Creative Italian with Figures of Speech

In this interactive language course you'll be introduced to a series of figures of speech (also called rhetorical figures) to add richness, depth, and vividness to your spoken and written Italian.

Every week you will see a different figure of speech: some of them more common (like metaphors, similes or hyperbole), and some more unusual (such as synecdoche or zeugma).

By playing games and having fun with lots of activities, you'll manage to create powerful imagery, evoke emotions, and enhance communication... and all this in Italian!
 

About the Tutor

Federica Ferrieri was born in Venice. She is a language teacher, a lexicographer, an editor and a translator. She’s also the Honorary Consul of Italy in Northern Ireland, a member of the Consular Association (CANI), and she organises many events in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh to promote the Italian language and culture in and around Belfast.

Before and during her PhD studies in Modern Greek, she lived in Amsterdam, Crete and Athens, and spent time in London. She has lived in Belfast for more than seven years, where she currently teaches Italian, Latin and Greek at Queen's University, the Crescent Arts Centre and in her own office in the University area.

Languages (ancient and modern) are her passion, and the theory and practice of teaching them in a creative way is something she enormously enjoys.