Description

This course is designed to follow on from our Italian Continuation 1 (Level 3) course. We will review past simple tense and introduce new tenses. This course aims to improve fluency of the spoken word and the course will be taught largely in Italian.

Prerequisite level

You will already be able to confidently conjugate common verbs (regular and irregular) in the present tense. You will be able to have a basic conversation in the present tense, ask for and understand directions for travel, restaurants or shopping situations, describe yourself, your family and the place you live in Italian, tell the time and talk about your work. You will understand and be able to use reflexive verbs confidently, agree gender, and use present continuous tense. You will be able to confidently conjugate a range of verbs in the past simple tense.

About our course fees

As we typically have fewer students in higher levels of language learning, our course fees are higher so that we can proceed with the course even if a relatively small number of students enrol. The maximum class size for this course is 12 students. The average class size is 7-8 students.

More about our Italian Courses

Italian Beginners 1 (Level 1) - for absolute beginners - suitable as an introductory course to start learning Italian, or to gain basic phraseology and vocab for a trip

Italian Beginners 2 (Level 2) - for those who have successfully completed a Level 1 course or have gained that level of ability elsewhere. To join this course, you will have familiarity with greetings, be able to talk about yourself and your family, ask for directions, talk about the weather, ask about prices and restaurant orders.

Italian Continuation 1 (Level 3) - introduction of the past tense

Italian Continuation 2 (Level 4) - to join this course you will be confident with a wide range of regular and irregular verbs in the il presente, be able to use i verbi riflessivi confidently and be developing with il passato prossimo.