Course Info

Benvenuti!

Welcome to the Italian at a Distance Beginners' course.

As you already know, this course is delivered at a distance via CD ROMs, the internet, and  material for  the orals and  homework you can download from this site.  
Before we start our 'lessons' read through the course's web page and familiarize yourself with its content. Explore the chat room and links to other resources. Play around with it and make yourself comfortable with the computer and familiar with the structure of the course. The course's home page will be our point of reference, especially so the Discussion Forum where you can post your message asking questions, offering comments or even answering other students' queries about the Italian language, culture or simply about the course and its structure. To all those who are new to the internet I would strongly recommend you start the course by reading the 'Web Skills for Language Learners booklet'. The link to this 'booklet' is available on the links page.

Course Description

This course is 11 weeks long and is designed to introduce students to the Italian language and culture basics as well as build students' language learning confidence, enhance their communication and problem-solving skills and facilitate the students' drive towards a life-long language learning experience. The following expressions help in describing this course:

• Distance: students who do not have access or time to attend campus classes are able to enroll.
• Flexible:students can study at the time and pace that best suits them.
• Multi-media:video and audio clips and computer-mediated text from a variety of sources provide students with examples of authentic language.
• Interactive:course material is interactive and students also have the opportunity to interact with peers and their tutor.
• Personalized:students will be in constant touch with their tutor via e-mail and the feedback will therefore be prompt and detailed.
• Integrative:each unit builds on the previously learned language and communication skills.