Italian 3 (Level 4)
Classes
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Overview
Please note: classes for this course run for two and a half hours from 6pm to 8.30pm.
The interactive short course Italian 3, leading to *CEFR stage B2 (Upper Intermediate)/A-level+, is aimed at developing your language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) in Italian to an advanced level of ability. It will also help you gain further insight into aspects of the culture and society of Italy. You will consolidate your knowledge of tenses and learn to use more complex sentences and structures, as well as idioms and expressions. You will be working with longer texts from a range of media, including news and current affairs programmes as well as films.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar
- understand most TV news and current affairs programmes
- understand the majority of films in standard dialect
- read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints
- understand contemporary literary prose
- interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible
- take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining your views
- present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to your field of interest
- explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options
- write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to your interests
- write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of, or against, a particular point of view
- write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.
Assessment consists of continuous (20%), listening in-class (20%), written in-class (35%) and oral in-class assessment (20%) and class participation (5%).
* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please note: this is only an approximate equivalence.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.
You should choose this course:
- if you have previously taken Italian 2 with us; or
- if you have previously studied Italian and taken a qualification such as AS-level, A-level or equivalent in the language; or
- if you believe that you may have reached level B1 according to the CEFR.*
Once you have started the class, normally within the first two weeks, we will check that your level is appropriate for the class, and we may advise you to go up or down a class (i.e. to Italian 2 or Italian 4).
As part of the enrolment process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.
International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa. Please note that it is not possible to obtain a Student visa to study a short course.
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How to apply
How to apply
You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so apply early. If you wish to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.