Italian Level 13 | Evenings

About this course

The course develops spoken Italian through interactive lessons involving group work and role-plays. Teaching takes place in Italian, giving learners regular practice in comprehension and listening alongside communication activities. Lessons also address grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Topics include work and professions, culture, public spaces and the future. Learners practise making recommendations, understanding public instructions, describing routines, discussing future possibilities, explaining causes and recounting changes or events.

What you'll learn

• Recommend places and cultural events in Italian
• Understand orders, instructions and prohibitions in public spaces
• Describe a typical working day
• Make predictions and discuss possible future situations
• Use the future simple, including regular, irregular and contracted forms
• Construct explanations and narratives using relevant connectives, pronouns and pronominal verbs

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended for learners at Pre-intermediate (A2+) level who have already studied Italian to a fairly high level. Previous completion of Italian Level 12 or at least 144 class hours is required. Participation includes spoken communication, group work and role-plays, with the teacher speaking Italian throughout.

• Requires Italian Level 12 or a course of at least 144 class hours
• Includes frequent group work and role-plays
• The teacher speaks Italian throughout the lessons

Before you go

• A required coursebook is DIECI A2 by C. Massimo Naddeo and E. Orlandino, ALMA Edizioni, ISBN 9788861826335.
• The course uses Units 6C, 6D, 7A, 7B and 7C of the coursebook, although not every activity may be covered.
• Online access is provided for lesson summaries, notes and other resources.