Learn to Speak Italian with the Author of Fra Amici (Amongst Friends), in a 6-week Quick Progress Italian Course: Beginners 1 (for people with minimal or no Italian) - Starting with Two Italian for Travellers Beginners (3 hour) Language Workshops (Weeks 1 and 2).

Are you travelling to Italy? Make the most of your trip by joining Juliana's Italian To Go Travel Topic Workshop and FRA AMICI (Amongst Friends) Italian Language Classes in a quick progress Italian Course. Would you like to speak Italian for personal or work reasons? You can Learn Conversational Italian Quickly in friendly, enjoyable classes with a relaxed atmosphere, led by the author of Fra Amici (Amongst Friends), Juliana Pupazzoni Burman. Enjoy yourself as you learn in a practical, fun, effective course that will have you speaking Italian quickly and confidently. You learn authentic, functional, everyday language to help you to communicate simply in Italian.

The Beginners 1 course is suitable for complete beginners in Italian.

It is suitable for people who have not studied Italian before (but who may know a few common words) and for people who may have done a little Italian years ago but whose knowledge is now very "rusty". If you are not sure of your level, you can contact Juliana to discuss it.

If you already know some Italian, you can start with Beginners 2 or Beginners 3 or Beginners-Intermediate.

• You can do a 6-week course: Beginners 1 or Beginners 2 or Beginners 3.
• You can save $115 with the 6-week Course Fee Class Text Discount Package: Beginners 1 or Beginners 2 or Beginners 3.
• You can save $254 with the 12-week Course Fee Class Text Discount Package: Beginners 1 and 2 or Beginners 2 and 3.
• You can save $429 with the 18-week Course Fee Class Text Discount Package: Beginners 1, 2 and 3 or Beginners 2 and 3 plus Beginners-Intermediate Course.

Many thanks for a fantastic course. Great fun.

Jim H., North Fremantle, Beginners 1 & 2 courses 2011

Thank you so much for your wonderful Italian classes.

Janene S, Mosman Park, 21.06 2011

Grazie, Juliana. This has been an inspiring course. I can't believe I've waited this long to begin this exciting journey. Buon Natale! See you in 2011.

Eloisa G., WA, 15 November 2010

Thank you Juliana. I have really enjoyed this course very much. You have created a lovely atmosphere that is fun and easy to learn in.

Regards, Greg & Marina M., Carine, 15 November 2010

Weeks 1 and 2 of the Fra Amici 6-week Beginners 1 language course comprise the Two "Italian To Go" Beginners Italian for Travellers - Beginners (3 hour) Language Workshops 1 and 2.Weeks 7 and 8 of the Fra Amici 12-week Beginners 2 language course comprise the Two "Italian To Go" Beginners Italian for Travellers - Brush Up Your Italian (3 hour) Language Workshops 3 and 4.

In the Italian To Go Workshops we focus on an overview of travel topics, with an introduction to conversational Italian. The emphasis is on using key expressions in the main travel topic scenarios to start you off on conversing in Italian. You start speaking Italian from the very beginning of Workshop 1. The practical hands-on approach makes learning Italian easy.

After the Italian for Travellers Workshops, the enjoyable Beginners 1, 2 and 3 Italian courses focus on increasing your understanding of the beautiful Italian language and on improving your conversational skills in Italian. The Fra Amici (Amongst Friends) Beginners Italian Language Courses focus on conversation on everyday language and travel topics. The focus is on real conversation. You start speaking Italian from the very beginning of Week 1 and you increase your understanding of the language and your conversational skills in Weeks 3-6. As our class text we use Fra Amici. Our main focus is on conversational Italian, but we also cover other aspects of language-learning: listening, speaking, reading, writing, understanding and using Italian grammar and immersing ourselves in Italian culture. You learn authentic, functional, everyday language to help you to communicate in Italian. Enjoy yourself as you learn in a practical, fun, effective course that will have you speaking Italian more confidently.

The main focus of the Beginners 1, 2 and 3 Italian courses is on conversation - on practical everyday language and travel topics. In these courses, we use the travel topics that we learned in the Italian For Travellers and Brush Up Your Italian Workshops as topics of real conversation. You learn how to have conversations incorporating everyday and travel scenarios:

• meeting new people,
• ordering food and drinks at a coffee bar,
• buying a train ticket,
• checking into a hotel or pensione (bed and breakfast),
• talking to family, friends and strangers
• ordering a meal in a restaurant
• buying your own food in food shops,
• asking for and understanding street directions,
• going shopping (shoes, bags, souvenirs, etc.),
• having simple conversations on travel and everyday topics,
• talking about ourselves, our work, our family, things we like, our daily lives, etc.

