Italian class to debut Feb. 10 at Hurricane High

Area residents who would like to learn—or brush up on—Italian are invited to register for a ten-week Conversational Italian class offered by Marshall University’s Division of Continuing Learning.  The class will meet at Hurricane High School starting Monday Feb. 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The class will emphasize authentic Italian pronunciation and vocabulary suitable for tourism and short stays in Italy.

The instructor is Dr. John Patrick Grace, a former Associated Press foreign correspondent based in Rome. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Grace has taught Italian 101 through Advanced Translation classes in universities in the United States and France over a 14-year period.  He is fluent in both Italian and French.

Enrollment is limited to 16 and is now open.  Fee is $205.00.  To enroll, please call or e-mail Elizabeth Sheets, Director, Continuing Learning, at 304-696-2285 or e-mail appell1@marshall.edu.  For questions about the class, please call Grace at 304-617-1292 or e-mail publishersplace@gmail.com.