Italian Course 104 (Level 4)

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Level A1/A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

This course builds upon the previous three terms work whilst preparing you for the second year Italian program. It covers various elements of food, such as traditional dishes and cafe visits, and various games and city locations. Learnt speaking, listening and writing skills are consolidated and further expanded to cover the use of pronouns, ordinal numbers and various expressions of quantity.

Outcomes

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

• use vocabulary relating to grocery shopping
• state your preferences
• shop for clothes
• describe the past (using past tense)
• talk about your childhood.

Content

This course will cover the following topics:

• shopping for groceries
• stating your preferences
• shopping for clothes
• expression one’s opinion on various topics
• taking about one’s childhood
• describing how things used to be
• imperfetto, future
• direct and indirect pronouns
• present conditional (regular and irregular forms).

Intended audience

Suitable for A1/A2 level students, those who have completed all levels of Italian up to 103 or who have completed 70 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 10-12 of the above text. The text is used for activities and forms the basis for consolidation and practice.

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