Italian
10-week Course

Course Description

• 20-hour course over 10 weeks, one 2-hour class per week
• Fits easily into your life
• Ideal for long-term learning, busy people or those studying for fun
• Focuses on practical language for use outside the classroom
• Sociable, relaxed atmosphere

Class Times: 6:30-8:30pm

Start Dates Available: Oct 2010 , Jan 2011 , Apr 2011

Minimum Age: 18

Course Materials: Included in the course fees

School: Cactus London Canary Wharf / Map

Location: London - Canary Wharf

Language: Italian

Course Type: 10-week Course

Cactus Curriculum

Cactus part-time language courses are typically offered at seven levels, from Cactus Level 1 to Cactus Level 7, suitable for students with and without prior knowledge of the language. Studied in sequence, the seven levels are designed to progress students from beginner level through to advanced. The programme can be picked up at any level, according to existing language skills. Each level can also be studied as a one-off course in its own right to build or refresh language skills at the chosen level.

Courses run consecutively throughout the year with breaks for the Easter and Christmas periods. This provides the opportunity for continuous training, allowing students to progress and move up to higher levels as their skills develop.

What level am I?

To help you decide which level is right for you, please look at the course level descriptions and take our online language level test.

Course level descriptions

Cactus Level 2 Cactus Level 3 Cactus Level 4

What will I learn?

The course outlines give an overview of the content and learning framework of Cactus part-time group courses and include themes, grammar and vocabulary you can typically expect to cover. These are intended as a guide only and our teachers may at times adapt the course content to suit the specific level, aims and interests of the class.

Read the Italian course outlines for all levels

All of our courses are carefully structured and designed to cover a wide range of topic areas, grammatical structures and skills. Cactus Foreign Language Courses include the following elements:

• Spoken communication to build confidence in interacting with native speakers
• Listening and comprehension skills to improve understanding
• Grammar and sentence structure
• Everyday language for use in real-life situations, both spoken and written
• Core vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Reading practice and written communication

All of our teachers are fully qualified and experienced foreign language teachers with a specialised background in adult education.

What progress will I have made by the end of the level?

The Learning Pathway provides a guide to what you can expect to achieve by the end of your course at any given level and also shows what progress you can expect to make if you stick with it and carry on studying subsequent levels

Cactus Level 2 pathway Cactus Level 3 pathway Cactus Level 4 pathway

The School - London Canary Wharf

Our school at Canary Wharf is located in the business centre at the Reebok Sports Club right in the heart of Canary Wharf. The centre is located above Waitrose Food and Home in Canada Square, just minutes from the central shopping mall. The window-facing training rooms offer excellent views over London and provide the perfect environment for learning languages.

Nearest Tube: Canary Wharf

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The Teachers

Our teachers are qualified and experienced language trainers, and are all native or bilingual speakers. They have been interviewed by our full time Academic Team, and have had their references followed up. We assign classes according to the strengths of our teachers and work with them to ensure the quality of course delivery is excellent at all times. We have also introduced a comprehensive Teacher Development Programme at Cactus, which incorporates a range of seminars, classroom observations, same-language teacher forums, regular newsletters, and information on methodology and hands-on teaching techniques. Our teaching philosophy is based on looking at ideas, asking questions, and meeting challenge.

Course Materials

For all Cactus Foreign Language Courses you will be supplied with course materials, which form the basis of your study.

• 1.8 miles / London Greenwich
• 3.0 miles / London Cannon Street
• 3.0 miles / London Liverpool Street
• 4.3 miles / London Islington

Student Feedback - See what students have said

At the end of your course you will receive a questionnaire. Your feedback enables us to maintain the quality of our language courses and ensure you're getting the maximum out of your chosen course.

Read the feedback here

School Feedback

• The Teacher Joanna Lam is very nice and friendly, she is helping us to improve English communication. I would like to say thanks to Cactus and Lam. 

  (Nagaraju, Jan 2007 )

• I enjoy the way Tina teaches and she is well prepared for each class.

  (Richard, Jan 2007 )

• Alice is great and makes the lessons fun. Her approach to teaching is no doubt the reason why people continue to attend the class. She has fun ways of explaining things that help me to remember what I'm learning. Her drawings are novel too. We laugh a lot and that motivates me to go to class after a busy day at work when I might otherwise be tempted to go straight home.

  (Kerrie, Sep 2006 )

• Yes, very happy with first lesson. Rudy is a good bloke. Gave me some good ideas on easy ways to practice.

  (Richard, May 2006 )

• I was very satistied because of the first lesson. We were two students and it is good to concentrate. The teacher is very interested and teaching. I think it will be good for me to learn basic things. Thanks for your interest...

  (Duygu, May 2006 )

• The course went very well and was most useful, especially having a native French speaker conducting the lesson. I am looking forward to next Thursday’s lesson.

  (Christopher, May 2006 )

• Linda knows exactly how much effort students need to make as she brings her personal experience of learning a language to the class. Her relaxed manner and teaching technique work very well.

  (Christopher, May 2006 )

• Well, so far so good, I am enjoying my lesson, Perla is great, she makes Spanish fun and interesting.

  (Ena Suzanna, May 2006 )

• Excellent. Thanks!

  (Gideon, May 2006 )

• I have had my first two lessons this week and I have really enjoyed them and the teaching is brilliant, just at the right pace, not too slow but not too fast either!

  (Tala, May 2006 )

• I attended the beginners Spanish course in Canary Wharf at lunch times with Perla from 16 May – 13 June. I was very happy with the lessons and Perla was an outstanding teacher! I would like to continue to the next level.

  (Karen, May 2006 )

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