When I set out to design Italian Uncovered, my main aim
was to set it apart from every other Italian course. The
way I've done that is to base the entire course around a
story, and, in fact, the course syllabus itself emerges
from the story.
Let me explain...
Most Italian courses are structured by taking a bunch of
grammar rules, putting them together in a certain order,
then teaching them to you one-by-one in a series of
lessons. This is dull, and ineffective. In this course,
we do things differently. In this course, you learn
through 'StoryLearning'. This means you focus on
relaxing, reading, and enjoying the plot of the story.
The 'serious study' happens another way!
Rather than teaching you through a process of grammar
rules, followed by tests, here's what I do instead.
First, I make sure you see the grammar being used
naturally in the story itself. This way, you get to
learn how it works in a natural way. Second, you
discover the rules by yourself... with a little help
from me! Story first. Rules later. This makes learning
much more effective.
This means you get to enjoy learning Italian first and
foremost, rather than get bogged down in technicalities
from the start. (Yes... it's fun!)
Doesn't that sound more exciting than your last
textbook?
At every stage of the course, you’ll be immersed in real
Italian - both the written story and the audiobook. This
means that by the time you finish the course, not only
will you have read an entire book in Italian, but you’ll
have a large vocabulary, so you can express yourself
fully in conversation. You will also have had many hours
of listening practice, so that following spoken Italian
will be effortless.