Introduction to the basics of conversational Italian, including pronouns, regular and irregular verbs, and basic conversations from Italian to English and English to Italian. This course will be team taught by an Italian teacher in the United States and an English teacher in Italy. Students will communicate in Italian with native speakers in Italy. Requires AVLI fee. This course may be taken in addition to the required Bishop Canevin courses in Spanish. This course does NOT replace the Spanish two-year requirement.