Italian Beginners Next Step (A1)
Course Overview
Build on your Italian language skills and elevate your proficiency!
Continue your exciting linguistic journey with interactive lessons and practical applications, ensuring a seamless transition to the next level of fluency.
A course for those who have completed at least 4-5 terms (64-80 hours) of Italian.
The focus will be on language in everyday situations, useful vocabulary and grammar and some cultural immersion. The course is enriched with audio-visual resources to consolidate the concepts presented and to discover cultural aspects of Italy. Students start speaking Italian from day one, practicing what they learn through role plays and conversation in class.
If you’re interested in traveling to Italy, sharpening your cognitive skills, improving your memory, increasing your understanding of the Italian culture, or just having fun, begin your journey here!
Course Breakdown
Week 1: Revision of the material previously covered.
Week 2: Seasons, fruits and vegetables, asking for a specific quantity.
Week 3: Direct object pronouns, grocery shopping.
Week 4: The partitive pronoun ne, the impersonal expression si+verb.
Week 5: Describing daily and weekly habits.
Week 6: Reflexive verbs, Italian stereotypes.
Week 7: Italian public holidays.
Week 8: Italian wishes and gifts for different occasions.
This outline provides an overview of what may be covered during the course; however, changes may occur based on various factors and the needs of the class.
Term Dates
Term 1 runs from Tuesday 4 February to Wednesday 26 March (depending on the class you attend).
Term 2 runs from Tuesday 29 April to Wednesday 18 June (depending on the class you attend).
Term 3 runs from Wednesday 23 July to Tuesday 10 September (depending on the class you attend).
Term 4 runs from Tuesday 14 October to Wednesday 3 December (depending on the class you attend).
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand recipe instructions.
- Do grocery shopping.
- Indicate quantities of food.
- Describe and ask about one’s daily routine and work habits.
- Comment on someone else’s lifestyle.
- Express wishes on special occasions and public holidays.
- Talk about public holidays.
Material List
- A pen and paper to make notes
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Recommended book “Nuovo Espresso 1", textbook/workbook (abbeys.com.au or amazon.com).
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About the tutor
Elena De Felice
Elena was born and bred in Milan, speaks 5 languages fluently and has a Degree in Interpreting and an honours degree in Foreign Languages and Literature from Milan University.
Languages and communication have been her passion from a very young age.
She has been teaching for over 20 years with great passion and is running yearly Tours to Italy to help students of all levels improve their Italian and discover Italian culture and lifestyle.
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About the tutor
Sophia Emmanuello
Born in the Eternal City, Sophia is a Montessori teacher with a degree in Oriental Languages and Cultures.
During her study and research travels in Asia, she developed an educational outlook enriched by diverse cultural perspectives.
Over the past several years, she has taught Italian both as a first and second language, to children and adults in Italy and abroad.
These experiences have shaped a flexible and respectful teaching approach, informed by Montessori principles and grounded in a deep curiosity for global educational philosophies.
She applies the Montessori method to teaching Italian, fostering autonomy, curiosity, and active engagement in every learner.
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