Italian Beginners (part 1)

In part 1, you’ll get to grips with the basics, including greetings, the alphabet and numbers. You’ll start to understand the use of regular and irregular verbs in present tense and use this to make sentences about your family and profession, your weekend and hobbies.

You’ll consolidate your learning through a mix of listening, speaking and writing exercises, activities and roleplay.

Part 1 is the first of three beginners modules. It’s a great choice if you want to dip your toes into learning without committing to the full year. If you like part 1, you can move on to part 2 and part 3 of the course to continue building your beginners knowledge.

Who is it for?

We have designed this course for total beginners, looking to learn Italian quickly over 10 weeks.

Timetable

This course takes place one evening a week at 18:30 for 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Learn Italian in just 10 weeks – ideal for a summer holiday
• Taught by a qualified Italian tutor
• Develop confidence in a friendly and small group learning environment.

By the end of the course you will be able to

• introduce yourself and talk about your family, profession, hobbies and weekly routine
• master the alphabet and Italian pronunciation
• use numbers, tell the time
• express likes and dislikes
• describe things.

Grammar

• definite and indefinite article
• gender and number of adjectives and nouns
• personal pronouns
• possessive adjectives
• verbs in the present tense: essere, avere, verbs ending in -are, -ere, -ire, and reflexive verbs ending in -arsi, -ersi, -iris
• irregular verbs (fare, avere, andare, uscire)
• adverbs of frequency (raramente, spesso, qualche volta, sempre).

You will be awarded an official City, University of London certificate on completion of the course if you attend over 70 per cent of the classes. The course is not formally accredited.

Assessment

There may be some informal assessment helping you to evaluate your own progress.

Teaching

Our native language tutors make the course fun and interactive, with an emphasis on listening and speaking the language required in authentic situations.

Classroom activities will include role-playing, pair and group work, work on pronunciation and intonation, and grammar in context.

The lessons feature the use of audio clips and videos and you’ll also learn about Italian culture. Weekly homework will be set.

Complete beginners are welcome.

If you are familiar with the basics you may want to start on part 2 or part 3.

Enrol on the full syllabus (parts 1- 3) to get the best price.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.