Life Skills, Hobbies, Country Pursuits and Sport

Topics within the two and half hour sessions include Personal information and Greetings; Directions and Travelling (hiring a car, travelling by train, by bus); Booking into a hotel; A day at the market and Eating out (restaurant, small bites and drinks).

From the flea market of Porta Portese in Rome and other important open markets to some of the greatest fashion houses of Milan, the course brings you both lesser known cities (Tiscali, I Sassi di Matera..) and cultural highlights of this fine and varied country (Verona and Costa Smeralda) plus how to converse the Italian way with gestures!

Sessions are fun, relaxed and filled with role-plays that gently introduce you to the language. The cultural topics are supported by an array of visual and musical materials. In addition, the vocabulary of this cultural section is extended by resources to practise with your family!

Alessandra Murgia

About Alessandra

Alessandra has a very high reputation across the region as one of our top linguists and Italian tutors. Alessandra has been a valued tutor at our Marlborough College Summer School for over 10 years in succession. She enjoys Chartered Linguist status with Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) and also works for the prestigious Oxford University. She is a tutor for the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham and an examiner for the Ministry of Defence.

Alessandra founded the Italian Experience Cotswold in 2017 and this company now runs courses in Italian all year round and for participants across the UK. Her courses at the Summer School are frequently sold out and this year -for the first time- the Summer School boasts a week for advanced level students

Alessandra has taught for 23years in the UK at all levels, from beginners to advanced. When working for colleges in Wiltshire, Alessandra's students often achieved top 5 marks in the UK at GCSE and Advanced Level. She has assisted in the editing of text books for Oxford University Press (for the international market) and updates her training and linguistic practice at the highly regarded DILIT International School in Rome.