Build on your Italian skills and explore Italy’s rich cultural and culinary traditions in this lively evening course. You’ll learn to talk about leisure activities, buy event tickets, and describe food and health habits while working on practical grammar like pronouns, relative clauses, and stare + gerundio. Through the group project Sapori d’Italia, you’ll discover traditional Italian recipes and the Mediterranean lifestyle.
The course is based on Units 4 and 6 of Nuovo Espresso 2, with interactive activities to boost your confidence and communication skills. On completion of this course, you can progress onto Elementary pt1 (B1).
Course Outline
Course start date: Wednesday 1 October
Course end date: Wednesday 3 December
Time: 18:30 to 20:00
Location: Camden Collective
Price: £250
Topics
Revision of topics requested by the students
Free time, cultural programmes (cinema, theatre, opera)
Buying tickets for events
Good manners in public places
Italian traditions (project about traditional recipes)
Mediterranean diet
Italian traditional cuisine
Health and life style
Project: Sapori d’Italia
Grammar
Revision of pronouns
Structure of ‘stare+gerundio’
Direct pronouns and ce l’ho
Agreement of pronouns and past participle (l’ho vista)
Infinite and pronouns (accernderlo, prenderlo)
Relative pronouns (che, cui)
Imperative of irregular verbs, negative imperative, informal imperative, verb
‘servire’, ‘andare’, ‘metterci’
Relative clause: quello che
The position of pronouns with the imperative
Learning outcomes (what you will be able to do by the end of the course):
Talking about ongoing actions using ‘stare+gerundio’
Inviting someone out and arranging appointments
Describing your eating habits
Commenting and complaining about the taste of food
Giving advice on health and wellbeing
Giving instructions and describing procedures (recipe)
Info about the course and resources
This course is focused on spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. Your teacher will provide a range of activities to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material. After each session, you will be assigned homework which is highly recommended to consolidate learning.
About the textbook
Textbook:
Balì M & Rizzo G (2014) Nuovo espresso 2: Libro dello studente e esercizi Florence: Alma Edizioni
Books you may find useful:
Ziglio L (2015) Nuovo espresso 2: Esercizi supplementari Florence: Alma Edizioni
Adorni S – Primorac K (2011) English grammar for students of Italian: The study guide for those learning Italian Ann Arbor, MI: Olivia and Hill Press
