Build knowledge and strengthen your skills with our Italian Elementary course. We will introduce you to new vocabulary and cultural insights.
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Italian Elementary - Level 2 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?
You should have either completed our Italian beginners or equivalent; completed around 60 hours of prior formal learning; or be able to communicate at CEFR A1/A2 level.
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Timetable
The Elementary Italian course includes 60 hours of online learning and is taught across three modules.
Benefits
- Delivered by a qualified Italian speaker
- Interactive and varied learning techniques
- Awarded a City St George’s, University of London certificate
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 receive a Certificate of Completion from City St George’s, University of London, along with a digital badge for your LinkedIn profile.
To qualify, you must attend at least 70% of classes.
Teaching
Classes are highly interactive and include:
- Small group work and role-play
- Listening to audio materials (e.g. radio clips)
- Reading articles and texts
- Watching video content
- Digital learning tools to support your progress
You’ll also explore Italian culture, current affairs and traditions alongside language learning.
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 Italian Beginners course, or equivalent elsewhere
- you have studied formally for 60 hours
- you have a rusty GCSE.
Please do reach out to our team if you’re not sure which level is right for you.
Additional requirements
To enrol onto the Elementary Italian course, you must:
- be age 18 or over
- have basic IT skills and a reliable internet connection to access lessons and course materials.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.
Tutor
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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.
