Today I had my first Conversational Italian class at City College. The time and location were ideal. It was a pretty full classroom with 29 students. We introduced ourselves in Italian, learned to count and were taught simple grammar rules.
The teacher hails originally from Lucca, Italy and shares funny stories about the Italians and the Italian culture. She commented that Americans like Italy because the Italians are generally so laid back, however Americans may have a different opinion if they actually had to live there.
The students in the class were very diverse. Most of them truly wanted to be there to learn the language and a select few needed to take the class for credit. As in every class you have the show-offs and know-it-alls who don't even belong in the class because they are too advanced. For example, there was a student behind me who was conjugating the verb "to be" aloud to himself before the teacher even got to it.
As part of the lesson we also watched a video that was made in the 70's. One funny scene had a woman asking for a phone in a restaurant. It was probably supposed to be a type of cell phone, but it was larger than a brick and looked really bulky next to her ear.
Below is a picture of the classroom from the back and also a picture of coat hooks.
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