Catherine Bond is an experienced language teacher with a degree in French and German. During her degree she spent a term at university in France, and a year as a language assistant in a school on Lake Constance, on the Swiss/German border. After completing a PGCE she spent 2 years living in Italy, learning Italian, and working as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, which she continued to do in Oxford on her return to the UK. She has been teaching languages locally in Adult Education since 2010.
Classes start week beginning Monday 15th or 22nd Sept 2025 (tbc) at Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal. 11 sessions of 2 hours. Price: £154.
For any information please contact Cath:
email: cathsanpol@hotmail.com or text: 07913 446 957
Italian Beginners Date and time tbc
For complete beginners or those with a little knowledge. You will learn to get by in every-day holiday situations, so lots of practical language, underpinned with a grounding in basic grammar so that you can start to put sentences together independently. The atmosphere will be fun and encouraging.
Italian Beginners Plus Wednesday 12.30-14.30
If you have completed a first year in Adult education or have an elementary knowledge of Italian, which you would like to build upon, this is the course for you, You will revise and widen the range of everyday situations in which you are able to get by, and continue to improve your knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. The emphasis will be on communication, so please be prepared to have a go!
Italian Lower Intermediate Tuesday 16.00-18.00
This course is a continuation of Beginners Plus. We will start building fuller sentences and expressing ourselves more fully, in a wider variety of contexts. There will be plenty of opportunity to practise speaking and listening skills.
Italian Intermediate 1 Wednesday 10.00-12.00
This class has more experience than Lower Intermediate. If you are at the stage where you feel you have a grasp of the basics, but really want to build your confidence in your communicative skills and get a sense of more idiomatic language, this course should suit you. Language will be presented in a variety of topics and the emphasis will be on putting new language into spoken practice, whilst also giving you the opportunity to improve your listening, reading and writing skills. There will be lots of interaction with your classmates in a friendly atmosphere.
Italian Improvers (2 classes) Thursday 10.30-12.30 and Thursday 13.30-15.30
These 2 classes have been running for some time, the morning class for a year longer than the afternoon one. In both classes we will continue to develop confidence in expressing ourselves in Italian, using a variety of topics and activities, which include discussion, presentations, group work, pair work and games.
We will consolidate work on verb forms, pronouns, prepositions etc. and also continue to build upon our knowledge of idiom and vocabulary.
The courses take place in a relaxed and light-hearted atmosphere with lots of mutual support and interactive tasks, so you can be confident that you will get lots of speaking and listening practice. You will also have the opportunity to practise your reading and writing skills.
Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal LA9 7AD. Adjacent to Gooseholme on the banks of the River Kent, 5 minutes walk from the town centre. Free parking. Map