Build knowledge and strengthen your skills with our year-long Italian Lower Intermediate course. Taught over three terms, we will introduce you to new vocabulary and cultural insights.
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Starting date to be confirmed
- Duration: 30 weeks (non-consecutive) (unconfirmed)
- Fees: £599 (unconfirmed)
- Location: Online (unconfirmed)
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Italian Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus) Course overview
Learn to converse with confidence. Whether you’re buying a holiday home in Italy or taking a road-trip along the Amalfi Coast, this course will equip you with helpful vocabulary for everyday conversation.
Topics include shopping for clothes, describing someone’s physical appearance or personality, expressing wishes and desires, and talking about childhood memories.
You’ll focus on the imperfetto tense, so you can talk about the past and how this differs from passato prossimo, which we will also revise.
Classes are taught mostly in Italian to immerse you fully in the language and sharpen your listening and comprehension skills. Newspaper articles, extracts from novels, film and audio clips are also used to add authenticity and context to your learning.
Who is it for?
We would like you to have some previous experience (around 60 hours of formal learning). You may have completed our Italian beginners syllabus, have a rusty GCSE or can communicate at CEFR A1 level. You can find more detail in the eligibility section.
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Timetable
The course includes 60 hours of learning and is taught across three terms, starting in October and finishing in July.
October - December (part 1)
One evening per week (two-hour lessons) for ten consecutive weeks.
Christmas Break
January – March (part 2)
One evening per week (two-hour lessons) for ten consecutive weeks.
Easter Break
April/May – July (part 3)
One evening per week (two-hour lessons) for ten consecutive weeks.
Benefits
- Sign up for the full syllabus for our lowest price, compared to paying for each module separately
- Reach CEFR A2 level on completion of the course
- Gain a certificate from City, University of London
- Lessons taught mostly in Italian for an immersive experience
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to
- go shopping for clothes (ask for sizes, colours and to try them on)
- talk about your family members in more detail
- describe people, parts of the body
- describe personality traits and physical appearance
- talk about childhood memories
- tell someone about holidays you’ve been on
- make suggestions and invite someone to an event
- express your wishes and desires
- make a request in a polite way
- give advice
- speak briefly about a favourite book or movie.
Assessment and certificates
You will be awarded an official City, University of London certificate on completion of the course if you attend over 70 per cent of the classes. The course is not formally accredited.
Assessment
Your tutor will assess and feedback on your progress throughout the course and weekly homework
Teaching
You’ll learn through plenty of interaction, role-play, and pair and group work. This allows time to practice pronunciation and be more creative with how you use the language.
We use audio and film clips, newspaper articles and novel extracts to give an insight into Italian popular culture and current affairs.
Eligibility
It is the right level if one of the following applies:
- you can communicate at A1 level, according to the Common European Framework Reference of languages
- you have completed our full Italian Beginners syllabus, or equivalent elsewhere
- you have studied formally for 60 hours
- you have a rusty GCSE.
You should already be able to:
- introduce yourself and talking about your family, profession, hobbies etc.
- use numbers and telling the time
- order food, buy tickets and objects
- describe past events
- use the definite and indefinite article
- understand personal pronouns and prepositions.
Explore the full range of Italian courses we offer at different levels, from Beginners onwards.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.