Italian Level 5 | Sundays

About this course

The course uses Italian as the main classroom language, with group activities and role-plays to practise communication in everyday situations. Learning covers weather, seasons, holidays and travel, including ways to ask for and give information about trips and discuss Italian cultural traditions. Learners also work on past experiences and memories, using the passato prossimo, regular and irregular past participles, time expressions and the particle ci when referring to places. Core listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are developed alongside these topics.

What you'll learn

• Describe the weather and seasons using everyday Italian expressions.
• Ask for and give information about trips, holidays and tourist destinations in Italy.
• Talk about past experiences, memories and holiday stories using the passato prossimo.
• Use regular and irregular past participles and relevant time expressions in context.
• Use the particle ci to refer to locations and places.

Is this course right for you?

The course is labelled Elementary (A2), indicating an early stage of language learning beyond the absolute beginner level, although the source does not state specific entry requirements. Lessons are mainly conducted in Italian and involve interactive group work and role-plays. Progression is based on participation and self-study rather than formal tests.

• Learners should expect to use Italian during lessons.
• Participation includes group activities and role-plays.
• Progression does not involve formal tests.

Before you go

• The required coursebook is DIECI A1 by Euridice Orlandino and Ciro Massimo Naddeo, ALMA Edizioni, ISBN 9788861826212, Unit 7.
• Lesson summaries, notes, additional study resources and Italian study tips are included.