LIVE ONLINE ITALIAN WORKSHOPS  SMALL GROUP CLASSES ON ZOOM with Cristina Baccin  Un fine settimana a Venezia / A weekend in Venice

Do you want to keep up your Italian language skills while you are at home? We will share a virtual weekend in the Carnival of Venice following Federica´s adventures: she is in Venice for a convention, and she meets Alvise, an Instagram friend… We´ll read and listen to very short stories meanwhile we´ll explore famous (and not so well known places) in Venice such as Piazza San Marco, il Palazzo Ducale, il Ghetto, Carnival and tipical food. In Federica´s visits something mysterious will happen…

Join me for a LIVE ONLINE Zoom ITALIAN Workshop starting in January 18th! we will practice conversation and exercises in a small group atmosphere.

ONCE PER WEEK / 5 WEEKS

MONDAYS,  5 to 6:15 pm

January 18th to February 15th, 2021

Registration: Send and email to Cristina : cbaccin@aol.com Fee : $150 (+ 7.88%NM tax) PAYPAL HERE

This Workshop is for Beginners who want to review topics that were already learned in Levels I to III or in a semester at college that included Present and Past Tenses.

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS:  Maximum 8 persons per class (Min. to enroll : 4 persons/If we don´t reach the minimum, your fee will be refunded).

For questions to know if this Workshop is suitable for you, send an email to Cristina Baccin : cbaccin@aol.com

You´ll need to purchase this little book “Un fine settimana a Venezia” by Fidelia Sollazzo (Editorial Casa delle Lingue) which comes with a recorded audio available online. You can find it in several online stores. Click here to take a look to one chapter of this book.

WHAT DO YOU NEED?: You can learn comfortably online as long as you have a computer, a good Internet connection, and a quiet space. My online live sessions are delivered via Zoom and require just basic computer knowledge. This is NOT a recorded class.  Thus, it requires your active participation during each session. If you are not familiar with Zoom, I am available to guide you on the first day 30 minutes prior to our meeting .

I teach Italian especially to English speakers (but not only) in the United States since 2007. First I started teaching children and then adults in the state of Virginia. I received a Master´s Degree in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language from the prestigious University for Foreigners of Perugia (Italy); and I am also Certified in Teaching of Italian as a Foreign Language (DILS-LI) by the same University. The Master’s Degree and the Certification give me a qualification in language teaching related to the teaching of Italian L2 which is evaluated in competitions, selections and job interviews both in Italy and abroad. I particularly like to teach for levels A1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

I am deeply convinced that we all can learn a new language, regardless of our age. We only need to get rid ourselves of perfectionism, especially during the first stages of learning. I really love to learn languages, so in my life I learned five languages: Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese (and German reading). My “recipe” to learning Italian just requires a few “ingredients”: a smile, an adventurous spirit, and kindness to ourselves and others.

I bring to the class my experience of more than thirty years as a Professor in journalism, social communication, and mass media in the Universities of Argentina and Spain. In the US, today I am a bilingual radio-journalist, and I also work as a translator and editor. 

As my father Livio was from Treviso (Veneto), I love prosecco; and as my mother Ambra is from Bolzano (Trentino-Alto Adige), my favorite Southern Tyrol food is speck. I go crazy for gelato and coffee, and I love cooking, gardening, cycling, traveling the world, and dancing tango. A presto!! ©Cristina Baccin

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