Italian: Lower Intermediate - Part 1

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To help students to practise their interactive skills in the target language in a range of simple and routine everyday situations requiring straightforward descriptions and direct exchange of information on family and other people, living conditions, educational background and work. 

Course objectives

• To develop the language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing at level A2 of the CEFR.
• to consolidate listening and speaking skills to enable students to communicate in a range of simple everyday work and leisure settings and matters in areas of most immediate relevance.
• To equip students with the vocabulary items and grammatical structures required to read and write short, simple texts on familiar topics.
• To develop an insight into the cultural practices relating to simple everyday work, study and leisure settings.

You will learn through a communicative teaching approach with the emphasis on actively engaging in classroom activities in the target language. These are likely to include role-plays, pair- and small-group work, and conversational practice conducted in a supportive, friendly and informal learning environment.

The course has been structured to help you primarily to improve your speaking and listening skills and to deepen your awareness of cultural nuances and customs in your target language. You will also learn and practise new grammatical structures in a communicative context and will be encouraged to develop your reading and writing skills in your own time.

By the end of the course, students will be better prepared to:

• communicate in a range of simple everyday situations requiring direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters;
• understand and respond appropriately to a range of simple spoken language in everyday situations provided speech is slowly and clearly articulated;
• read and demonstrate comprehension of a range of short simple texts on familiar matters of concrete type and consisting of everyday language;
• write short, simple notes, messages, descriptions and/or personal letters;
• demonstrate intercultural awareness in everyday social situations and language use generally.

You will be set optional assignments to consolidate your learning and to allow you to progress at your own pace.

An interactive course for developing the language skills in a range of simple everyday situations and further exploring the culture and society in the countries where the language is spoken.

To benefit from the course, learners will have done one of the following:

• Completed our 'Beginners - Part 2' or equivalent; or
• Gained a GCSE (Grade B, 6 or below) in Italian; or
• Achieved level A1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages in Italian.

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