Italian Course 102 (Level 2)

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: arrangement of our courses

Some of our courses have moved to online delivery. We aim to continue to deliver a high-quality educational experience through interactive, online classes in real-time. If you are currently enrolled in a course with us, we will be in touch soon with options for your enrolment.

Please note that for online classes, all course materials will be shared electronically. No printed resources will be available.

Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

This course is the second in the first year program. It expands on the introductory material covered in Italian Course 101 whilst covering topics such as: how to tell the time, how to give and receive directions and expressing oneself. Grammatical development is further emphasised through various speaking, listening and writing exercises.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• tell the time
• reserve a room at a hotel
• give and receive directions
• describe people, places and various goods and services
• describe your daily activities.

Content

This course covers the following topics:

• describing people and places
• telling the time
• days of the week
• making a hotel reservation
• giving and receiving directions
• basic skills for shopping
• describing your day
• present tense: modal verbs dovere, potere and volere
• adverbs: bene and male; prepositions: a (+ definite article) + time
• compound prepositions
• introduction to adjectives, noun-adjective agreement, prepositions of place, possessive adjectives
• present tense reflexives.

Intended audience

Suitable for A1 level students, those who have completed Italian 101 or who have completed 20 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Delivery style

Delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed text

NEW Italian Espresso – Beginner & Pre-Intermediate – Textbook + DVD by Butrini & Graziani.
(ISBN 978-88-6182-354-9)

This textbook is used for levels 101 to 201. It is based on a language learning through conversation method.

Based on Units 4-6 of the above text. The text is used for activities and forms the basis for consolidation and practice between meetings.

Textbooks should only be purchased after confirmation is received from us. This usually occurs up to five days prior to commencement.

Suggested textbook suppliers

booktopia
booktopia.com.au

Language Book Centre
languagebooks.com.au

Take your enrolment confirmation and a copy of this page to the Language Book Centre to receive a 10% discount off the price of the recommended text.

Please note that in some cases, our suggested supplier may not stock your prescribed text. Please check stock availability prior to signing up for any membership.

Please note

Selected courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.