Italian Upper Intermediate (part 3)

In part 3, you’ll cover expressing preferences, hopes and wishes in detail, as well as asking for clarification and proposing a solution. We will put advanced relative pronouns into practice and use comparatives.

You’ll apply your knowledge to participate in short debates – arguing in favour or against on a range of topics; and write short articles and a chosen topic.

After completing this final upper intermediate module, you will have achieved CEFR B1/B2 level of the Common European Framework for languages.

Who is it for?

Join us here if you have taken part 2 of the syllabus or you have studied formally for a total of 220 hours. Your communication level should be at low CEFR B1 to start here. More information can be found in the eligibility section.

Timetable

This course takes place one evening a week at 18:30 for 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Practice your skills in class debates with the support of your tutor and peers
• Develop a high level of Italian proficiency (CEFR B1/B2), an impressive skill for your CV.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• ask for clarification and propose solutions
• give more detailed expressions of preferences, wishes, hopes and desires
• take part in a short debate in favour or against a topic
• write simple articles.

Grammatical structures

• further relative pronouns (advanced)
• using comparatives.

You will be awarded an official City, 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

There is no formal assessment but progress may be evaluated through class work and assignments

Teaching

This is a course with a lot of class participation– you’ll practice scenarios in pairs and partake in short debates on a range of topics. You will spend time working on your writing skills, so that by the end of the course you can write simple articles.

TV and audio clips are used to practise listening and pronunciation and improve general comprehension about a subject. Weekly homework will be set and is an important part of your learning.

It is the right level if one of the following applies:

• you can communicate at low B1 level, according to the Common European Framework Reference of languages (CEFR)
• you have completed part 2 of our upper intermediate syllabus, or equivalent course elsewhere
• you have studied formally for 220 hours.

You should be already be able to:

• express opinions on simple newspaper articles and literary extracts
• describe and explain a festival, a tradition or a work of art
• listen and extract specific information from interviews
• use the congiuntivo imperfetto and condizionale passato tenses.

Check out the many other courses we run at different levels.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.