In addition, we study some basic grammar structures that help you to understand the language and to express yourself simply in Italian. We also look at various aspects of Italian life and culture, as well as some useful travel tips.
Beginners 1, 2 and 3 Audio and Conversation Classes are based on the Fra Amici e-Course: Fra Amici Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers. It is recommended (but not essential) that you bring your laptop/tablet to class. We also use Italian To Go Complete Express Quick Access Phrase book - Travel Language Conversation Guide as a supplementary resource.

What a fun and enjoyable way to learn such an interesting language. Thank you for all your efforts.

Regards, Rhyse M., WA, 15 November 2010

Juliana, grazie! I really enjoyed learning Italian "amongst friends", in particular, your personal touch made the course very special.

Ariane G., Wembley, 15.09.2010

6-week Beginners 1 Course Fee

Includes:

1. 6 friendly, enjoyable three-hour Conversational Italian Classes, led by the author of Fra Amici (Amongst Friends), Juliana Pupazzoni Burman, with the Italian For Travellers Beginners Workshop in Weeks 1-2 and the Fra Amici conversational language course in Weeks 3-6;
2. Italian coffee break each week;
3. Italian To Go Express Booklet ($10 bonus).

6-week Beginners 1 Course Fee and Class Text Discount Package

Includes:

1. 6 friendly, enjoyable three-hour Conversational Italian Classes, led by the author of Fra Amici (Amongst Friends), Juliana Pupazzoni Burman, with the Italian To Go Workshop in Weeks 1-2 and the Fra Amici conversational language course on in Weeks 3-6;
2. Italian coffee break each week;
3. Class text for Weeks 1-2: Italian To Go Express Booklet - that you can use during and after the course.
4. Class text CD-ROM for Weeks 3-6: Fra Amici Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers CD-ROM downloadable online course (500+ pages and 3 mp3 CDs internet/retail price $199 with bonus Italian To Go Express Travel Pack - that you can use during and after the course;

12-week/18-week Beginners 1-2 and 1-3 Course Fee and Class Text Discount Packages

Include:

1. 12/18 friendly, enjoyable three-hour Conversational Italian Classes, led by the author of Fra Amici (Amongst Friends), Juliana Pupazzoni Burman, with the Italian To Go Workshop in Weeks 1-2 and the Fra Amici conversational language course on in Weeks 3-6;
2. Italian coffee break each week;
3. Class text for Weeks 1-2: Italian To Go Complete Express Phrase Book, included in the bonus Italian To Go Complete Express Travel Pack including two CDs in English and Italian and Quick Access Phrase Book - Travel Language Conversation Guide (internet/retail price $89) - that you can use as a conversation resource during and after the course.
4. Class text CD-ROM for Weeks 3-6: Fra Amici Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers CD-ROM downloadable online course (500+ pages and 3 mp3 CDs internet/retail price $199 with bonus Italian To Go Express Travel Pack - that you can use during and after the course.

Grazie Juliana for a great course, friendly advice and excellent help throughout the course. See you next year. Arrivederci.

Tim S., WA, 15 November 2010

Grazie Juliana for a unique learning experience filled with great company & humour. Best wishes.

Kristi U., WA, 22 March 2011

Weeks 1-2 and 7-8 Italian For Travellers Workshops, based on Italian To Go:

The Italian To Go - Beginners Language Workshops gives you an Overview of 12 key travel topics:

(1) How to pronounce basic Italian words and phrases - Greetings, days, everyday language - Key travel expressions that you will use frequently in a wide range of travel scenarios.

(2) How to handle Italian numbers, money and prices.

(3) How to order food and drinks in coffee bars and restaurants - A look at the Italian To Go Italian Menu Guide - Common dishes on menus.

(4) How to eat cheaply and well in Italy - How to buy your own food in food shops and markets.

(5) How to book accommodation, check in and check out, make requests, etc.

(6) How to go shopping.

(7) Transport - How to get around - Travelling by train, bus, coach, air, ferry - Buying transport tickets and booking seats.

(8) How to find your way around - Asking for street directions.

(9) Sightseeing - Italian towns - Buying tickets for sport and shows.

(10) Learn basic conversational expressions that you can use for meeting people and making friends in Italy.

(11) Asking for help - Emergency expressions - How to make special requests and talk about allergies and food intolerances.

(12) Travel tips for travelling around Italy, e.g., learning to read an Italian train ticket, reading names of shops, understanding road signs, aspects of Italian language, culture and way of life - as they affect travellers.

Thank you so much. Your encouragement & passion meant so much.

Barry and Annette S., WA, 11.05.2011

Grazie mille, Giuliana. I enjoyed the course immensely and will continue to keep it up and hopefully get better at it. It really helped me during my trip to Italy.

