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 class for those who have completed at least 3-4 terms (48-64 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: review of material previously covered.
Week 2: choosing a vacation in Italy, introduction to the past tense.
Week 3: passato prossimo: formation, auxiliary verbs and past participles.
Week 4: describing a holiday in the past, use of time expressions.
Week 5: weather forecasts, absolute superlative, the double negative.
Week 6: seasons, fruits and vegetables, asking for a specific quantity.
Week 7: direct object pronouns, grocery shopping.
Week 8: the partitive pronoun ne, the impersonal expression si+verb.
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 Tuesday 22 July to Wednesday 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 travel brochures.
- Talk about past actions.
- Describe your holidays.
- Talk about the weather.
- Understand recipe instructions.
- Do grocery shopping.
- Indicate quantities of food.
Materiasl 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).
Testimonials
"Studying Italian with Roy is such an inspiring and interesting learning experience. She has excellent knowledge of the language. She is passionate and enthusiastic in her teaching and is excellent at effectively explaining the use of the language. I always look forward to attending her class.”
"I have done a few different Italian classes at various venues - finding Roy is like winning the lottery. She is prepared for every lesson, however if a question comes up, she is able to explain and immediately give examples, such is her flexibility."
She is the warmest, most delightful person, being kind to people who need more of an understanding of the topic. She is admired and highly respected by our class. I cannot recommend her enough.”
"I have been doing Italian Intermediate at NSCC for two years. It’s a lot of fun, the teacher is excellent, the students in the class are friendly. It’s the best way to learn a new language: fun, friendly, unintimidating."
Roy keeps it so fun and interesting and the class goes so quickly! Roy is worth her weight in gold.
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About the tutor
Roy Gerente
A passion for Italy and its culture took Roy on a life journey of exploration which started in Greece and led to her Italian citizenship. She studied Italian language and literature and obtained a master’s degree in teaching Italian to foreigners from the University of Venice. She taught Italian to adults and children for several years in group and individual settings. She has attended specialisation courses in Italy and worked in a corporate environment in Rome and Athens. In her class, students are encouraged to participate in a fun and relaxing environment where mistakes are welcomed as friends.
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