Italian Intermediate (A2)
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 8-9 terms / 128-144 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 through a guided conversation and interactive activities aimed to use the vocabulary and grammatical structures studied during the previous course.
Describe and buy clothes (Unit 1 Nuovo Espresso 2 )
Grammar: the verb piacere, the indirect pronouns, questo / quello (this and that), the comparatives
Week 2: Talk about your memories, describe habits from the past, describe situations (Unit 2 Nuovo Espresso 2)
Grammar: forms and use of the imperfect tense, the use of the past perfect and the imperfect
Week 3: Describe a person's physical appearance, talk about a person's personality, (unit 3 Nuovo Espresso 2)
Grammar: the verbs sapere e conoscere (to know), the past perfect of start and finish.
Week 4: Make a proposal, accept or reject a proposal (unit 4 Nuovo espresso 2)
Grammar: to stay + gerund, direct and indirect pronouns
Week 5: Talk about food and eating habits, comment on the taste of a food, express an opinion (Unit 6 Nuovo Espresso 2)
Grammar: the imperative
Week 6: Report health problems, describe symptoms (unit 7 Nuovo Espresso 2)
Grammar: the position of pronouns in the imperative, the comparative and superlative of “buono’ e “bene”
Week 7: Tell a story, an anecdote (unit 9 Nuovo Espresso 2)
Grammar: the past perfect of modal verbs, the conjunctions however, therefore, because, while, when
Week 8: Revision, traditional music, film and food festivals in Italy
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 on Friday 7 February to Friday 28 March
Term 2 runs on Friday 2 May to Friday 20 June
Term 3 runs on Friday 25 July to Friday 12 September
Term 4 runs on Friday 17 October to Friday 5 December
Material List
- A pen and paper to make notes
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Recommended book “Nuovo Espresso 2", textbook/workbook (abbeys.com.au or amazon.com).
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About the tutor
Lara Toffolon
My name is Lara. I’m originally from the Venice area and have been living in Sydney since 2015. I hold both Italian and Australian citizenship.
I’ve been working as an Italian tutor for the past seven years, collaborating with a local language school and teaching both group classes and one-to-one lessons, in person and online. I create dedicated lesson plans to support learners at all levels in a positive, engaging, and motivating atmosphere. My teaching is interactive and student-focused, drawing on a wide range of materials, online platforms, and digital resources.
I’m passionate about communicative language teaching and love sharing Italian culture and traditions to bring the language to life for my students.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Italian Language and Literature from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. To keep my skills up to date, I’ve completed Italian teaching courses for non-native speakers at the Universities of Perugia and Venice, as well as a Certificate III in Education Support from TAFE NSW (Meadowbank campus).
Before teaching, I worked in Italy for 15 years in the human resources sector, mainly as a recruitment consultant and counsellor. Teaching is a natural fit for my background and interests, and it allows me to continue connecting with people through my native language.
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