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Italian Gestures and Italian through Gestures (A2-B1)
<p>As Dianne Hales said, <em>Body language in Italy is the most important part of making your point</em>. Hand gestures are to Italian conversation what punctuation is to writing. Hands become
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As Dianne Hales said, Body language in Italy is the most important part of making your point. Hand gestures are to Italian conversation what punctuation is to writing. Hands become exclamation points, periods, commas, question marks”. Gestures are indeed an essential part of the Italian culture and integral to Italian communication in everyday life. We will analyse some of the most common Italian gestures and use their meaning to reinforce vocabulary and structures used in everyday language.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
TEXTBOOK
- Tutor supplied material
COURSE OUTLINE
- Some of the most common Italian gestures from both a cultural and a linguistic point of view
- Meaning and use of gestures so that they can be understood and integrated in everyday interactions avoiding cultural misunderstandings
- Analysis of the gestures linguistically - starting from their meaning and providing verbal expressions that can accompany them
- Create a short conversation using only the gestures learned in the course
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Have a better understanding of some of the most common Italian gestures and their cultural meaning
- Use some Italian gestures in everyday conversations like native speakers would do
- Reinforce and expand vocabulary
- Revise and consolidate some grammar and language structures
Valentina Romeo
MA, Dip Language Teaching
Valentina Romeo, MA, Dip Language Teaching, has taught Italian at every level in Italy, Sydney and London since 2010 and has taught at the WEA for the last five years. She really enjoys...