Group Leader: Martin Jones

The group will meet at 10.30am on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Venue: Group Leader's home Alfriston.

Parliamo 1 is a joint Meads u3a and Seaford u3a group for people who already have some Italian but perhaps have had little practice in speaking it. We meet twice a month in open and friendly two-hour sessions in which everyone gets the chance to put their Italian into practice, and hopefully improve it over time. Our programme is based on a mixture of loosely structured topics which are linked in some way to things Italian. 

We often use Italian texts (to read and to hear spoken) as a fixed element for part of each session. We each have the chance to read a paragraph or two aloud, and then translate to English. Other explorations include video podcasts, TV and film snippets, Italian songs and their lyrics, online newspaper articles, and whatever else takes our fancy. All members can contribute ideas for topics.

The Group’s current spoken level ranges from elementary to good intermediate, with the caveat that our spoken Italian is generally less developed than comprehension skills. Whatever their level, members are encouraged (and collectively helped) to always use Italian when speaking in the group.

Members contribute £1 per session for tea/coffee and biscuits