Italian Language Classes
Museo ItaloAmericano
Summer Session 2008
San Francisco: June 2 - August 7
Palo Alto: June 2 - August 5
The Museo ItaloAmericano offers a number of Italian language classes at varying levels. Click on the tabs above for more information!
Pre-registration with payment is required for all classes .
Register early by phone or mail to reserve your place in class. Classes are limited to 15 students.
To register by phone, call 415.673.2200.
Payment may be made by a personal check, Visa or MasterCard at the time of registration.
Class Information
Our teaching Methods
The Italian language classes offered at the Museo are taught by native Italian instructors who are experienced in teaching Italian to English speakers. The classes use a multimedia approach and are limited to a small number of students. Emphasis is on conversation from the beginning.
We encourage you to lessen the mental stress of speaking in class with a glass of wine and
a bite of formaggio now and then!
And... remember, studying Italian is fun, because you learn all about the most
beautiful country in the world and its 'simpatici' inhabitants!
Textbooks are available at the Museo ItaloAmericano
San Francisco Palo Alto
The thrill of going from 0 Italian to being able to order 'caffè macchiato' at a caffè, to ask for directions to the Colosseo and to greet your newly found cousins in Genova!
Continue to enrich your vocabulary while learning the Passato Prossimo and the Future. You will now be able to order a full meal with wine at any restaurant in Italy and you will be able to write a simple letter to your Italian cousins or Italian friends.
Besides continuing your grammar studies you begin reading short, short stories and after studying the 'imperfetto', conditional and conjunctive, you can start writing them.
Now that you know everything about Italian food and wine, you can begin to learn about Italy's contemporary literature: humor writers, Achille Campanile, Beppe Severgnini or more serious ones, Natalia Ginzburg, Leonardo Sciascia, Alberto Moravia and many others. And, while you discuss the text, your teacher will gently remind you about the subjunctive, the double negative and the use of 'fare' with the infinitive! Films based on reading material will be shown as available.
Wednesday - 10:00 - 12:00 a.m.
class will be reading Una Storia Semplice,
by Leonardo Sciascia
Wednesday - 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
class will be reading Storia della Filosofia Greca,
by Luciano de Crescenzo
Thursday - 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
class will be reading Io Non Ho Paura,
by Niccolo' Ammaniti.
Thursday - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
class will be reading Io Non Ho Paura,
by Niccolo' Ammaniti.
All books are available at the Museo Italo Americano
Converse about Italian art, cuisine, fashion design and opera while reviewing those boring pronouns, prepositions and the mystifying use of the imperfetto.
Discussions led by Paola Bagnatori are offered Free to members on Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
L'imperfetto, il tempo progressivo e il futuro
Class Schedules
San Francisco Palo Alto
Summer Session 2008 - San FranciscoJune 2 - August 7 |
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| Class | Day | Time |
| Beginning |
Wednesday
Monday |
10:00 - 10:00 noon
6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Intermediate I | Thursday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Intermediate II | Monday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Da Capo (chapters 8-10) | Tuesday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Intermediate Review and Conversation I (Must have some knowledge of the presente, passato prossimo & imperfetto indicativo) | Wednesday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Intermediate Review and Conversation II (Must have some knowledge of the trapassato, congiuntivo & condizionale) | Tuesday | 10:00 - 12:00 noon |
Advanced Studies |
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| Advanced Conversation (some grammar review) uses Da Capo texbook | Tuesday | 6:30 - 8:30pm |
| Letture in Italiano. (Conversation based on readings of short stories and viewing films.) |
Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday |
10:00 - 12 noon
1:00 - 3:00 pm 3:30 - 5:30 pm 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
All San Francisco classes are held in the Museo library and gallery.
Sometimes, though rarely, the Museo space is required for an event.
At this time classes will be held in another classroom at Fort Mason.
Your teacher will inform you of the alternate location.
If you are not sure which class is appropriate for you, please call
the Museo ItaloAmericano at (415) 673-2200 for placement.
Summer Session 2008 - Penisula - Palo Alto
Cubberley Community Center
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| Class | Day | Time |
| Intermediate
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Monday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| Intermediate VI This will be a 5 week class, starting July 8 and ending August 5 |
Tuesday | 1:00 - 3:00 pm |
| Intermediate/Advanced |
Tuesday | 6:30 - 8:30 pm |
| For information regarding classes in Palo Alto, please call the Museo ItaloAmericano at (415) 673-2200 | ||
Enrollment Information
Pre-registration with payment is required for all classes.
Register early by phone or mail to reserve your place in the class.
Classes are limited to 15 students.
To register by phone, call (415) 673-2200.
Payment may be made by a personal check, Visa or MasterCard at the time of registration.
Tuition
Regular & Intensive Course:
Members $160
Non-Members $200
Based on a class minimum of 7 students.
A surcharge is applied if class has less than minimum.
- 6 students - members $200, non members $240
- 5 students - members $250, non members $290
Refund Policy
- Full refund if the Museo cancels class
- Full refund less $20 processing fee for student cancellation before the first class
- 75% refund if the student cancels after the first class and before the second class
- No refunds after the second class
- No credits given for future classes