Key Facts
- Starting
15 Jan 2025- Location
- Wandsworth
- Start Time
- 18:30
- End Time
- 21:00
- Duration
- 10 Weeks
- Study Mode
- Part Time Evening
- Days
- Wednesday
- Start Date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Level
- Short Course
- Code
- WABX044CP
Fees
- 19+ Fee
- £ 0 - 130
Italian Post beginner: term 2
Improve your Italian on this lively and communicative course. Taught with an emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
This course is ideal for learners who have studied Italian for about a year (60 -70 hours) or have an equivalent level of the language (A2 on the Common European Framework).
The tutor: Andrea D'Alessandro is a native Italian speaker with a deep passion for sharing the beauty of the Italian language and culture. Bringing over 20 years of experience teaching Italian to adults, he has developed a dynamic and immersive approach to language learning, tailored to suit the needs of learners at all proficiency levels—from beginners to advanced. Beyond language instruction, Andrea's profound cultural knowledge offers students a window into the traditions, art, and culinary delights of Italy. Lessons are infused with authentic materials, real-world scenarios, and insights into Italian life, making language acquisition both practical and enjoyable.
If you're self-employed, you might be able to deduct your enrolment fee from your taxable income. If you are on a low wage, unemployed or claim Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) then you can enrol on the course for free.
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Course Content
You will be able to consolidate and extend basic Italian notions and reinforce/consolidate what you have already learnt in previous beginner course. This will be supported with grammar notions recapping and extending on indirect pronouns; reflexive verbs; past tense (passato prossimo vs imperfect); irregular verbs ; conditional ; pronouns.The course is based on chapters 3-4 & 5 of Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version)
By the end of the term you will be able to :
describe somebody's physical appearance and character i Invite other people out
- accept/refuse an invitation
- Improve ability to talk about the past *talk about past holidays (passato prossimo vs imperfetto )
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Additional Information
If you are self-employed, you might be able to deduct your enrolment fee from your taxable income. this course is not for absolute beginners, you should have a basic knowledge of Italian for example: introducing yourself, talking about likes and dislikes, Present Tense and expressing future actions -
Course Structure
face to face evening sessions at Wandsworth -
Assessment Details
Initial assessment when joining the course, tutor feedback, individual learning plan , informal assessment and homework.