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Complete Italian course \u00b7 B2 to C1 \u00b7 Small group on Zoom<\/span>

Quattro Chiacchiere<\/h1>\"Quattro

Italian, the way Italians actually talk.<\/p>

Level B2 – C1<\/p>

Four lessons. Four students. One native teacher, and a real conversation in Italian from the first minute. We read, argue, laugh and dig into the language through texts that Italians actually read: Calvino and Barbero, the news, a piece from Internazionale<\/em>, a debate about whether Italian cuisine even exists.<\/p>

Maximum 4 students<\/span>100% in Italian<\/span>4-lesson cycles<\/span>Join any time<\/span>Live on Zoom<\/span><\/div>
Join a cycle \u00b7 $119<\/a>See how it works<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n
Quattro, sempre quattro<\/span>

Everything here comes in fours<\/h2><\/div>
4Lezioni<\/small><\/div>

Lessons per cycle<\/h3>

One themed cycle every four weeks. Jump in at any point in the rotation.<\/p><\/div>

4Studenti<\/small><\/div>

Students, maximum<\/h3>

A group small enough that everyone actually speaks, every single lesson.<\/p><\/div>

4Abilit\u00e0<\/small><\/div>

Skills, every cycle<\/h3>

Reading, vocabulary, grammar and listening, woven around one theme.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n

You study it all.
And you speak it.<\/div>

Quattro Chiacchiere is a complete Italian course<\/strong> for advanced learners: reading, vocabulary, grammar and listening, woven together in one programme and taught entirely in Italian.<\/p>

What makes it different is the group of no more than four and the fact that you speak from the first minute<\/strong>. Every four-lesson cycle takes a single theme and works it through all four skills, so what you study you put to use out loud the same lesson.<\/p>

It is for B2 to C1 learners who want to keep building the language on every front: the demanding grammar, the real vocabulary and idioms, the listening at natural speed, and the conversation that makes all of it stick.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n

One cycle, four lessons<\/span>

A rhythm that builds every week<\/h2>

Each four-lesson cycle moves through the same four angles, so every skill gets its turn around a single theme.<\/p><\/div>

i.<\/div>
Lettura<\/div>

Reading<\/h3>

A real Italian text opens the cycle: literature, journalism or a short story, chosen to be worth talking about.<\/p>

From the course: Calvino, “Favole al telefono”<\/b> \u00b7 “La cucina italiana non esiste (?)”<\/b> \u00b7 a piece from Internazionale<\/b>.<\/div><\/div>
ii.<\/div>
Vocabolario<\/div>

Vocabulary & idioms<\/h3>

The expressions, word families and shades of meaning that learners rarely meet in a course book, drawn from the reading.<\/p>

From the course: modi di dire con “su”<\/b> \u00b7 parole simili con significato diverso<\/b> \u00b7 suffissi -abile, -evole, -ante<\/b>.<\/div><\/div>
iii.<\/div>
Grammatica<\/div>

Grammar that matters at B2+<\/h3>

Not the basics again: the advanced structures that quietly separate fluent speakers from very good ones.<\/p>

From the course: le frasi causative<\/b> \u00b7 il gerundio senza “stare”<\/b> \u00b7 i molti usi del condizionale<\/b> \u00b7 i pronomi relativi<\/b>.<\/div><\/div>
iv.<\/div>
Ascolto<\/div>

Listening<\/h3>

Authentic Italian audio at natural speed, the kind made for Italians, then talked through together.<\/p>

From the course: Barbero risponde<\/b> \u00b7 “Le morti pi\u00f9 assurde della storia”<\/b> \u00b7 “Gli italiani conoscono la Costituzione?”<\/b><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n
A taste of the themes<\/span>

Twelve cycles, never the same conversation<\/h2>

You can join at any point in the rotation. Here is the kind of ground a few cycles cover.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Venezia<\/span>

Solleviamo Venezia!<\/h4>

The city, the lagoon and the future of a place the whole world thinks it owns. Reading, idioms with “su”, the gerund without “stare”, and the Constitution.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Cibo<\/span>

La cucina italiana non esiste (?)<\/h4>

A provocative essay on the myth of Italian food. Word formation, demonstratives, and the etiquette of the sales, “Diamoci del Lei”.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Calvino<\/span>

Favole al telefono<\/h4>

Calvino’s bite-sized stories as a way into nouns and their exceptions, “piacere” and verbs like it, and a listening on wealth and poverty.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Attualit\u00e0<\/span>

Internazionale<\/h4>

Reading the magazine Italians read on the weekend: coordinating conjunctions, “bello come il sole”, and Barbero on Latin and gambling.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Storia<\/span>

Cercando te, Charlie Brown<\/h4>

Relative pronouns and similar-but-different words, wrapped around a listening on “the most absurd deaths in history”.<\/p><\/div>

Cycle \u00b7 Lingua<\/span>

Giochiamo con le parole<\/h4>

Aphorisms from a mysterious author, Italian adverbs, and a sharp listening on the new rich and the new poor.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\u2026and more, every cycle. Enrolled students see the full programme and can preview selected lessons.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n

How it works<\/span>

Simple to join, easy to keep going<\/h2><\/div>
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Pick the cycle<\/h4>

Start whenever you like. Every four weeks a new themed cycle begins, and you can jump in at any point.<\/p><\/div>

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Meet on Zoom<\/h4>

One 60-minute lesson a week, live, in a group capped at four so everyone actually speaks.<\/p><\/div>

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Talk, all in Italian<\/h4>

Reading, vocabulary, grammar and listening, woven into a real discussion led by a native teacher.<\/p><\/div>

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Keep the materials<\/h4>

Texts, audio and notes stay in your members area, so you can review between lessons and cycles.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n

One subscription, four complete lessons a month<\/h2>