Italian Year 3

The course is for people who have already learnt some Italian and are therefore familiar with the basic introductions, ordering food in a restaurant, booking accommodation and buying souvenirs. The third year will develop these topics. On the grammar front, we will be building on use of the present, past tense (perfect and imperfect) and future, introducing the conditional and present progressive, taking a closer look at pronouns. Scenarios could include dealing with more complex situations, where things don’t quite go according to plan rather than dealing with the predictable (e.g. getting lost, losing things, a theft, car breakdown, returning faulty goods, problems at the restaurant (cold food, cutlery missing, wrong order, food allergies etc), phone calls. By the end of the course You will have a really good knowledge of relating all events, past, present and future. You will be able to get by in Italy with a sound base of vocabulary, and be able to understand simple conversations at a steady flow.

What will happen on the first evening? After the usual admin presentation and paperwork, the tutor will give a brief test to the students, to make sure that they are all roughly at the right stage, and will ask them to introduce themselves.

Basic knowledge about everyday life, all in the present but using a variety of verbs.

Subject to demand, students may progress to the next level.