Italian: False Friends

If you’ve ever entered a 'libreria' in Italy hoping to borrow some books, only to realise you have to buy them, this course is for you!

Open to everyone from lower intermediate to upper intermediate level, this 9-week course will explore the fascinating (and sometimes misleading!) 'falsi amici' between Italian and English — words that look familiar but mean something entirely different.

Through examples, role-plays, quizzes, and interactive activities, we’ll work on vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax to avoid awkward mix-ups and funny misunderstandings.

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's 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.