Denise W., Carine, 17.09.2010

About the teacher, Juliana Pupazzoni Burman

Juliana Pupazzoni Burman is the author of Fra Amici Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers (Fifth Edition), Fra Amici 2 Intermediate and Advanced Italian Course (first published 2011) and the new Italian To Go Express Travel Pack(first published 2011) and Italian To Go Complete Express Travel Pack (first published 2011). Over many years of teaching, Juliana has taught thousands of people to speak Italian at all levels from Beginners to Advanced. Since Juliana is bilingual in Italian and English, she knows how to help English-speakers learn to communicate in the beautiful Italian language.

Thank you so very much. You are a wonderful teacher and it's been a most enjoyable experience.

Gail H., Mount Hawthorn, 6.09.2010

Thank you Juliana. I have learnt so much. Your patience is astounding.

Julie C., Doubleview, 21.06 2011

Comprehensive FRA AMICI CD-ROM downloadable online Italian course - included in the course fee:

Our class text for Beginners 1 Weeks 3-6 (and also for Beginners 2 and 3) is the Downloadable Online Course on CD-ROM: FRA AMICI Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers, which you will receive at the beginning of the course. It comprises:

�-� 3 FRA AMICI Audio mp3 CDs (also ideal for your smartphone)

�-� FRA AMICI Communication COURSEBOOK (342 pages)

�-� FRA AMICI LIBRARY (154 pages in Vocabulary and Grammar Library + OGGI Online Library)

�-� Bonus: Printed ITALIAN TO GO Express Booklet, with colour-coded pronunciation

�-� Bonus: 4 Printed ITALIAN TO GO Key Phrases Cards

�-� Bonus: ITALIAN TO GO Express Downloads (Audio mp3s in English and Italian, Express Booklet & Key Phrases Cards PDF - also ideal for your smartphone)

ISBN 978-1-876508-44-9 (Internet/Retail price is $199 but it is included in your course fee.)With your Fra Amici CD-ROM, you can download all the resources onto your computer (desktop and/or laptop) and you can also copy the mp3s onto your smartphone or mp3 player, so that you can listen to the dialogues and learning activities while you are travelling, walking, cooking, etc. The Fra Amici CD-ROM also includes the Italian To Go Express Travel Pack as a bonus.
At the classes it is recommended (but not essential) that you bring your laptop / tablet computer / e-reader to class. (There will be plenty of power points.) If you don't want to bring a laptop, you can borrow one of the class books. We will project the course onto a large TV screen during teaching segments. Your laptop is very useful for you to use during our conversation sessions, so that you can refer to more than one page at a time. You can keep using the Fra Amici Downloadable Online Course indefinitely after the course for as long as you wish to learn and revise your Beginner-level Italian. (The downloadable CD-ROM is for PC. If you have a Mac, we will provide the course on a USB drive or on a disc.)

Ciao Juliana. Grazie for teaching me the basics of the Italian language. Great course and the Italian biscotti made all the difference. Yum! Ciao!

Emma S.T., WA, 10 maggio 2011

Grazie Juliana. The course has brought my previous knowledge all together & made sense of it. Thanks and see you next year.

Caterina D.C., 15 November 2010More testimonials are available on our website: www.italiancourses.com.au

To protect people's privacy on the internet, full surnames have not been used. However, original testimonials may be viewed in person upon request.

ITALIAN TO GO Complete Express is what you need for your trip to Italy.

Workshops 1 and 2 of this course are based on the ITALIAN TO GO Complete Express TRAVEL PACK, which helps you to learn the key language you need for your trip to Italy.

• With the lightweight ITALIAN TO GO Quick Access Phrase Book and two hours of Audio in English and Italian, you can quickly learn the phrases you will use frequently, so that you can make the most of your trip to Italy. With online translators available on smart phones for less common words or phrases that you may want to look up, you don't need to carry around a heavy phrase book with a dictionary.

• ITALIAN TO GO is also a Travel Language Conversation Guide that helps you to have actual conversations on travel topics and in typical scenarios you will meet on your travels - using authentic Italian.

• To give you confidence in reading and speaking Italian, Colour-Coding is used to help you with pronunciation.

• You can also enjoy the Complete Express TRAVEL PACK Bonus Downloads.

Before the course starts, you will receive a Welcome Newsletter and a Course Outline.

Cancellations

All cancellations will incur an administration fee of $12.50. If notification is received 14 calendar days prior to course start date a full refund less administration fee will be provided; Cancellation between 14 and 7 calendar days prior to the course will result in a 50% refund less administration fee. Cancellation less than 7 days prior to the course, fees will not be refunded. In the event a course is cancelled by Italian Courses, a full refund will be provided to all applicants.

