Italian!
The Italia 500 Italian Beginner 2 online course:
Completed the Italia 500 Italian Beginner 1 online course and aiming at expanding your Italian language skills? The Italia 500 Italian Beginner 2 online course is the course for you.
In the Beginner 2 online course - and please don’t let the grammatical terminology put you off - we study il passato prossimo in detail by describing how we spent the our time in Firenze. Also, we learn how to invite someone out and decide where and when to meet, and how to order in a restaurant. Rest assured: you'll be very surprised by how much you'll learn in the eight lessons which comprise our Beginner 2 online course!
In the Beginner 2 online course - and please don’t let the grammatical terminology put you off - we study il passato prossimo in detail by describing how we spent the our time in Firenze. Also, we learn how to invite someone out and decide where and when to meet, and how to order in a restaurant. Rest assured: you'll be very surprised by how much you'll learn in the eight lessons which comprise our Beginner 2 online course!
How the online lessons work:
Our online Italian lessons are hosted on Vimeo On Demand, and each online lesson, which is approx. 2.5 hours in duration (even though Giacomo does get carried away at times!) is split into a number of "parts", or "episodes", which constitute a "series". By clicking on the image link for each lesson above you'll be taken to the corresponding Vimeo On Demand page where you'll be able to view the trailer for the lesson and, if you wish, to "rent", for US$9.95 (payable by credit card or Paypal), all the episodes which constitute the "series" for that particular lesson. When you "rent" a lesson you'll be able to watch, whenever you like, on your computer, tablet, or smart phone, the whole lesson for up to a year even though we do hope you won't be dawdling on a single lesson for a year!
In each lesson we provide you with instructions on how to download for free the course notes in Pdf format. The purpose of the course notes is for you to see the written form of what is being covered - especially if it's not very clear on the whiteboard - and to add your notes and translations, even for future reference. We don't explain things to any great extent in the course notes - all the explaining is covered in the online lessons. A cautionary note: Giacomo's main preoccupation whilst filming a lesson is to keep the lesson flowing, so he often changes between topics and, on occasion, forgets to indicate what page of the course notes he is working on. The course notes are not hundreds of pages long so we trust it shouldn't be too problematic to find the right page. If you are occasionally confused, please accept our apologies in advance!
In each lesson we provide you with instructions on how to download for free the course notes in Pdf format. The purpose of the course notes is for you to see the written form of what is being covered - especially if it's not very clear on the whiteboard - and to add your notes and translations, even for future reference. We don't explain things to any great extent in the course notes - all the explaining is covered in the online lessons. A cautionary note: Giacomo's main preoccupation whilst filming a lesson is to keep the lesson flowing, so he often changes between topics and, on occasion, forgets to indicate what page of the course notes he is working on. The course notes are not hundreds of pages long so we trust it shouldn't be too problematic to find the right page. If you are occasionally confused, please accept our apologies in advance!
Contact us:
If you need to ask us any questions please contact us at [email protected]
Terms & Conditions:
We dislike having to burden you with our Terms & conditions of use but, alas, we must:
- The payment aspect of our online courses is managed, independently of us, by Vimeo On Demand, which deducts a percentage of the purchase price of the online lessons, as a commission, prior to transferring the payments to us. Thus, we cannot offer refunds for our online lessons, however we do provide a preview for each lesson which will allow you to gauge the quality of the sound, image, content, and approach. Also, we cannnot extend the viewing period of an online lesson (which is one year) or provide you with a "replacement year" if you've been unable to view the lesson in the allocated time, nor can we modify the settings of our Vimeo On Demand pages for individual users.
- The online lessons are not available for download, nor are they available on disk or memory stick - best to avoid problems arising from downloading and we really don't want to spend our lives trotting off to the post office mailing USB sticks and discs!
- The Italia 500 online lessons and course notes are for personal, non-commercial use. We trust that you, as the purchaser, will respect the considerable amount of time and effort we have put into our online lessons and course notes and thus you will not distribute, transmit, sell, broadcast, rent, share, lend, modify, adapt, edit, and license them.
- Italia 500 reserves the right to change at any time, without notice, any information which appears on this site, including the cost of renting our lessons and the duration of the viewing period.
Privacy policy:
When you purchase a lesson, Vimeo notifies us of the purchase but does not provide us your details. However, to purchase and view our online lessons, you will have to join Vimeo. We trust Vimeo, which is a very reputable company, however do take a moment to read Vimeo's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy before joining (you'll find the links to both on the payment light box when you click "Rent all").
