Nurture your basic knowledge with part 2 of our beginners course. It’s ideal if you are practically – but not quite – new to learning Italian.
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Italian Beginners Part 2 Course overview
In part 2, you’ll continue to grow your conversational skills to include topics of ordering food, arranging a meeting and buying a ticket.
You’ll develop more knowledge of Italian grammar, as you learn about regular and irregular verbs in the imperative, and the use of direct object pronouns. More elements of Italian culture are introduced into your learning.
You’ll practice and improve your listening, speaking and writing skills using a variety of interactive teaching methods and group work.
Who is it for?
You’ll need to know a little Italian already – approximately 20 hours of formal study. It is ideal if you have completed part 1 or studied a little Italian elsewhere. See our eligibility section to find out more.
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Timetable
See individual booking dates for details.
Benefits
- Delivered by qualified, expert tutors
- Follow the European Framework Reference for language learning (CEFR).
What will I learn?
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- order food in a bar or restaurant
- describe one's house
- buy a ticket
- arrange a meeting
- make suggestions
- describe a person and their personality.
Grammar
- indefinite articles, there is, there are
- prepositions
- combined prepositions
- preposition and adverb of place
- duration form da
- imperative form of regular and some irregular verbs
- negative form of imperative
- introduction of direct object pronouns
- verbs taking direct object.
Assessment and certificates
You will be awarded an official City St George's, 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
Any assessment will be informal to help you evaluate your own progress.
Teaching
The course is fun and interactive, using a mix of classroom activities to check your understanding, including:
- role-play
- classroom discussion
- pair and group work
- pronunciation and intonation
- grammar in context.
Your weekly homework is a chance to practise what you have learned in class.
Eligibility
This course is ideal if you have studied Italian for about 20 hours and you know the very basics.
It’s the right level for you if you can:
- introduce yourself and talk about your family, profession, hobbies and weekly routine
- use the alphabet with Italian pronunciation
- understand the use of verbs in the present tense, reflexive verbs and some irregular verbs such as fare, avere, andare, uscire
- use personal pronouns and possessive adjectives.
Total beginner? Try part 1 or sign up for the full syllabus (parts 1-3) to get the best price.
Think this might be too easy? Check out part 3 of our beginners course, perfect if you have had around 40 hours of formal study.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.
Tutors
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Gabriella Di Folco
Gabriella has been working as an Italian lecturer and a language examiner in various institutions, including Brunel University, SOAS and Goldsmith's University.
She hold’s a MA in Applied Language Studies from Westminster University and a PGCE from the Institute of Education. Gabriella has studied Art History and has a keen interest in cultural studies. She researches and designs courses for specific purposes while using a variety of innovative and creative teaching methods.
Gabriella is Italo-French by birth but, after learning several languages and experiencing different cultures, she considers herself to be a ‘world citizen’ by choice.
