Adult Language Courses

Beginner/Pre Intermediate Courses

Beginner/Pre Intermediate (Basic User A1, A2) Click on the link for definitions of proficiency levels

Course sequence:

Beginner 1 (A1)

Beginner 2 (A1)

Beginner 3 (A1)

Beginner 4 (A1)

Beginner 5 (A1-A2)

Pre-Intermediate 1 (A2)

Pre-Intermediate 2 (A2)

Pre-Intermediate 3 (A2)

2024 CALENDAR

SUMMER TERM: June 24 through August 28

Theme-based and reading classes

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FALL TERM: September 16 through November 20

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PLACEMENT TEST

Start
01 Jan 2022

End
31 Dec 2024

Location
ONLINE

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Placement Test

Not sure in which class to register? Complete this placement test.*

We offer a professional Italian language proficiency evaluation for a refundable $25 charge. The amount will be deducted from tuition when you enroll in our classes.

Register and email the completed test to: annaolivero@theitalianculturalcenter.org, Director of Adult Language Program. You will be contacted to schedule a Zoom meeting to discuss the results of the test, your oral skills, and which class best fits your language needs.

* This test is recommended for those who have some knowledge of Italian and are registering for our classes for the first time. Students registering for Beginner 1 and current students don't need to take this test.

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 2 - Monday Evening AF24B2

Start
16 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
18 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to speak more extensively about themselves, their profession, their likes and dislikes. Students will also learn how to handle situations related to ordering at restaurants, shops, ask about prices, clothes, and daily activities. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 1

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON Adult Pre Intermediate Level 2 - Monday Evening AF24PI2

Start
16 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
18 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N., Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of this course is for students to be able to give recommendations, express needs and desires, provide opinions, and talk about work, health, food, and sports. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Pre-Intermediate Level 1

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order a copy of your texts prior to the first day of class:

Textbook:

NUOVO ESPRESSO 2 (BOOK + WORKBOOK + INTERACTIVE E-BOOK)

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

For additional practice:

NUOVO ESPRESSO 2 - Esercizi supplementari

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 5 - Monday Evening AF24B5

Start
16 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
18 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to describe personalities, accept and refuse invitations, discuss and compare Italian social habits, understand and give recommendations and instructions. Each session will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 4

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order copies of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

Chapters 13-15

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON Adult Beginning Level 3 - Monday Evening AF24B3

Start
16 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
18 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to talk about past events, make predictions and express probability, ask and answer questions about time, weather, locations, and places. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 2

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION (BOOK+E-BOOK)

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON Adult Beginning Level 2 - Tuesday Evening AF24B2

Start
17 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
19 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to speak more extensively about themselves, their profession, their likes and dislikes. Students will also learn how to handle situations related to ordering at restaurants, shops, ask about prices, clothes, and daily activities. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 1

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Duration of access to E-book : 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON Adult Pre-Intermediate Level 1 - Tuesday Evening AF24PI1

Start
17 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
19 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to talk about memories and past habits, ask/give advice, compare people and objects, and make formal requests. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 5

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.
Use these links and order a copy of your textbooks prior to the first day of class:
Textbook: NUOVO ESPRESSO 2 (BOOK + INTERACTIVE E-BOOK)

The E-Book contains audios and videos.

Duration of access to E-book: 14 months

Note: the textbook includes the workbook (with keys)

For additional practice:

NUOVO ESPRESSO 2 - Esercizi supplementari

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 1 Tuesday Evening AF24B1

Start
17 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
19 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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In this course, students will learn to introduce themselves, greet others politely and informally, get to know others by asking and sharing information about their place of origin, occupation and free time, as well as how to order in a cafe and a restaurant. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

We also suggest to purchase English Grammar for students of Italian as a reference for differences in English and Italian grammar structures

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ONLINE Practice & Consolidation 3 - Tuesday evening AF24PC3

Start
17 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
19 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
ZOOM online course

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In the third course of the "Practice and Consolidation" series, students continue to review and reinforce their language skills at the upper Intermediate level while working on cultural topics related to contemporary Italy. Grammar structures previously studied will be addressed in their nuances and practiced more in depth.

Prerequisite: Practice and Consolidation #2

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Textbook will be communicated shortly.

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 4 sec.B - Wednesday Evening AF24B4

Start
18 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
20 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to talk about future events, recall events that have repeated in the past, discuss one's eating habits, and express opinions on use of technology in daily life. Each session will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 3

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order copies of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

Chapters 10-12

    The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

  Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook:  NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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ONLINE Bridge to Upper Intermediate - Wednesday Evening AF24BR1

Start
18 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
20 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
ZOOM MEETING

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Before proceeding to Upper Intermediate 1, students have the opportunity to reinforce the most important grammatical structures covered in previous Intermediate levels to become more confident in speaking and writing. Students will engage in meaningful conversational topics with classmates and the instructor to increase ease and automaticity in conversation.

