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Dunmow

Italian Conversation

Status:Active, not currently accepting new members
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When: Weekly on Wednesday mornings
10.00 am to 11.30 am
Venue: The Angel & Harp

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The Italian Conversation group has been meeting since March 2016 and meets once a week on a Wednesday from 10.00 to 11.30 am at the Angel & Harp Public House at Church End, Dunmow.

We have eight members with various levels of experience from some who have never attempted to learn Italian before to others who have attended Italian courses in the past. We meet in a small room at the Angel and Harp and at the time of writing (December 2025) are unable to take new members.

For our first book, we chose the Contatti Italian Beginner's Course (3rd Edition) which came with a set of CD's. We worked through this book and then tried two new books - BBC Buongiorno Italia (also with CD's) and Easy Italian Reader. The BBC books are very good for beginners. We have now read a number of books in the Imparare Leggendo series such as Mistero all'Abbazia and also books written by Sonia Ognibene.

Each week we set ourselves homework to prepare us for the next meeting.

Everything seems a lot harder than when we had French lessons at school but we think we are making progress. Italians speak very quickly (at least that is the way it seems to us!) so we find reading text easier than speech.

Most of us enjoy visiting Italy but have realised that if we want to improve our Italian we need to try and avoid Italians who want to improve their English!

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Art (Friday Group)
    Status: Active
    On Friday mornings
    10.00 am to 12.00 noon
  • Art (Thursday Group)
    Status: Waiting list
    On Thursday mornings
    10.00 am to 12.00 noon
  • Book Club
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    Second Thursday at 10.30 am
  • Bookworms
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons
    Second Thursday at 14:00 Fiona's Home
  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons
    Weekly at 2.30pm
  • Canasta
    Status: Active
    On Monday mornings
    10.00 am to 12.30 pm except Bank Holidays
  • Carpet Bowls
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons
    2 pm to 4 pm
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
    First Wednesday of the month
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons
    Alternate Tuesdays at 2.00 pm
  • Cycling
    Status: Active
    On Friday mornings 10:00 am
  • Family History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    3.45pm to 5.30pm
  • Flower Arranging
    Status: Waiting list
    On Friday mornings
    Every Third Friday from 10.00 to 12.00
  • French - Bavarder et Boissons
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    Last Wednesday of the month - 3:30 to 4:30
  • French Beginners
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Garden
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    At 2.00 pm
  • General Crafts
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Third Monday of the month
  • Geology
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    Third Thursday at various times.
  • Golf
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings
    10.00am
  • Golf 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
  • Grow Your Own
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    First Wednesday of the month at 2:30 pm
  • History & Local Interest
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Second Thursday of each month
  • Italian Conversation
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    10.00 am to 11.30 am
  • Italian Conversation 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons
    2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
  • Line Dancing
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings
    11.15am to 12.45 pm
  • Line Dancing 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    11.15 am to 12.15 pm
  • Luncheon Club (First Wednesday)
    Status: Waiting list
    On Wednesday afternoons
    First Wednesday of the month
  • Luncheon Club (Friday)
    Status: Active
    On Friday afternoons
    Last Friday in the month
  • Luncheon Club (Second Wednesday)
    Status: Waiting list
    On Wednesday afternoons
    Second Wednesday of the month at 12.00 for 12.30
  • Luncheon Club (Third Tuesday KR)
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons
    Third Tuesday of the month
  • Luncheon Club (Third Tuesday LF)
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons
    Third Tuesday of the month
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons
    4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
  • MOTO (Members On Their Own)
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday mornings 11:00 am
    on the second Friday of the month.
  • Music Appreciation
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesdays
    4.00 pm
  • Needles and Pins
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
  • Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:15 pm-3:15 pm
    The first Wednesday of the month.
  • Pickleball (Friday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons
    3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
  • Pickleball (Thursday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons
    5.00 pm to 6.00 pm
  • Rummikub (Friday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
  • Rummikub (Tuesday)
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
  • Science and Society
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday evenings
    every couple of months
  • Scrabble
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Thursday mornings
    From 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
  • Scrabble 2
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings
    Fortnightly from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
  • Sequence
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    From 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Friday afternoons
    From 12.30 pm or from 2.30 pm
  • The Page Turners
    Status: Active
    On Wednesdays
    At 2.00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month.
  • Walking
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings
    10.00 am
  • Walking - 3 Milers
    Status: Active
    Mornings
    10.00 am on Wednesdays or Fridays
  • Whist
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    2.00 pm
  • Wildlife Photography
    Status: Active
    This group meets on an ad-hoc basis at various times and places
  • Wine Appreciation Group 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Last Tuesday of the month
  • Wine Appreciation Group 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
    First Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm
  • Wool and Waffle
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings
    9.30 am to 11.30 am