FRA AMICI, FRA AMICI 2 and CLASSES - Testimonial

Over the years, I have had several attempts at learning Italian. This course has been the first one that actually worked for me! At last a knowledge of how Italian language hangs together is cementing itself into my (not so young) brain. The grammar and vocabulary are finally making sense. Of course the conversation really helps too. This is also the first course I have undertaken in which we actually do have real conversation in Italian, which along with the delicious authentic Italian coffee and home-made biscuits, all help to make the experience bring to life a little patch of Italy in Perth. The friendly atmosphere in Juliana's home, round her big kitchen table, adds to the authenticity. One can imagine one is really there and it is sometimes a surprise to walk out of the door at the end of the lesson and realise we are actually still in Perth! Juliana has such a lovely friendly attitude, you feel you really are 'fra amici' ("amongst friends").

The fact that I have returned for several sessions, and progressed from Beginners through Intermediate, and now to Fra Amici 2, says a lot. And it is nice to see so many familiar faces return to take part in each new set of lessons. Truly fra amici!

The material is very comprehensive and professionally put together. The Audio dialogues are realistic, and spoken by genuine Italians, with delightful and imaginative scenarios.

The grammar sections are most comprehensive. The books include a lot of photos, maps and details of everyday life in Italy.

It's good being taught by someone who is completely fluent in both English and Italian - it makes it easier to understand some of the complex points of grammar when they are explained by a trained professional language teacher. It is a lot of fun and I look forward to Monday nights. It has enabled me to have more confidence to try out my Italian language skills and to be understood - when I have been lucky enough to visit Italy since doing the course. The travel packs also proved to be very useful. It has been truly well worth the money.

Jean LQ, Shenton Park, 30.06.2011

Extracts from longer reviews and testimonials of the Fra Amici Course:

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Booking in for a 12 session course which would incorporate both the Fra Amici and Fra Amici 2 courses (starting with beginners 3 level then moving rapidly to an intermediate level) I found from the start, the lessons to be very accommodating, set in a relaxed, hospitable and comfortable environment. …

As one of the most important ways to learn to speak Italian is to actually speak Italian, there is ample time during each lesson to converse with fellow group members as you order (in Italian) from Juliana's famous drinks menu at 'la pausa,' a very enjoyable time of the session. …

In addition to the Fra Amici 2 course is the quick access phrase book (Italian to go, complete express). The pocket size phrase book is packed full of useful information ranging from everyday language, money, food, transport, accommodation and emergency expressions, all the necessary information to make your trip to Italy even more enjoyable. The colour coded index is particularly useful and user friendly.

I would highly recommend the course to anyone interested in starting or expanding their Italian language skills and looking to spend time in Italy. Juliana's knowledge and patience in teaching is indeed creative and professional, making the learning process very comfortable. You will find your confidence and understanding improving from lesson to lesson.

'Fra Amici e' indubbiamente Fra Amici.' Grazie Juliana!

Anthony B, East Perth, 15.07.2011

Fra Amici Beginners Italian Course for Students and Travellers

I had always had a hankering to learn Italian. I had visited Italy a few times over the years for holidays and loved the country. In late 2009, my husband and I made plans to visit Sicily in September of the following year and I decided to enrol in an Italian course. Why did I choose Fra Amici? Juliana's ad in the local paper… caught my eye.

I enrolled and purchased the downloadable online course. I downloaded the audio files on to my Zen (like an I Pod) and on to my digital radio. Listening to the dialogues (on CD1 ) while I did the ironing became a regular habit. The dialogues themselves are lively and entertaining. A variety of native speakers helped me to get used to the regional and individual differences encountered in Italy. Being able to follow the written words while listening to the dialogue gave me confidence and trained my ear. As well as the recorded dialogues, Fra Amici Beginners includes the supporting CDs 2 and 3 which encourage listeners to practice speaking.

The course emphasises conversation skills, with just the right amount of grammar introduced at various strategic points to aid understanding but not overwhelm. References in the Communication coursebook guide you to relevant sections of the Grammar. The Grammar Guide is logically and clearly arranged with extensive use of colour coding to underscore patterns of word endings etc.

Fra Amici Beginners includes more than an introduction to the Italian language. The cultural and travel information is invaluable.

Fra Amici Beginners is a great start to learning a language, whether for students or travellers.

I learned just what I needed for my trip and before we left I was able to send a few emails in basic Italian to book accommodation. Once in Sicily my husband was impressed with my willingness to take the lead. Where normally I would hang back and let him do the talking, I was approaching railway ticket offices with confidence to purchase tickets and ordering our food and drinks in bars and restaurants.

…the ability to communicate made a huge difference to our enjoyment of the entire Sicilian experience.

Yvonne M., Jolimont, WA, 30 June 2011