Italian Level 7 | Afternoons

About this course

Lessons are taught primarily in Italian, with an emphasis on spoken communication and interactive activities such as group work and role-play. Participants practise using Italian in everyday situations while working across listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course covers language for holidays, traditions, celebrations, family and greetings. It also introduces ways to describe past events and future plans, talk about appearance and personality, give birthday and holiday wishes, and use selected expressions and grammar structures.

What you'll learn

• Discuss holidays, traditions and celebrations in Italian
• Describe past events and upcoming holiday plans
• Describe appearance, personality and family relationships
• Use possessive adjectives with family-related nouns
• Apply selected past-tense and time-related grammar structures
• Use vocabulary and expressions relating to numbers, time, family and greetings

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for learners who are already studying Italian at an elementary level. Previous completion of Italian Level 6 or around 72 class hours is recommended, so it may suit learners developing beyond the earliest fundamentals. Lessons involve spoken communication, group activities and role-play, with Italian used as the main classroom language.

• Previous study of Italian Level 6 or a comparable course is recommended
• Learners are expected to take part in spoken and group-based activities
• Progression is based on participation and self-study rather than formal tests

Before you go

• A required coursebook is DIECI A1 by C. Massimo Naddeo and E. Orlandino, ALMA Edizioni, ISBN 9788861826212.
• The course uses Unit 8 of the coursebook.