Video is not visible, most likely your browser does not support HTML5 video Contemporary Best Sellers You shouldn't try to dive into a novel or newspaper too early, since it can be discouraging: Children’s books are great practice for beginners (see our Group tab for options), as are software programs with short sentences or passages that allow you to listen to accompanying audio. (Try “News in slow Italian” from our Resources tab). But after years studying Italian, we encourage you to read essays and novels to get more comfortable with the words and grammatical rules that enable us to express our own thoughts, just like reading in your native language. We are not saying that you should start reading Dante's Divina Commedia necessarily because that requires an academic preparation that goes beyond the everyday use of language, but with the help your instructor, you should check this collection of Contemporary Best Sellers in your private sessions! Choose your book and click below to sign up for your private sessions. In other words Through reading about the impressions of Pulitzer-prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri, we will investigate the process of learning to express oneself in another language. In December 2015 Lahiri published a non-fiction essay called “Teach Yourself Italian” in The New Yorker about her experience learning Italian. In the essay she declared that she is now only writing in Italian, and the essay itself was translated from Italian to English. The Neapolitan novels Read with us Elena Ferrante sensation novels and enhance your vocabulary and familiarity with idiomatic expressions, review grammar and learn new narrative tenses while reading selected readings from the Neapolitan novels. Your learning experience will be customized based on your personal skills level and previous exposure to Italian language and narrative texts. We recommend this program to students who have completed Corso Mazzini or equivalent level (B1). The Lying life of Adults Fans of the Neapolitan quartet will recognize the themes to which she repeatedly returns: class, the juxtaposition of beauty and vulgarity, status, money, expectations, female friendships, mothers and daughters. Your learning experience will be customized based on your personal skills level and previous exposure to Italian language and narrative texts. We recommend this program to students who have completed Corso Mazzini or equivalent level (B1). I leoni di Sicilia This historical fiction work is a portrayal of the Florios, historic family from Palermo who went from having nothing to becoming rich and influential, reflecting a piece of Sicily’s history and spanning decades from 1799 – 1868. Your learning experience will be customized based on your personal skills level and previous exposure to Italian language and narrative texts. We recommend this program to students who have completed Corso Vivaldi or equivalent level (B2). Video is not visible, most likely your browser does not support HTML5 video Sign up for private sessions
