Tutor information
Francesca Magnabosco
Dr Francesca Magnabosco graduated from the University of Turin, Italy (BA; MPhil) and obtained her DPhil in Italian literature from the University of Oxford. For the University of Oxford, she works as a lecturer in Italian Renaissance literature (Pembroke College) and in Italian language (sub-Faculty of Italian); she is tutor in Italian at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. She is also a writer and translator.
Courses
Improve your language skills to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity in a wide range of contexts. New students, who have not completed 'Part 1' whose proficiency in the language is appropriate for the course level are very welcome.
Consolidate your proficiency in Italian language and express your opinions on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. New students, who have not completed 'Part 1', whose proficiency in Italian is appropriate for the course level are welcome.
A dynamic and interactive Italian conversation class which will refine your Italian conversational skills in a range of familiar situations at work, place of study, leisure places or whilst travelling abroad.
Whether you're looking to improve your fluency, master different registers, or expand your lexical repertoire and grammar structures, this course will help you to converse spontaneously and effectively in both every day and professional context.
Explore Rome through the lens of two iconic Italian films, Fellini’s La dolce vita (1960) and Sorrentino’s La grande bellezza (2013). Through lectures and workshops, students will learn about Italian culture while practicing their Italian.
You will look at a selection of cantos from Dante’s Divine Comedy’s ‘Inferno,’ in a parallel Italian-English edition, and uncover the text’s rich cultural background while learning how to interpret such masterpiece of Italian medieval literature.
Consolidate your proficiency in Italian language and express your opinions on a range of familiar everyday topics with this 10-week upper intermediate level course.
Improve your Italian language skills to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity in a range of contexts with this 10-week intermediate-level course.