Italian Certificate

Short course

In Dundee

£ 303 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Dundee (Scotland)

  • Duration

    22 Weeks

  • Start date

    September

Italian is the common ancestor of romance languages and is often associated with art, design, the most beautiful architecture, operas such as Puccinis and Verdi’s, fascinating movies such as Fellini's, Visconti's and Pasolini's, the most fantastic cities such as Rome, Venice, Florence and for the more adventurous the mountainous regions of the Alpes and Dolomites, Italian Lakes and fabulous Coasts and Islands.

Learn it from scratch or develop your skills on this Languages for All, evening course.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Dundee (Dundee City)
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Fulton Building, DD1 4HN

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

Maximise career opportunities in diplomacy, research, science and business! Italian is spoken by over 55 million people in Italy and 62 million people in the world. Six of the 100 largest global companies have their headquarters in Italy and jobs in Italian businesses are lucrative.

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Subjects

  • Translation
  • Interpreting
  • Presentation
  • Presentation Skills
  • English
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Communication Training
  • Language
  • Grammatical system
  • Communication

Course programme

stage 1

Course Content

Topics:

  • Basic pronunciation: the alphabet, numbers, dates and times, the calendar
  • personal information, asking for and answering personal information
  • talking about and describing others
  • family, daily routine, social language
  • likes and dislikes
  • leisure activities
  • shopping
  • jobs, nationalities, countries, places in town
  • understanding directions, snacks and drinks etc.

Grammar: Present tense, negation; interrogation; personal pronouns; possessive adjectives and pronouns; common adjectives; agreements; number and gender of nouns; prepositions; common adverbs; awareness of formal and informal usage; imperative, simple past, immediate future in indicative mood (including reflexive forms).

Learning outcomes
  • communicate simply in the spoken language in a range of everyday situations in such a way that basic daily requirements can be met
  • understand some specific details of simple everyday aural and written messages (e.g. postcard, e-mails)
  • recognise and use some of the basic features of the grammatical system of the language, and use a bilingual dictionary confidently
  • use a small range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown in a range of basic everyday situations
  • describe some differences between own language and culture and target language and culture
  • understand and translate short passages
  • short presentations, describing person of your choice, answering questions
  • use language skills at Level A1, as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 2

Course Content

Topics:

  • Personal information
  • daily routine
  • food and drink
  • travel and transport
  • social language
  • accommodation abroad
  • likes and dislikes
  • leisure activities
  • home and family
  • shopping
  • jobs
  • health
  • geography and weather
  • telephone calls
  • describing a place
  • tourist brochures
  • arranging to meet someone
  • physical appearance
  • describing your job and your education, etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: the present, past and future in indicative mood (including reflexive forms); negation; pronouns (personal, demonstrative, possessive); interrogation; possessive and demonstrative adjectives; agreements between nouns and adjectives; number and gender of nouns; a range of prepositions; adverbs and some adverbial phrases of time and place; conjunctions; formal and informal usage.

Learning outcomes
  • communicate satisfactorily in the spoken language in a range of everyday social and transactional situations
  • communicate satisfactorily in the written language in basic informal situations (notes, informal letters)
  • understand the main points and specific details of simple aural and written messages
  • recognise and use the basic features of the grammatical system of the language, and to use a bilingual dictionary competently
  • use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown
  • describe some of the main differences between own language and culture and target language and culture
  • understand and translate short passages
  • describe a place, presentation skills, answering questions
  • use language skills at Level A1 (all skill*areas) and selected skills areas of A2, as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 2

Course Content

Topics:

  • Giving/asking for information
  • asking for/giving information
  • expressing likes and dislikes
  • asking for/giving times, prices, and dimensions
  • giving detailed descriptions
  • reporting events
  • asking for/ giving directions
  • giving explanations
  • talking about one's job/studies
  • making comparisons
  • asking for/giving an opinion
  • describing your intentions, agreeing/disagreeing
  • asking permission, giving instructions, complaining
  • giving advice
  • arranging dates, meetings
  • using colloquial language, summarising texts etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: the main tenses in the indicative mood; basic active and passive voices; pronouns (personal, demonstrative, possessive, reflexive); nouns: gender, singular, plural; case endings in main contexts; prepositions; modals and auxiliaries; declension of adjectives/ adjectival agreement; comparison of adjectives; some principles of word formation; word order; adverbial phrases of time, manner, place; conjunctions; formation of verbs; negation; questions, the subjunctive mood.