Pre-requisite: Intermediate 3

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

If you do not already have the text Nuovo Espresso 3, you have the option of ordering the e-book version, which will give you sample sentences and structures, as well as practice activities to help prepare for each lesson's conversation topics.

LINK: NUOVO ESPRESSO 3 - E-book

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 4 sec A - Wednesday Evening AF24B4

Start
18 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
20 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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Join waitlist

The goal of the course is for students to talk about future events, recall events that have repeated in the past, discuss one's eating habits, and express opinions on use of technology in daily life. Each session will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 3

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order copies of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

Chapters 10-12

    The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

  Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook:  NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 1 Wednesday Evening AF24B1

Start
18 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
20 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Spaces left
0

Join waitlist

In this course, students will learn to introduce themselves, greet others politely and informally, get to know others by asking and sharing information about their place of origin, occupation and free time, as well as how to order in a cafe and a restaurant. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

We also suggest to purchase English Grammar for students of Italian as a reference for differences in English and Italian grammar structures

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 3 - Wednesday Evening AF24B3

Start
18 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
20 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

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The goal of the course is for students to be able to talk about past events, make predictions and express probability, ask and answer questions about time, weather, locations, and places. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 2

Please contact the school if you have not taken any other classes at ICC before registering. An instructor will assess your level.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION (BOOK+E-BOOK)

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

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IN PERSON - MASTER THE ITALIAN PRONUNCIATION - Thursday evening AF24P

Start
19 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
21 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401

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Are you looking to unlock the melodic beauty of Italian? Want to wow your friends with flawless Italian pronunciation?

Immerse yourself in this 10-week phonetic mastery and accent refinement journey, designed to guide students toward speaking Italian with remarkable authenticity!

What you will learn:

Phonemes and Sounds: Master Italian phonemes and sounds to articulate words and sentences correctly.

Intonation and Rhythm: Learn the essential intonation and rhythm of the Italian language to sound more fluent.

Pronunciation Rules: Study Italian pronunciation rules, including exceptions, to avoid common errors.

Practical Exercises: Use guided pronunciation exercises to apply what you've learned.

Personalized Feedback: Receive personalized feedback to help you improve your pronunciation in a targeted manner.

Join us on this journey to improve your Italian pronunciation and enjoy the learning process in a welcoming and inclusive environment.

Prerequisite: Beginner Level 3 and above

Use this link and purchase the textbook prior to beginning of class:

Fonetica pratica della lingua italiana

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IN PERSON Adult Beginner Level 1 Thursday Evening AF24B1

Start
19 Sep 2024

5:30 PM

End
21 Nov 2024

7:30 PM

Location
Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Avenue N. Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Spaces left
8

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In this course, students will learn to introduce themselves, greet others politely and informally, get to know others by asking and sharing information about their place of origin, occupation and free time, as well as how to order in a cafe and a restaurant. Each class will provide information and discussion on cultural aspects of Italian life.

Use these links and order a copy of your text and workbook prior to the first day of class:

Textbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION -BOOK + E-BOOK INTERATTIVO

The E-BOOK contains audios and videos.

Please note: duration of access to E-book 14 months

Workbook: NEW ITALIAN ESPRESSO UPDATED EDITION

We also suggest to purchase English Grammar for students of Italian as a reference for differences in English and Italian grammar structures

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Course Information:

Classes are offered once per week for ten weeks. Cost: $330
All students must hold active ICC memberships.
Adult classes are for students who are 18 or older.
Attendance of 70% of the classes and the passing of a test are required to continue to the next level
Punctuality towards class starting time is kindly required to avoid class disruption
The ICC requires a minimum of 4 students in any group class. When enrollment drops below this number, students are offered the option of remitting a tuition supplement. If all involved students agree to the supplement, the class can materialize.
All tuition is due in full prior to the first class.
Class registration is not transferable to another person.
All group classes will close after the first week of class, and no new students will be added.
No discounts apply to private, semi-private, customized classes or workshops.
Cancellations of private or semi-private lessons, made less than 24 hours in advance, will be charged at the normal rate of tuition

For online classes:

If you do not receive a Zoom link, and class details, by the day before your first class session, please check your spam folder.
Language sessions are not recorded for students who miss a class.
Active participation is key. Video and audio must be turned on, auditing the class without interaction affects the class dynamic and is ultimately not conducive to learning
Zoom group classes are limited to 8 students per class. However, ICC reserves the right to adjust the number as necessary.

For in-person classes:

Joining a session via Zoom is not an option. The instructor will send information about the missed class to all students before the following session.

Refund Policy:

Students will receive a full refund of course tuition, less a $10 registration fee, prior to the start of the first lesson in the session.
Students can withdraw from the course prior to the second week of class. An administrative fee of $50 will be retained.
No refunds will be issued after the second week of group classes.
PLEASE NOTE: Regular class attendance is strongly advised. If a student must miss class, for any reason, s/he will not qualify for reimbursement or an individual makeup class.