Italian Intermediate B1.3

This course is a continuation of B1.2 and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build high-level comprehension and communication skills in intermediate Italian and a review of cultural practices, with a focus on higher level language principles. Grammatical elements include use of relative pronouns such as che and cui, il quale/la quale, chi, coloro che, tutti quelli che, verbs in the past tense, revision of double pronouns.

Outcomes

• Discuss money related matters
• Talk about the economy
• Discuss the influence of English in the Italian language and vice versa
• Discuss the importance of learning a second language
• Use hypothetical phrases
• Use double pronouns

Content

• Work and money
• Writing a formal letter
• Italian economy
• Italian as a living and changing language