Learning outcomes
  • communicate adequately in a range of social, transactional and work-related situations
  • understand the main points and specific details of everyday aural and written messages and texts
  • write short everyday messages and simple letters/e-mails (informal and formal)
  • recognise and use the basic features of grammar confidently and accurately, and be aware of more complex features of the language system; use a bilingual dictionary competently
  • use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown
  • describe differences between own language and culture and target language and culture
  • personal presentation on a film or a book
  • understand and translate passages
  • use language skills at Level A2 (all skill* areas) and selected skill* areas of B1 (as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 4

Course Content

Topics:

  • Personal information
  • shopping and consumerism
  • jobs and work
  • health
  • geography and climate
  • education
  • the environment
  • the media and manipulation
  • politics
  • current affairs and events
  • personal interest and cultural topics, etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: the main grammatical features of the language, to include most tenses in the present, past, future (in indicative mood) and the conditional mood; active and passive voices; and some tenses in the subjunctive mood (where relevant); pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive); a range of prepositions; adverbs and adverbial phrases; adjectives and adjectival phrases, comparison of adjectives; conjunctions; infinitive constructions; formal and informal usage.

Learning outcomes
  • communicate adequately in a range of social, transactional and work-related situations
  • understand the main points and specific details of everyday aural and written messages and texts, also the main points of more complex texts (such as reports, newspaper articles etc.)
  • write everyday messages and simple letters, simple business correspondence and factual texts
  • provide translations of simple texts into English
  • recognise and use the main features of grammar with confidence;
  • use a bilingual dictionary competently
  • use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown
  • describe a range of differences between own language and culture and target language and culture
  • present on a topic of interest / an event and answer questions
  • short translation and interpreting
  • use language skills at Level B1 (all skill*areas) and selected skill*areas of B2, as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 5

Course Content

Topics:

  • The family social language and language registers
  • living abroad
  • personal tastes and interests, leisure activities
  • home and family
  • shopping and consumerism
  • jobs and work
  • health
  • geography and climate, the world of communication, cultural differences
  • education systems
  • the environment
  • the media
  • politics
  • current affairs and events etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: all the main grammatical features of the language, to include most tenses in the present, past, future (in indicative mood) and the conditional mood; active and passive voices; and some tenses in the subjunctive mood (where relevant); pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive); a range of prepositions; adverbs and adverbial phrases; adjectives and adjectival phrases, comparison of adjectives; conjunctions; infinitive constructions; formal and informal usage.

Learning outcomes
  • communicate adequately in a range of social, transactional and work-related situations
  • understand the main points and specific details of everyday aural and written messages and texts and complex written material such as reports, newspaper articles, literary texts etc.;
  • write everyday messages and letters, business correspondence and factual texts
  • provide translations of simple texts into English
  • recognise and use a wide range of linguistic structures appropriately
  • use a bilingual dictionary competently
  • use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown
  • creative writing
  • translation and interpreting
  • presentation skills
  • use language skills at Level B2 (all skill*areas) and selected skill*areas of C1, as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 6

Course Content

Topics:

  • Current affairs and events, including major European developments
  • contemporary cultural, social and ethical issues (e.g. education, immigration, xenophobia, terrorism, non-traditional families, the status of women, technological advances)
  • films, literature, key historical events.

Grammar: All the main grammatical features and tenses of the language in complex contexts, active and passive; pronouns; adverbs and adverbial phrases; adjectives and adjectival phrases, conjunctions; prepositions; infinitive constructions; formal, informal, colloquial usage etc.

Learning outcomes
  • use and reflect on an extensive range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
  • communicate in an extensive range of contexts, using speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, either in Britain or abroad
  • demonstrate a high level of transferable presentation skills
  • demonstrate a high level of intercultural awareness about the differences between the culture(s) of native speakers of the target language and one’s own
  • conduct independent investigative and analytical project work in the target language
  • research, analyse and evaluate material from a wide range of sources effectively
  • provide accurate and readable English translations of a range of texts
  • use language skills at Level C1 (all skill areas) as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework.
  • creative writing
  • translation and interpreting
  • presentation skills
  • use language skills at Level C1 (all skill areas) as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).
stage 7

Course Content

Topics:

  • Current affairs and events, including major European developments
  • contemporary cultural, social and ethical issues
  • films, literature, key historical events.

Grammar: All the main grammatical features and tenses of the language in complex contexts, active and passive; pronouns; adverbs and adverbial phrases; adjectives and adjectival phrases, conjunctions; prepositions; infinitive constructions; formal, informal, colloquial usage etc.

Learning outcomes
  • use and reflect on an extensive range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
  • communicate in an extensive range of contexts, using speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, either in Britain or abroad
  • demonstrate a high level of intercultural awareness about the differences between the culture(s) of native speakers of the target language and one’s own
  • study material from a wide range of audio and written sources
  • use language skills at Level C2 (all skill areas) as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).

Italian Certificate

£ 303 VAT inc.