Italian Level 7

Tuesday

Italian Level 7

Course Description

Level 7 Classes: This course will suit people who have recently completed Level 6 and can start to formulate and briefly justify opinions on familiar topics. In this class, you will start to discuss more complex topics (for example, related to politics) and will be given further tools to express your opinion and sustain it simply but effectively.  

In Level 7, we work at the B1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)*. 

Term duration 10x weekly classes, Tuesday evenings, 18:15-20:15. 

No class on Tuesday 17 Feb.

Key Language

 Communicative themes may cover:  

• Being able to talk and write about self-image and self-development in the 21st century.  

• Expressing one’s views on the media and the way the news is delivered.  

• Discovering different Italian dialects 

• Reacting to different art forms and cultural items (music, paintings, films…).  

• Fast fashion: consequences and alternatives 

Key grammatical points covered may include:  

• Subjunctive – revision. 

• Past perfect. E.g. Aveva già mangiato. 

• Mixing all past tenses. E.g. Usciva di casa quando ha cominciato a piovere. Si era dimenticata l’ombrello. 

• Mixing all complements pronouns. E.g. Ce l’hanno detto loro. 

• Expressing causes and consequences 

• Hypothetical sentences and various tenses. E.g. Lei sarebbe andata a votare se non fosse stata malata

CEFR levels indicated on our level descriptors are not a guarantee that you can take the associated Italian exam for this level. If you would like to take an external Italian exam, please speak to your tutor to discuss what they think would be most appropriate. 

For more information please visit: https://uealanguageprogramme.org/evening-classes