special courses

 

AUTUMN 2007 -2008

NEW COURSES LAUNCHED

 

AFFARI ITALIANI

SECRETARIES & EXT. RELATIONS OFFICE STAFF

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

16 hours course spread over 4 weeks (2 sessions of 2 hrs per week) for secreterial and office staff who deal and/or are expected to deal frequently with Italian counterparts. The objective of the course is to present an overview of the terminology used in the commercial exchanges in the business sector. Telephone conversation, correspondence, emails, ordering, making queries and enquiries. The commercial language lives in a world of its own. Be prepared or improve your competence. Affari italiani is also a good starting point for those wishing to move into a new job in Italy. (1 to 1 tuition is also available)

Course Fee: Lm50.00. Euro 117.00. Individual rates on demand.

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AFFARI ITALIANI

BUSINESSMEN & MANAGERS

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

16 hours course spread over 4 weeks (2 sessions of 2 hrs per week) for BUSINESSMAN & MANAGERS who deal and/or are expected to deal frequently with Italian counterparts. The objective of the course is to present an overview of the terminology used in the commercial exchanges in the business sector. Telephone conversation, correspondence, emails, ordering, making queries and enquiries. Business clusters and specialisation centres. Where to get your products from. The commercial language lives in a world of its own. Be prepared or improve your competence. (1 to 1 tuition is also available)

Course Fee: Lm50.00. Euro 117.00 Individual rates on demand.

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ITALIAN FOR GUIDES

MALTA IN ITALIANO

Approaching Malta, its history and culture in Italian
- Tourist guides -

Course leading to Italian Language competence test to be held in December

The Società Dante Alighieri carries out on behalf of the MTA the proficiency and competence certification test of tourist guides in the Italian language.

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General Introductory

Tourism Sector

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

The course is ideal to brush up or learn basic communication skills while interacting with Italian speaking visitors at hotel receptions and booking offices, on the road, at restaurants, and travel agencies. These topics are presented through basic grammatical elements necessary for a simple conversation. A General overview of the Italian's cultural background is also offered.

The course will have 10 sessions for a total of 20 hrs, six of which will be dedicated to practical sessions related to the various work situations building on the theoretical aspect of the course. (1 to 1 tuition is also available)

Course fee Lm65.00- Euro 152.00. Individual rates on demand.

A Certificate of attendance following a test on conversation language competence, will be issued by the Società Dante Alighieri at the end of the course.

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A practical course in translation

NEXT COURSE

Date to be announced

10 sessions x 90min
by
Dr SERGIO PORTELLI Ph.D
Former translator at the European Parliament

The course consists of practical translation sessions from English and/or Italian into Maltese. Following an introductory session dealing with basic concepts of translation and job opportunities in the field, each session will deal with a particular type of text (e.g. official documents, newspaper articles, reviews, literary texts, etc) to be translated by the participants and discussed with the tutor. The last lesson will consist (optional) of a translation test marked according to the current EU translation evaluation criteria. Participants will be expected to use their own dictionaries. Participants will be awarded Attendance and/or Test Certification at end of course.

Course Fee: Lm40 Euro 93.00 includes tuition, test, handouts (translation documents)
Application forms are available on website www.dantemalta.org

Places are limited and bookings will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

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Note to GMs & HR Managers:

In-house courses can be arranged according to requirements and availability all YEAR ROUND.

Il corso ha lo scopo di indagare alcuni aspetti della lingua della giustizia in Italia. In particolare si parla del testo giuridico, ossia il testo delle leggi. Dopo una breve rassegna dei principali testi giuridici italiani si passa ad un’analisi che verte sui contrassegni di forma e sulle caratteristiche linguistiche di tali testi.

Il corso si terrà in 4 sessioni di 2 ore ciascuna.

Il corso, con certificato di partecipazione, è mirato a studenti che studiano la lingua italiana all’università ed a tutti coloro che s’interessano della lingua giuridica italiana. Lingua del corso è l'italiano.

Lingua e giustizia

The aim of this course is to analyse aspects of the language of justice in Italy focusing mainly on the text of law. Following a brief account of the major law texts the course will look closely at the form and language that characterise such a text.

The course is held in 4 sessions

All University students studying Italian and all those interested in the Italian legal language are invited to attend. The course will be held in Italian. Certificates will be distributed to participants.

Lingua e giustizia

L-iskop ta’ dan il-kors huwa l-analizi tal-lingwa tal-gustizzja fl-Italja. B’mod partickolari ser inharsu lejn it-testi tal-ligijiet. Wara li tinghata harsa lejn liema huma t-tesi principali tal-ligi Taljana il-kors ser jiffoka fuq il-forma u l-lingwa li jikkaratterizzaw dan it-tip ta’ test.

Il-kors jinghata f’4 sessjonijiet.

Dan il-kors huwa intiz ghall-istudenti li jistudjaw il-lingwa Taljana fl-Università u ghal kull min tinteressah il-lingwa legali fl-Italja. Il-lingwa li ser tintuza matul il-kors hija t-Taljan. Fi tmiem il-kors jinghata certifikat.