Italian Advanced C1.1

This course is designed for students who have completed A and B levels, are more advanced in their learning and wish to consolidate the grammar and structures learnt in B2. In addition to language learning, students will extend their cultural and social knowledge about Italy and Italians. In this course, you will learn about working in Italy and modern Italian lifestyle, including use of technology and talk about future events, hopes and dreams. The social and historical context is broadened by introducing some Italian writers, and revising film, looking at festivals in Italy and some well-known monuments. Grammatical elements such as the revision of verbs, impersonal verbs, indirect speech, passive voice, collective nouns are part of this course.

Outcomes

• Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes
• Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects
• Discuss familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school and leisure
• Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in Italy
• Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions
• Give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans

Content

• Work life, mobile phones
• Contemporary Italian society
• Italian writers
• Italian cinema
• Talking about Italian art and festivals
• Recognising colloquial Italian and dialects
• Travelling around Italy
• Pronominal verbs
• Use of appunto, a proposito, poco a poco, etc
• Collective nouns