About the May Term

Penobscot School's experimental May term meets from April 28 to May 23, a 4-week term with some new classes and some continuing classes. (New students may join the continuing classes for the May Term; they should contact the school about appropriate level.)

Winter Term classes are continuing, with a theme of “putting into practice what we’ve learned…” The Intermediate groups will be practicing conversation; the Beginner levels will be building sentences on their way to conversation. The Advanced groups focus on reading and discussion in 100% language immersion. Italian and French classes, taught by exchange teachers, Giovanni Perlini and Julien Covos, meet once a week for 90 minutes; the fee is $72.

 

Beginning Italian

This is a continuing course from the Winter semester, which will be based on the textbook and focus on basic greetings, pronunciation, present tense and articles, some prepositions and adjectives. Giovanni, from Milan, Italy, will teach the course, adding cultural insights and perspectives. 

  • Four Thursdays 9:30-10:00AM from May 1
  • Course Fee: $72
  • Textbook: Prego, G. Lazzarino
  • Instructor: Giovanni Perlini
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Advanced-Beginning Italian

A continuing course from the Winter semester. Basic conversation and grammar

  • Four Thursdays 5:15-6:45 pm, starts May 1
  • Course Fee: $72.
  • Textbook: Prego, G. Lazzarino
  • Instructor: Giovanni Perlini
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Intermediate Italian Conversation

A continuing course from the Winter term. The course is almost entirely in Italian.

  • Four Tuesdays 5:15-6:45 pm, starts April 29
  • Course Fee: $72.
  • Textbook: Da Capo, G. Lazzarino & A. Moneti
  • Instructor: Giovanni Perlini
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Advanced Italian: Simposio

This advanced Italian course is based on the discussion of topics taken from newspapers and the Internet regarding Italian culture and history as well as the Italian perspective on American culture and history

  • Four Mondays 5:15-6:45 pm, starts April 28
  • Course Fee: $72 (includes copy fee)
  • Instructor: Giovanni Perlini
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Giovanni Perlini, Penobscot School’s Italian Exchange Teacher for 2007-2008, was born in 1967 in Milan in northern Italy, and received his degree in History.   He comes to us via a former FLTA, Giovanna, so he is already a bit familiar with our school He has traveled extensively and has a good knowledge not only of English, but also of French and German, and some Russian.  While working in a school library, he was involved in theater and acting, even contributing to a dictionary of the performing arts.  He loves film and is passionately interested in politics and historical and cultural issues of today’s world, with a view to becoming a journalist.  To this end, he is excited about the possibilities of teaching his own language and culture to Americans, while improving his English, and becoming involved in the school setting in Rockland, learning first hand about the social environment here in Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer in Maine:
– English immersion
– Summer schedule
Workshops:
– Chinese immersion
– French immersion
– German immersion
– Italian immersion
– Spanish immersion
Courses:
– Arabic
– Chinese
– English
– French
– German
– Italian
– Japanese
– Russian
– Spanish
– Swedish
– Philosophy
Private tutoring
– French
– Italian
– Japanese
– Russian
– Spanish
Events:
– Language Lunches
– Potluck Dinners
– Cooking classes
About:
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Penobscot School:

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Updated: 04/10/08