Italian Level 14 | Sundays
An Italian Level 14 course for learners with substantial prior study, combining spoken communication, group work and structured grammar practice.
What Pre-intermediate (A2+) Italian means
At A2+ Italian, learners can connect simple sentences, give reasons and manage a wider range of familiar situations.
Explain a preference
Preferisco viaggiare in treno perché è più comodo e posso leggere.
I prefer travelling by train because it is more comfortable and I can read.
Handle a small problem
La camera è molto fredda. Potrebbe controllare il riscaldamento?
The room is very cold. Could you check the heating?
Describe an experience
L’anno scorso ho visitato Firenze e mi è piaciuta molto l’architettura.
Last year I visited Florence and really liked the architecture.
These are general examples of language use at this level, not a description of any individual course syllabus.
About this course
Teaching centres on spoken Italian through group work and role-plays, with the teacher using Italian throughout to practise comprehension and listening. Lessons also include systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Course content covers everyday communication and language related to housing and sustainability, including making comparisons, polite requests and recommendations, expressing desire, describing apartments and appliances, understanding property advertisements, discussing recycling, and offering or responding to help. Grammar work includes the present conditional, the relative pronoun cui, the relative superlative, servire for expressing needs, prepositions such as entro, adjective position, diminutives and large cardinal numbers.
What you'll learn
- Describe apartments, household appliances and common everyday objects.
- Make analogies and comparisons in Italian.
- Form polite requests and recommendations, express desire, and offer or respond to help.
- Understand real estate advertisements and discuss recycling and sustainability.
- Use the present conditional, cui, the relative superlative, servire and prepositions such as entro.
- Apply Italian vocabulary relating to housing, household appliances, recycling and everyday expressions.
Is this course right for you?
The course is intended for learners who have studied Italian to a fairly high level. The provider requires completion of Italian Level 13 or a course totalling at least 156 class hours. Participation includes spoken communication, group work and role-plays alongside structured language study.
- Previous Italian study is required.
- The course description identifies this level as Intermediate, while the metadata labels it A2+.
Before you go
- A required coursebook is DIECI A2 by C. Massimo Naddeo and E. Orlandino, ALMA Edizioni, ISBN 9788861826335.
- The course uses Unit 8 of the coursebook, although not necessarily every activity.
- Access is provided to an online platform with lesson summaries, notes and resources.
Where this course runs
International House London
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Sun 15 Nov 2026
10:30 – 13:00 • 5 weeks
£176
Haycraft House, Holborn
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