Adult & Higher Education

This course is for adults who have done at least three years of Italian and who have an intermediate knowledge of the language. You should be able to cope with typical tourist conversations and conversational topics such as hobbies, memories and future plans. To join at this level, you should also have a knowledge of the Presente, Passato Prossimo, Imperfetto and Futuro tenses.

Homework is given on a weekly basis. To benefit most from the course, you will be encouraged to read the materials used during lessons and refer to the course book.

You will:

• expand your vocabulary and grammar on practical topics to enable you to communicate more fluently. 
• revise the Futuro and Condizionale tenses, adding Congiuntivo Presente and possibly one other tense.
• learn how to talk about your opinions and beliefs
• improve your ability to talk about yourself and your family, hobbies, the weather, describing people etc.
• learn to deal with travel situations, such as booking hotels and restaurants and talk about past experiences, memories, future plans.

You need to have intermediate knowledge of the language e.g. Italian Year 3 or equivalent.

You should be able to:

• understand intermediate texts in Italian
• introduce yourself and talk about your day and your hobbies
• understand simple sentences/questions i.e. come ti chiami? come va? che tempo fa? che ore sono?
• use Presente, Passato, Prossimo and Imperfetto tenses in writing and verbally
• use Futuro and Condizionale tenses in writing and verbally

Please bring a pen, paper and folder. Text books will be discussed at the first session. 

We offer a Semester 2 course in the summer term. It begins immediately after Semester 1 and is an integral part of the course, the exact length of which will be decided in the spring term. After completing this course students can progress to the next level of the language.